Barr Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825480444
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Louis Park, MN, USA
Phone
6513436993
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$15,113,778
Expenses
$14,970,996
Assets
$14,754,397
Liabilities
$7,005,148

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANGELA JERABEK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGELA JERABEK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $262,185 total reported compensation
  • HANNAH FURNALD (CHIEF OF STAFF): $195,514 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER REMICK (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $177,523 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to support schools in providing a high-quality education system where involved adults know each and every student, recognize their strengths, and help them succeed.

What it reported doing in 2024

Barr (building assets, reducing risks) is a strength-based educational model that provides schools with a comprehensive approach to meeting the academic and non-academic needs of all students through the power of data and relationships - both inside and outside the classroom. Designed by an educator , the barr model is rooted in the belief that growth is possible and within reach for every school, with the same students and the same teachers. Barr builds three different types of relationships in schools; teacher-to-teacher, teacher-to-student, and student-to-student. In barr schools, the adults learn how to use these relationships in combination with real-time academic data to engage students and improve student academic and behavioral outcomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 71% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.7%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 91.3%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.7% of revenue deployed · 91.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $262K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $232K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.