Allentown School District Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270743152
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Allentown, PA, USA
Phone
4847654121
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$571,614
Expenses
$491,497
Assets
$1,622,312
Liabilities
$2,805

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Donald Wieand (Vice President)
  • Tonya M Harris (Past President)
  • Rev Canon Maria Tjeltveit (President)

People named in this filing

  • Adrene Brown-Nowell (Director)
  • Ibi Balog (Treasurer)
  • Don Hinkle (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the foundation is to encourage, promote, support, and fund positive educational experiences for students in the allentown school district.

What it reported doing in 2024

The 2024-25 school year was ASD Foundations 16th year fulfilling its mission to encourage, promote, support and fund positive educational experiences for students in the Allentown School District (ASD). Since its founding in June 2009, the organization has raised over $10 million dollars in support of enriching, hands-on programming that has helped close to 72,000 students grow academically, creatively and socially.Over the past year, more than 9,000 ASD students in Pre-K through Grade 12 have benefited from one or more of the following ASD Foundation-supported programs made possible by gifts and grants from individuals, businesses, corporations, trusts and other foundations: Literacy and Civic Engagement: Reading volunteers, student-authored books, reward-based reading programs and National History Day opportunities STEAM Enrichment: Science fairs, Multidisciplinary Project Expositions and STEAM Club Jr. Arts & Performance: Visual art residencies, music instruction, Latin dance and a Broadway trip Scholarships & Innovation: Graduating senior scholarships and Teacher Innovation Grants

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 55% for direct work, and 45% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th 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; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.3; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 74.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $364K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 24 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.