The Graduate Student Council of the California Institute of Technology (Gsc )
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954054642
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Pasadena, CA, USA
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,156
- Expenses
- $100,507
- Assets
- $51,200
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
People named in this filing
- Zachary Chase (Co-Chair)
- Wesley Patel (Co-Chair)
- Natan Spear (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote Graduate Student Well-being at Caltech.
What it reported doing in 2024
Funding for cultural artistic educational and athletic events organized by the Council Events promoting diversity well-being and tolerance. Approximately 1200 graduate students benefited.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 98.8%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 98.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $99K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.