Alliance for Quality Education Inc

Overview

Mission

The alliance for quality education is a coalition mobilizing communities across the state to keep New York true to its promise of ensuring a high- quality public school education to all students regardless of zip code. Combining it's legislative and policy expertise with grassroots organizing, aqe advances proven-to-work strategies that lead to student success and echoes a powerful public demand for a high-quality public school education for all of New York's students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Programs dedicated to providing information to the general public, parents, school officials and community residents, elected officials on educational policy and resources by community awareness, research efforts, publication, conferences, outreach and advocacy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for grants.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223810450
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Albany, NY, USA
Phone
5184654600
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -436%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.06; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $324K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $121K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ZAKIYAH SHAAKIR-ANSARI (CO EXEC DIR): $121,000 total reported compensation
  • MARINA MARCOU-O'MALLEY (CO EXEC DIR): $110,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.