Avant-Garde Learning Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861131749
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone
9077267191
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$133
Expenses
$13,079
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Shirley J Holloway (President)

People named in this filing

  • Steven Bettis (VICE CHAIRMAN)
  • CHERYL MCKAY (Chairperson)
  • JEFFREY ELBIE JR (Director)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Avant-Garde is a nonprofit organization that works through partnerships to improve teaching and learning in Alaska schools. With a primary focus on rural communities, Avant-Garde brings a balance of innovation and best practice with respect for local leadership.

What it reported doing in 2014

Avant-garde performs its exempt purpose achievements through the following means: code 300 - the career explorations program (cep) supports rural Alaska high school students in exploring, experiencing and preparing for future careers. Through this program, avant-garde provides innovative materials and resources to rural teachers and career and college experiences to students, working through industry and educational partnerships, avant-garde connects students, teachers and schools to a rich set of resources that address Alaska's specific needs. Code 200 - the Alaska native teacher initiative (anti) recruited Alaska native teacher candidates and provided support guidance as they worked to accomplish their goal of becoming a teacher in Alaska.code 400 - the school growth model provides assessment and instructional tools to rural school districts. Teachers are provided training in data literacy and differentiated instruction. This work has laid the foundation for significant educational reform in rural schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 55.1%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9,733.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -167% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -77.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -88.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 55.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.