Techforce Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593828402
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
8665196923
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,073,560
Expenses
$11,521,978
Assets
$5,413,175
Liabilities
$730,532

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER MAHER (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ANGELA BABIN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JON VESELY (PRESIDENT/CHAIRMAN)
  • CARTER DOWDY (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)
  • REAGAN BENDER (VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND IT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER MAHER (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $383,130 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER BERGERON (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $244,450 total reported compensation
  • CARTER DOWDY (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE): $172,103 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To champion all students to and through their education and into careers as professional technicians.

What it reported doing in 2025

Technician platform & workforce development: techforce foundation operates a proprietary digital platform that serves as the go-to career infrastructure for aspiring and working technicians nationwide. In 2025, techforce's network grew to 88,652 total users, with student enrollment alone surging 74% year-over-year. The platform connects users to 1,400+ school partners, employers, apprenticeships, mentors, and direct job opportunities; in 2025, techforce launched an api-enabled jobs pipeline allowing students to apply directly to positions at key employers, with 12,316 job locations loaded nationwide. To meet students where they are, techforce more than doubled its live event presence from 28 events in 2024 to 63 events in 2025, reaching over 2,300 students at industry venues. Techforce's long-term goal is to serve as the definitive career pathway for hundreds of thousands of students annually, fundamentally transforming how america builds and sustains its skilled career workforce.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.4% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $383K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $654K reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.