Barat Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364407543
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8475742465
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,959
Expenses
$69,969
Assets
$11,306
Liabilities
$13,150

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL DIMENGO (Treasurer): $3,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Barat educational foundation was established to continue the values and ground-breaking educational achievements of barat college.the barat educational foundation worked with a team of educators andtechnology specialists to develop our american voice a 21st century media-rich model to teach civic learning and engagement to elementary and middleschool students. This teacher-friendly, in school and after school curriculumis integrated with innovative use of digital technology that combines proven traditional curriculum approaches, cutting-edge technology, media and the artsto educate, engage and empower students to be participative citizens in theircommunities and their country. The program has been implemented in 26 communitiesacross Illinois with more than 1,000 students participating in 2023/24.

What it reported doing in 2024

Barat educational foundation has been a key partner of the library of congressteaching with primary sources consortium since 2004.barat has trained more than 7,500 teachers in the useof the library's resources and impacted over 500,000 students.in addition, barat education foundation's primary source nexus website is accessed by educators nationally and in 28 countries.in 2016, the foundation was awarded a grant by the library of congress to develop a multidisciplinary curriculum called citizen u (registered trademark) focused on empowering teachers across all disciplines to become agents of civicengagement. The foundation of the curriculum of citizen u is the library of congress resources which serve as a connection between civic learning and content learning using primary sources. Citizen u curriculum is currently comprised of 200 lessons for grades 4-12 across the curriculum. The initial 31 lessons in2018 were pilot tested with more than 200 teachers from 78 schools in 15 stateswith a total of 4,680 students. The citizen u lessons have been posted on-line. In 2019, they are being rolled out nationally. It is projected that 1,000 teachers across the united states will use these lessons.our last current cornerstone program is the civics educator micro-credential.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 42%; rating input score 42
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -32.1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.16; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 42% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $3K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.