Ar Kids Read

Overview

Mission

The organization is a community volunteer-based program designed to provide struggling readers and their families with access to trained tutors who donate time on a regular basis. The focus of these volunteer tutors is children who need to improve basic literacy language skills to proficiently read at grade level. Key components of the ar kids read tutor program are: student relationship-based; low tutor-to-student ratio, mentor commitment (for at least one semester), reading level-based curriculum, and effective program coordination, tutor training, and support. The organization also works to build partnerships with agencies and organizations to increase awareness of children's literacy issues, promote the availability of reading support services, and reach potential students and volunteer tutors. Ar kids read works to recruit, train and provide tutors to participating school districts, non-profits, churches and other agencies to help children read at grade level.

Operating model

Revenue model

Donor-supported. 88% 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

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 and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 69
• Transparency & Controls: 92
• Accountability: 90
• Sustainability: 33
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• Where the money goes: 75.9% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $403K in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $91K · 19 people listed
• Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
• Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
• Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
• 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.

• High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
• Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
• Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.