Academy for Educational Studies
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464358190
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Springfield, MO, USA
- Phone
- 4178365982
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,824
- Expenses
- $79,046
- Assets
- $243,478
- Liabilities
- $19,220
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEFAN BROIDY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- STEVEN P JONES (EXECUTIVE DI)
- ERIC C SHEFFIELD (ASSISTANT DI)
- STEFAN BROIDY (PRESIDENT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The academy provides both a means and a place where people can ask questions about important educational issues, then gather together to talk, study, and respond to those issues.
What it reported doing in 2024
The academy for educational studies hosted two academic conferences in 2024 - the critical questions in education conference, in new orleans, in early march; and the critical questions in education symposium, in late october, in pittsburgh. The conference focused on a single topic: teaching: how we see it, and what we're doing about it. The symposium focused on two topics: giving voice and being heard in the field of education, and how to handle the questions students most want answered--"why do we need to learn this?" about two hundred thirty people attended the conference; about 115 people attended the symposium. The academy continued its relationship with myers education press. Two books were published in 2024--"what do we mean by that?: interrogating familiar expressions in education", and "who's gonna water my tomatoes?: school gardens, kitchens, and the search for educational authenticity". We distributed books at both gatherings, and all books are on sale on the myers education press website. The academy continues to publish scholarly articles in its blind peer-reviewed open- access online journal, critical questions in education and in its second journal, thresholds in education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.7%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.08; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $79K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.