Star & Crescent Educational Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431793284
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Wildwood, MO, USA
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,794
Expenses
$8,199
Assets
$408,708

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MATTHEW EDDY (PRESIDENT, D)

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW EDDY (PRESIDENT, D)
  • DOUG MILFORD (DIRECTOR)
  • MICHAEL BINZ (TREASURER, D)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Star and crescent educational foundation's mission is to encourage academic achievement and improve the academic experience of the undergraduates at the university of Missouri-columbia by providing scholarships and educational facilities.

What it reported doing in 2025

During 2022 the star and crescent educational foundation granted scholarships totaling 5,000. Since inception the foundation has granted scholarships totaling over 340,000 to over 200 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 67
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
  • Program expense ratio: 48.4%; rating input score 48

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 49.85; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.2% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -23.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 48.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.