Texas Creative Problem Solving Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752354871
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- Greenville, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9034395359
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $502,918
- Expenses
- $407,502
- Assets
- $593,282
- Liabilities
- $7,205
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LESLIE AKINS (PRESIDENT)
- CARRIE HEFNER (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- EMILY DUKE (AFFILIATE DIRECTOR): $77,370 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Host & coordinate preparation for a statewide competitive creative problem solving program. Serving over 145 school districts and community groups with students in levels k thru college. Have 2,119 teams during fy 2023-2024 that average 6 students per team which equates to approximately 10,595 that are eligible to compete at the regional/state/globabl tournaments. Support regional(sub-state) level program activities and competition across Texas. Over sixteen local tournament events are supported through this initiative in a typical year.coordinate, support and provide program-related training across the state for both adults and students involved in the program. We also provide general education and information about creative problem solving concepts and programs to gifted students and support organizations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Coordinate, support and provide program-related training across the state for both adults and students involved in the program. We also provide general education and information about creative problem solving concepts and programs to gifted students and support organizations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.8%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.8% of revenue deployed · 86.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $354K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.