The SPARK Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
852761777
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Blythewood, SC, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Reported finances

Expenses
$1,060
Assets
$45,284
Liabilities
$1,060

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jamelle Ellis (Chief Executive Officer)

People named in this filing

  • Jamelle Ellis (Chief Executive Officer)
  • Stacy Fields (Executive Board Finance Chair)
  • Robyn Watson (Executive Board Secretary)

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

The SPARK Institute serves Empowerment Strategies for Girls and Empowerment Strategies for Teens & Young Adults by designing experiences uncovering solutions that enable young girls boys women and men to reach their highest potential. A non-profit organization The SPARK Institute develops pilot programs that explore and expand five key growth areas for adolescents ages 11 - 21: S - Scholarship; P - Purpose; A - Achievement; R - Reach; K - Knowledge The Spark Institute is a launchpad for testing learning models for leadership development and STEMpowerment activities The SPARK Institute focuses on the early preparation of youth to help guide and position them for success in school work and life.

What it reported doing in 2024

No earnings to report for 2024. We are still working on building sustained products and programs.

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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 42.72; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.