California Assoc of Teachers of English

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330595344
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8582542813
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$332,143
Expenses
$356,218
Assets
$511,038
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT POLSKI (President)
  • Susan Dillion (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Annie Gervais (CNVNTN CRDTNTR)
  • Jennifer Silver (CNVNTN CRDTNTR)
  • DENISE MIKKONEN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charitable and educational

What it reported doing in 2024

IMPROVE AND ASSIST THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND STUDENTS OF THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA; PROMOTE EDUCATIONAL GOALS.The CATE Convention was held in Burlingame on Feb 28 - March 2. Attendance was 765. Speakers included Tina Korani, Gerry Brooks, CUE, CAP CUE, Dashka Slater. The theme was Social Context Using Pop Culture and Social Media to Make Content Relevant. We included Educator Meetup to share strategies to help all thrive in what can be challenging environmentsWe developed and adopted resolutions on the following topics. We continue to work on Active Mission Statement Work (Franks Amiesh activity)Discussing and sessions addressed AI in Education.Officers and Local Affiliates attended NCTEs annual convention in Boston in November, we received an award to increase membership and attended required business meetings and get-togethers. We had four board meetings in Sept, Dec, Feb and May. Committee Chairs for 2025-2026: Leadership/Membership Joan Williams; Convention Coordinating Chair Jennifer Silver; Policy/Censorship April Parker; Executive Finance Susan Dillon; Publications/Social Media Carole LeCren.We published 4 issues of California English - due to law changes in California, the Precision Assembly can no longer manage our mailing list and send out our publications. We located another vendor Sundance Press who is able to take over the job. California English received NCTE Award for Excellence in Journals at their annual convention in Boston

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 5th 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $356K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.