Young Inventors of America
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364766801
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Sausalito, CA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Recreation& Sports N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $4,356
- Assets
- $6,012
- Liabilities
- $12,573
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KENNETH TARLOW (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KENNETH TARLOW (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID TARLOW (VP FINANCE)
- MICHAEL ARROW (EDUCATION DI)
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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Young inventors of america is dedicated to providing the best quality educational training in new manufacturing and engineering processes, product development and marketing to young inventors and their educators. Our innovative programming and engaging written materials will enhance our students' knowledge of the invention process and allow them to more fully realize their ideas, from prototype to finished product.
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
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.38; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.09; rating input score 13; 13th 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: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: Filed program service accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 3 of 3 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
- Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.