Tuskegee Organization for Rocketry Operations and Dynamics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 394438069
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Tuskegee Inst, AL, USA
- Phone
- 9102038712
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Engineering
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,950
- Expenses
- $10,274
- Assets
- $105,676
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Camelia M Ingram (President)
- Derick G Dinkins (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Camelia M Ingram (President)
- Derick G Dinkins (Vice President)
- Andre N Jones (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
TORODyne is a student organization at Tuskegee University that provides educational opportunities for students of all classifications to explore aerospace rocketry and STEM through hands-on projects technical workshops competition-based learning and outreach activities The organization promotes technical skill development teamwork and professional growth in aerospace-related fields TORO is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code
What it reported doing in 2025
Program 2 Rocket Camp STEM Education and Model Rocket Certification Preparation TripoliNAR The organization provided educational support and training to members preparing for model rocket certification through the Tripoli Rocketry Association and the National Association of Rocketry NAR with one member completing a launch to make them eligible for a level three NAR certification after the end of the tax year Activities included instruction on safety procedures rocket construction standards and certification requirements The program focused on developing technical knowledge and preparing participants for future certification and launch activities
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 92
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 7%; rating input score 7
- Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 91.1%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.29; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 7% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $8K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 7/100.