Association of Independent Schools of Florida
Legal name: Association of Independent Schools of Florida Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 592393307
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Miami, FL, USA
- Phone
- (954) 267-9496
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $300,701
- Expenses
- $212,385
- Assets
- $1,359,443
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOSHUA REPENSEK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- ROWENA FLANDERS RAMOS (VICE PRESIDENT OF ASAP)
- DR CAROLE REPENSEK (VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING)
- PETER COHEN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSHUA REPENSEK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $50,000 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 Association of Independent Schools of Florida is to maintain the highest educational, ethical and professional standards among member schools for the benefit of the children of Florida. The Association recognizes the importance of a variety of philosophical approaches to education in order to meet the distinctive needs of children and their parents. We affirm that our goal is educational excellence. To this end, we accredit member schools according to strict standards and provide organizational and pedagogical services to schools and teachers − including workshops, training and participation on school evaluation teams, and an annual teaching & school leadership conference, as well as informational publications. We foster the objective that the best educational experiences should be available to all students and require that our member schools practice non-discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnic origin, and disability (if not exempt from Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act), including their educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conferences and meetings for member schools; inspections of existing member schools and new applicant schools
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 64% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 60.6%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 29.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.4; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 60.6% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $50K · 27 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.