Achieve Miami Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
475482321
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Miami, FL, USA
Phone
7863473499
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,813,003
Expenses
$2,657,535
Assets
$4,878,752
Liabilities
$1,127,554

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESLIE MILLER SAIONTZ (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LYDIA MUNIZ (EXECUTIVE DI): $181,311 total reported compensation
  • CLAUDIA BOJORQUEZ (DIRECTOR OF): $129,648 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Achieve miami, inc. Is a Florida 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering a transformational educational ecosystem in miami. In partnership with leaders across the public and private sectors, achieve miami designs and manages programs that bring together members of the community to expand learning opportunities for students, teachers, and education leaders - while advancing educational equity across miami-dade county. Achieve miami also attracts, develops, and mobilizes talented leaders of all ages and backgrounds to serve students in ways that create meaningful social change. Over 2,000 students in grades 1-12 have participated in achieve programs across seven elementary sites, one k-8 site, and more than 61 high schools throughout miami-dade county.

What it reported doing in 2024

Achieve spark (succeeding with purpose, athletics, reading, and kindness) - formerly known as achieve saturdays - is a dynamic enrichment program held twice a month from 9:00 a.m. To 12:30 p.m. That supports the academic, physical, and emotional well-being of elementary students. Through a blend of academic tutoring, wellness education, physical activity led by soccer coaches, and mentorship from dedicated high school "big buddy" volunteers, students engage in meaningful learning experiences that foster confidence and growth. Students also receive a free book to take home each session, along with a nutritious, complimentary breakfast and lunch. During the year, we conducted 15 achieve spark sessions across five elementary sites, engaging over 1,000 big buddy volunteers representing more than 61 high schools. With a focus on joyful learning, achieve spark is designed to make a lasting impact on the lives of young learners. Achieve summer offers a six-week, full-day, project-based learning experience to more than 500 public elementary school students. The program includes targeted enrichment in art, stem, wellness, culinary arts, music, and soccer. Seventy-three high school students also participated in a meaningful paid summer internship experience that developed their leadership skills and supported their transition into young adulthood and college readiness. Interns earned community service hours while leading enrichment activities for elementary students and collaborating with additional high school volunteers. Achieve music delivers after-school music instruction to students in grades 2-8 at seven elementary schools throughout miami-dade county. Offerings include voice, keyboards, percussion, band, music theory, and live performance opportunities. The program nurtures students' love for music while strengthening self-confidence, self-control, attentive listening, and verbal expression. Achieve high school includes the achieve scholars program, which provides more than 330 public high school students with year-round college and career readiness support, including sat tutoring, financial literacy education, college application workshops, and personalized leadership development. After completing the scholars program, students transition into the alumni program, receiving continued support during their first year of college. Achieve high school also includes the achieve club, which provides leadership development and community service opportunities to over 1,000 students in grades 9-12 throughout miami-dade county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.4%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th 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: 30.3%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.84; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 28.6% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.4% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.