Stars- Students Tackling Autism-related Syndromes

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825363648
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9018346125
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,933
Expenses
$183,295
Assets
$49,133
Liabilities
$15,385

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kim Jameson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Dr Bruce Keisling (Board Chair)
  • Brandon Jones (Secretary & Director)
  • Geoff Calkins (Director)

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

Deliver support services to autistic college students

What it reported doing in 2025

STARS are Social program. Facilitated 21 peer-led social events with 448 people engaging in improving their social skills by having opportunities to play games, create craft projects, singing karaoke and playing outdoor games alongside their college peers. This program is the 'heart' of STARS; bringing together neurotypical college peers with autistic students on campus. Many friendships are created at these events and students also step out of their comfort zones, which is key to building confidence, and that is why this program is so important to our mission.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 72% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 96
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 77.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.3% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $178K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.