Tea the Entrepreneur Academy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882005799
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8587548801
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Revenue
$130,617
Expenses
$23,768
Assets
$113,038
Liabilities
$429

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANDEEP VARMA (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • SANDEEP VARMA (President & CEO)
  • DANA LOSBOG (Secretary)
  • NISHA PATEL (CFO)

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

The mission of tea the entrepreneur academy is to empower the next generation of innovators and changemakers through education, mentorship, and hands-on experience. The entrepreneur academy believes in the profound impact and transformative power of entrepreneurship, guiding students on their jorney to become confident, creative, and resilient entrepreneurs.

What it reported doing in 2025

The tie enterpreneurs (tye) global competition is the culminating international pitch event that brings together the top high school start up teams from around the world. After completing the local tye program-delivered by partners like the entrepreneur academy- winning teams advance to represent their region on a global stage.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 12.7%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 70%; rating input score 70

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: 81.8%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.76; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -64.6% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 89.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 180.6% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 12.7% of revenue deployed · 70% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $17K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.