America Scores Cleveland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200500153
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cleveland, OH, USA
- Phone
- 2168817988
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $709,513
- Expenses
- $675,681
- Assets
- $939,699
- Liabilities
- $23,170
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
25 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ALISON BLACK (EXECUTIVE DI): $86,428 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
America scores cleveland inspires urban youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
Additional programming additional programming in fy25 included a junior program for grades 1-2 at 12 schools and a middle school program for grades 6-8, offered in 5 schools and in partnership with 5 city of cleveland recreation and resource centers. Practices ranged from 60 to 120 minutes and were held two to four days per week, with an equal focus on soccer and literacy programming. 261 students participated in jr. Scores for at least one day of programming, with 93% improving or maintaining their scores on dolch sight word pre- and post-assessments. Additionally, 138 middle school students participated in the spring session, with 100% reporting that the scores program boosted their confidence, and 88% of caregivers agreed that their child spent more time reading or writing after joining the program. Summer programming spanned five to eight weeks in collaboration with community partners and organizations, cmsd summer schools, and the city of cleveland recreation centers. Additionally scores held clinics, winter sessions, and partnered in many city wide events scores served an additional 1,103 youth in grades 1-8 through its additional programs. Overall, america scores engaged 1,868 cleveland youth during fy25.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% 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.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 84.8%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: Limited
- 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 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: 4.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 84.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $573K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $86K · 25 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 40/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.