Alliance for Decision Educationinc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464064705
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA
Phone
6106681484
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development – Religious Leadership

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,777,740
Expenses
$6,893,379
Assets
$19,312,393
Liabilities
$1,182,165

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIC BROOKS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ADRIANA MASSARA (COO): $256,055 total reported compensation
  • MARY CALL BLANUSA (DIR. PUBLIC): $211,037 total reported compensation
  • CONSTANCE MURPHY (DIR. PHILANT): $185,523 total reported compensation

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 alliance for decision education is to improve lives by empowering students with essential skills and dispositions for making better decisions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research programs - research collaborative: the decision education research collaborative brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers with a shared interest in decision education to discuss research findings, share knowledge and resources, and generate new insights about decision- making in childhood and adolescence. Research grants: the decision education research grants and awards program was established to support future and existing research on decision education, and is the latest step in establishing a robust evidence base and enhancing the overall understanding of the field. The graduate student scholarship program is a component of the larger de research grants and awards initiative. Through the graduate student scholarship award, the alliance seeks to seed the field with future decision education researchers and develop an engaged researcher community. The alliance for decision education aims to support graduate students (masters or doctoral level) interested in the field of decision education. Graduate student authors of winning papers that demonstrated insight and innovation in the field of decision education received a 1500 scholarship award.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.4%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Fail
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.4% of revenue deployed · 66% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $256K · 16 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 40 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.