Sylvan Robotics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463714466
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-PF 2020, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Sylvania, OH, USA
Phone
4192833084
Rating
33
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$368,756
Expenses
$334,037
Assets
$51,612
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tod Losey (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tom Burnworth (Executive Dir.): $119 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to inspire young people to become science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting stem based activities in and out of the classroom.

What it reported doing in 2023

(Code: ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ ) (Code: ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ ) (Code: ) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ ) Other program services (Describe on Schedule O.) (Expenses $ including grants of $ ) (Revenue $ ) Total program service expenses EEA Form 990 (2022) ............................ ............................................... ....................................................... SYLVAN ROBOTICS 46-3714466 OUR MISSION IS TO INSPIRE Y0UNG PEOPLE TO BECOME SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LEADERS BY ENGAGING THEM IN EXCITING STEM BASED ACTIVITIES IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM. X X 516,618 338,624 First Robotics Competition: For Grades 9-12, Combining the excitement of sport with the rigors of science and technology. We call FIRST Robotics Competition the ultimate Sport for the Mind. High-school student participants call it ? the hardest fun you? ll ever have.? Proudly served 350 students. FIRST Tech Challenge teams (up to 15 team members, grades 7-12) are challenged to design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in a head-to-head challenge in an alliance format. First Lego League: Children ages 6-9, (Grades 1-3) captures young children? s curiosity and directs it towards discovering the wonders of science and technology. This program features a real-world scientific concepts to be explored through research, teamwork, construction, and imagination. Guided by adult coaches, teams use LEGO bricks to build a model that moves and develop a Show Me Poster to illustrate their journey. Proudly served over 5,500 students the past

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.8%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 19.7%; rating input score 20
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.4%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -35.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -48.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.8% of revenue deployed · 19.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 11 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.