Arbor Center for Teaching
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273231286
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Tualatin, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5036386399
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,353
- Expenses
- $30,588
- Assets
- $183,456
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHERINE HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KATHERINE HAWKINS (PRESIDENT)
- SALLY LEFEBER (SECRETARY)
- JOHN THOMPSON (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To establish, conduct, manage, and maintain a center for the training of prekindergarten and elementary school teachers who hold bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degrees in fields other than education.
What it reported doing in 2020
Maintain center for training prekindergarten, kindergarten and elementary teachers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.2%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 76.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 118.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.2% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.