Tech Collaborative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991152178
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6162339998
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,602
Expenses
$69,931
Assets
$26,306
Liabilities
$235

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michael Carnevale (President)
  • Terry Rostic (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michael Carnevale (President)
  • Terry Rostic (Vice President)
  • Nick Adamy (Treasurer)

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

The mission of Tech Collaborative is to answer the digital/technological needs of nonprofits in a cost-effective manner through collaboration and/or direct involvement as well as creating opportunities for talent from non-traditional educational pathways to enter the tech industry.

What it reported doing in 2025

Tech Collaborative delivers a series of interactive workshops designed to increase access to technical education and professional development for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds. These workshops cover a range of topics including digital literacy, software tools, creative problem solving, and workforce readiness. Each session is designed to be hands on, participatory, and directly relevant to real world applications, helping participants build confidence and practical skills they can immediately apply. Our approach emplasizes accessibility and inclusion, meeting learners where they are and adapting content to different experience levels. We collaborate with community partners to ensure our offereings are culturally responsive and aligned with local needs. By fostering a safe, encouraging learning environment rooted in curiosity and empowerment, the program supports long term career exploration, personal growth, and community capacity building. In addition to the expenses entered above this was accomplished with $10,414 of program expenses funded with $10,414 of In-Kind Donated Services

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.8%; rating input score 16
  • Program expense ratio: 20.2%; rating input score 20
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,208.6 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th 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; 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: 22%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 196.6% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 94.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 121.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.8% of revenue deployed · 20.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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 16/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.