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San Juan PR | IRS ruling year: 2018 | EIN: 66-0876726
Organization Mission
To Ignite Great Moments of Discovery in enrichment and STEM fields by providing high quality learning experiences that inspire students in Puerto Rico to pursue coll ... (More)
To Ignite Great Moments of Discovery in enrichment and STEM fields by providing high quality learning experiences that inspire students in Puerto Rico to pursue college pathways and especially STEM career paths. (Less)
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Below are some key data points from the Exempt Organization IRS Business Master File (BMF) for this organization. Learn more about the BMF on the IRS website
Foundation Status:
Organization that normally receives no more than one-third of its support from gross investment income and unrelated business income and at the same time more than one-third of its support from contributions, fees, and gross receipts related to exempt purposes. 509(a)(2) (BMF foundation code: 16)
Affiliation:
Independent - the organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). (BMF affiliation code: 3)
The Form 990 is a document that nonprofit organizations file with the IRS annually. We leverage finance and accountability data from it to form Encompass ratings. Click here to search for this organization's Forms 990 on the IRS website (if any are available). Simply enter the organization's name (Eureka Enrichment Services) or EIN (660876726) in the 'Search Term' field.
Not Currently Scored
Eureka Enrichment Services cannot currently be evaluated by our Impact & Results methodology because either (A) it is eligible, but we have not yet received data; (B) we have not yet developed an algorithm to estimate its programmatic impact; (C) its programs are not direct services; or (D) it is not heavily reliant on contributions from individual donors.
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Score
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's culture and connectedness to the community it serves.
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No CreditConstituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points Constituent Feedback - Data Available100/100 points
30% of beacon score
This organization reported that it is collecting feedback from the constituents and/or communities it serves. The methodology leveraged for Constituent Feedback is based on The Core Principles of Constituent Feedback, which describes listening and responding well to feedback. Charity Navigator participates in a consortium with other feedback experts and leading nonprofit infrastructure platforms to drive Constituent Feedback's advancement, promotion, and data collection.
How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
What challenges does your organization face in collecting feedback from the people you serve?
We don't have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection
Equity Practices - Data Available89/100 points Equity Practices - Data Available89/100 points
70% of beacon score
This organization's score of 89 is a passing score. The organization reported that it is implementing 9 Equity Practices.
This assessment demonstrates the importance of implementing practices that contribute positively to an organization's overall culture, both internally and with respect to community engagement. Furthermore, equity centered frameworks and similar approaches have drawn much attention from donors, experts, and sector leaders who underscore its value to the nonprofit's overall health and capacity for mission success. Currently, the Equity Strategies Checklist assessment consists of practices and policies that promote racial equity in their operations and programs (per the Equity Strategies checklist administered by Candid). As we refine our DEI assessment, Charity Navigator partners with DEI consultants and field experts to broaden and deepen this work.
| Equity Practices (5/7) | |
We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race. | |
We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and/or portfolios. | |
We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization/'s programs, portfolios, and the populations served. | |
We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support. | |
We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders. | |
We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured | |
We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
| Equity Policies and Procedures (4/7) | |
We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity. | |
We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions. | |
We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization. | |
We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board. | |
We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability. | |
We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team. | |
We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization. | |
Score
This beacon provides an assessment of the organization's leadership capacity, strategic thinking and planning, and ability to innovate or respond to changes in constituent demand/need or other relevant social and economic conditions to achieve the organization's mission.
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Full CreditPartial CreditNo CreditMission 10/10 points Mission 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization's mission
To Ignite Great Moments of Discovery in enrichment and STEM fields by providing high quality learning experiences that inspire students in Puerto Rico to pursue college pathways and especially STEM career paths.
Vision 10/10 points Vision 10/10 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking through articulating the organization’s vision.
To bring our leading global STEM and enrichment programs to every public school student in Puerto Ri
Source: Nonprofit submitted responses
Goals 20/20 points Goals 20/20 points
The nonprofit organization presents evidence of strategic thinking and goal setting through sharing their most important strategic goals.
Goal One: 1) Increase support from the public & private sector in order to establish FIRST Robotics programs in every municipality, especially focused in the most underrepresented communities in Puerto Rico.
Goal Type: This goal reflects our commitment to further our advocacy work for our organization and or cause area.
Goal Two: 2) Increase the number of Title 1 Schools that participate in FIRST Robotics and National Spelling Bee.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Goal Three: 3) Increase the number of female students who participate in FIRST Robotics and in CHICAS STEM.
Goal Type: Grow, expand, scale or increase access to the existing programs and services.
Leadership Development 15/15 points Leadership Development 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of investment in leadership development
Describe an investment in leadership
Eureka staff continually participates in professional development, workshops, trainings, and courses to support our growth and sustainability as an organization. Each June we attend a weeklong Partner’s Conference with FIRST®. It is followed by a monthly virtual training meeting with FIRST® and access to modules and materials in SharePoint. In addition, as recipients of Medtronic Foundation Grant we were invited to attend two individualized training workshops over the course of two years. The first workshop produced a Human Resource playbook to support all our HR needs. The second training was an intensive capacity building workshop that included a Root Cause Analysis and overview of our entire operation to produce a strategic growth and sustainability plan. Many of the deliverables have been implemented from both workshops.
Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points Mobilizing for Mission 15/15 points
The nonprofit provides evidence of leadership through focusing externally and mobilizing resources for the mission.
This organization mobilizes for mission in the following ways:
Strategic Partnerships
Networks of Collective Impact Efforts
Thought Leadership
Raising Awareness
Community Building
Policy Advocacy
What are this organization’s external mobilizaton efforts?
Eureka is built around a powerful collaborative ecosystem of volunteers, sponsors, educators, and parents. We are constantly expanding our alliance of collaborators and industry leaders who are dedicated to supporting STEM education in Puerto Rico. This network enables the program to grow and reach our most vulnerable communities. We have successfullybridged the gap between schools and real work professionals by holding symposiums on university campuses led by each season’s topic experts. Our strategic relationships with universities allow us to bring students to college campuses, showing them that higher education is within reach, and exposing them to industry professionals. Furthermore, we support positive outcomes through the sustainable structures put in place: professional development, STEM training, & season support to all registered schools and teachers.
Adaptability Story 30/30 points Adaptability Story 30/30 points
The nonprofit has an opportunity to tell the story of how the organization adapted to tremendous external changes in the last year.
Each school year presents a series of challenges. Our current challenge is overcoming the workforce crisis and the direct impact the shortage of teachers is having on the growth of our educational programs. To adapt to this crisis, we have collaborated with universities to provide Saturday workshops for students whose schools are unable to participate due to staffing needs. We are raising funds to support bonus and incentive stipends to coaches who complete a season, and we are supporting new teachers with year-round support services. Another change was the expiration of the AmeriCorps VISTA grant which resulted in a loss of 8 staff members. This required that we adjust our Human Resource processes and fundraising to budget for on boarding full and part time employees. We consulted with legal counsel and hired a fundraising specialist to help us adjust and adapt to the external and internal workforce challenges. For more stories and testimonies we invite you to our website page: https://firstroboticspr.org/testimonios-first-puerto-rico/ and here: https://medium.com/@prfllpictures/an-interview-with-hydrubot-aaebf74562af
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