Career Connections Charter High School of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Pa
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311800343
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4127825710
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,471,603
- Expenses
- $4,755,795
- Assets
- $784,257
- Liabilities
- $868,701
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JEFF KELLY (PRESIDENT)
- GARY ROBERSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TIM MCELHONE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- TIM MCELHONE (CEO): $163,451 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of career connections charter high school is to provide a safe learning environment that prepares high school students for a productive life. The teaching of skills that assist in achieving career goals are accomplished through a rigorous interdisciplinary curriculum, approved and monitored by the Pennsylvania state department of education, strong teacher-parent-student partnerships, small classroom sizes, and senior year internships aligned to career choices.
What it reported doing in 2013
Career connections charter high school of the boys & girls clubs of western Pennsylvania's sole program is to provide formal education services, approved by the Pennsylvania state department of education, that result in the obtainment of high school diplomas for grades 9 through 12 with a focus on career development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -37%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $163K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.