STEMkofa Educational Solutions, Inc.
Legal name: Stemkofa Educational Solutions Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 933972316
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Landover, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3016466853
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,867
- Expenses
- $9,863
- Assets
- $1,088
- Liabilities
- $1,088
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Denise Smith (President)
People named in this filing
- Brian Cunningham (Treasurer)
- Denise Smith (President)
- Zakiya Seymour (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our non-profit organization is dedicated to advancing the well-being of underserved families by providing accessible and equitable community-based STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) education. Through innovative programs, mentorship, and resources, we aim to inspire and empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to pursue and excel in STEAM fields, fostering both personal growth and community development.
What it reported doing in 2025
The Black Gems in STEM Summer Program is charged with introducing students to science, technology, engineering, and math topics, building their self-efficacy in STEM fields, and engaging them in hands-on activities that prepare them to be able to successfully pursue STEM careers. In the 2025 program, we served 18 students over the course of two weeks. The students learned math concepts, strengthened reading skills, and intentionally engaged in topics including: diet and biochemistry; clockmaking; electric circuits; chemistry in cosmetics; coding; and soil science. The outcomes include: exposure to 10 individuals in STEM to support the development of self-efficacy; 10 volunteers (of which three gained community service hours); 10 STEM activities; 6 paid instructors - thus supporting local employment; 87.5% Good or Excellent rating for the program; 6 field trips
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -68.1%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 41 of 41 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.