Stem Coding Lab Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821335757
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4124263523
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,323,022
Expenses
$1,264,839
Assets
$1,690,843
Liabilities
$93,412

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELISSA FULLER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CASEY MINDLIN (EXECUTIVE DI): $114,949 total reported compensation
  • MAISHA STURDIVANT (VP OF OPERAT): $82,250 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN CONLOGUE (CFO): $38,213 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provides youth in grades k-8 with the skills needed to succeed in the digital economy.

What it reported doing in 2024

In-school services (ins) providing computer science classes to k-8 students in the sto-rox school district, clairton school district, duquesne school district, propel schools, and the pittsburgh public school district. During the school day, working with math and science teachers to integrate computer science into their students' regular school day. In the sto-rox school district we provided seventeen classes per week to students in grades 3-6. Students in 3rd grade explored computer programming/coding using the scratch coding language; 4th grade worked on robotics using finch robots; 5th grade focused on learning how to set up a webpage using html and css coding languages; 6th grade learned how to develop an app working on teams to research the need, the audience, and the basics of setting up an app. During the app development process, students learned how to work collaboratively and how to do online research.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $954K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $115K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 26/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.