California High School Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921813515
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Placerville, CA, USA
Phone
5309191136
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,164
Expenses
$85,394
Assets
$112,060

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RON CARRUTH (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • RON CARRUTH (CEO)
  • JOHN NICKERSON (CFO)
  • ERICA VOLTA (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to support high school students in partnership with parents, governing boards and educational partners, so that we can assist students in college and career preparation and the associated responsiblities tasked to high schools. We also provide proactive support for superintendents through legislative, advocacy, and professional development. We also have a moral obligation to identify, train, support, and promote high-quality high school administrators, cabinet level administrators and superintendents.

What it reported doing in 2025

The California high school coaltition seeked to become the preeminent voice for high school students in California.we provided a common voice to inform and educate California legislators and leaders about the chanllenges faced by high school students. We provided a platform for leaders to talk through and solve complex issues they face and we were the boots on the ground as a valuable resource for people considering policy changes. We created a forum for identifying the purpose of high schools and the challenges faced in meeting these goals.

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
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 91
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.31; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -53.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.