Winstep Forward Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463858327
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Germantown, TN, USA
Phone
6083320191
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,775
Expenses
$101,743
Assets
$246,521
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NAVEEDA QADIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ASEEM ANSARI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NAVEEDA QADIR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ASEEM ANSARI (PRESIDENT)
  • DR SURESH CHANDRA (DIRECTOR)

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 develop and facilitate programs targeted towards expanding the education of students in the scientific fields by helping students and institutions exchange scholars.

What it reported doing in 2024

Winstep forward has partnered with the government of india scientific agencies and with top tier schools across india and the u.s. To achieve the following aims: educate u.s. And indian students with scientific research experience in upper tier indian and u.s. Institutions and inspire students to endeavor in careers of science and technology research driven fields.engage in rural development and food security programs via scientific and technological developments in the agricultural sciences.facilitate mutually beneficial scientific research and scientific education based public private partnerships between the u.s. And india.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 27.1%; rating input score 27
  • Program expense ratio: 45.3%; rating input score 45

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: 40.1%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 27.1% of revenue deployed · 45.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $46K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 27/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.