Christian Nursery School Inc

Overview

Mission

Form 990-ez, part iii, line 1the purposes for which the corporation is formed shall be to conduct the following activities: a)to establish, maintain and operate a children's nursery school for children of the ages of 2,3, and 4 years only, for not more than 3 hours per day per child in New York state.b)the nursery school is set up to enable children to explore as many of their own interests and abilities as possible, in an atmosphere that offers love, support and stimulation. One of the main goals of the school is to instill in each child an awareness of who he, or she is, what he, or she is capable of doing and to strengthen confidence and pride in themselves and their ability to accomplish small learning steps so that they will want to eagerly pursue larger steps.c)other main objectives of the nursery school program include: - development of intellectual creativity and curiosity along with a positive attitude toward learning. - development of large and small muscle control, eye and han

What it reported doing in 2013

The goal of our nursery school is dedicated to the development of the total person: spiritual, social, cognitive, emotional and physical. This goal is accomplished through multi-sensory approach in presenting our various units and themes. This program is run five days a week for twenty-seven students.the organization also offers a reading and writing program and a science program. An introductin to phonics, sight vocabulary and picture clues are used to begin to teach the students how to read. An organized writing program is aso implemented. This program is run twice a week for twelve students. The science program offered is a basic program that teaches students how to have fun with science.

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 nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133899872
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2013
Headquarters
Rio Grande, NJ, USA
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: NotEnoughData
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: Limited
  • Public policy transparency: Limited
  • Public financial transparency: Limited
  • Impact reporting controls: Limited
  • Public relationship transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Public governance controls: Limited
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -51.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 38.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -30.5% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -30% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -62.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $97K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2011 to 2013
  • 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.