Allegro School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222964290
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cedar Knolls, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9732679711
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,228,574
- Expenses
- $14,455,632
- Assets
- $8,000,696
- Liabilities
- $2,843,624
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBORAH LEWINSON (DIRECTOR & CEO)
- MICHELE S HAVENS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DEBORAH LEWINSON (DIRECTOR & CEO): $153,744 total reported compensation
- STEVEN HANES (BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR): $142,413 total reported compensation
- RONALD PETRUCELLI (BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR A): $140,020 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide quality services to educate and support children and adults who have autism spectrum disorder, as needed throughout their lifespan ever mindful of quality of life, the intent to maximize each individuals potential through a highly specialized, intensive and individualized education from which one can transition to less restrictive and inclusive settings, when appropriate in order to enable our adults to function productively in the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Allegro school provides an adult day program for individuals with autism. Some of our adults live in group homes and some live with their families. The allegro etc (employment and training center) is a day habilitation program that provides life skills, employment training, and community integration. Allegro school also provides residential services for adults, and community based supports for children and adults on the autism spectrum.
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
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 92
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -1.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.8%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.8% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $12.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $154K · 11 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.