Green Schools National Network Inc

Overview

Mission

The mission of green schools national network inc is every learner attends a healthy, equitable, and sustainable school.

What it reported doing in 2024

The green schools national network inc provides resources and tools to schools and school districts to create green, healthy, and sustainable schools. We provide strategic planning, curriculum design, and leadership coaching directly to over 400 schools serving 250,000 students. In addition we provide resources such as the green schools catalyst quarterly (gscq), the only peer reviewed, high interest digital magazine, highlights evidence-based practices for replication in green, healthy, sustainable schools; explores issues in-depth, including qualitative and quantitative research; and features columns that report on and explore emergent issues; and an electronic newsletter, greennotes (8 times per year), to promulgate news on timely topics and best practices occurring across the country or around the world as it relates to green, healthy, sustainable schools. Each issue features serveral articles from schools, districts, and/or other organizations that share best practices and lessons learned for a chosen topic. Gsnn is also the co-convener, along with usgbc, of the annual green schools conference and expo, the only national event to bring together all the players involved in making green schools a reality. At the conference, people who lead, operate, build and teach in us schools gather to share, recognize and promote the green schools movement and best practices within education today, related to green, healthy, sustainable schools.

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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331191456
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2009
Headquarters
Iowa City, IA, USA
Phone
8165205115
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Environmental Beautification and Aesthetics

Official website

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 10
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.5%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 10
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.16 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 78.6%; rating input score 79; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.31; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.5% of revenue deployed · 10.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 14 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ILEANA ALBAREDA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $124,575 total reported compensation
  • DAVID DENHARTOG (MANAGER OF ACADEMICS PARTNERSHIP): $115,500 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER SEYDEL PHD (AMBASSADOR): $44,333 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.