Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
Legal name: Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522157082
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, US
- Phone
- (202) 797-4700
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,973,664
- Expenses
- $43,080,516
- Assets
- $57,746,147
- Liabilities
- $38,372,955
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALLISON R KOKKOROS (MEMBER EX OFFICIO, CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- ALLISON R KOKKOROS (MEMBER EX OFFICIO, CEO): $281,289 total reported compensation
- ROBERT MICHAEL SKELTON (GENERAL COUNSEL): $234,258 total reported compensation
- EUN AH MEDINA (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER): $229,526 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Delivering high quality education to D.C.'s adult learners and workforce communities
What it reported doing in 2024
The carlos rosario school has been on the forefront of preparing, educating and empowering tomorrow's diverse workforce for more than 50 years. In 1998, the school, which is located in Washington dc, became the first adult education charter in the country; it is fully accredited by the middle states association. The school has had more than 80,000 graduates over the years, many today are our region's teachers, health professionals, leaders and small business owners. The school's award winning three-pronged model includes foundational courses in english language, ged, digital technology and online communication tools, and citizenship for the naturalization test; career certification training in high growth and high demand fields, including nursing, culinary arts, bilingual education and construction pre-apprenticeship; and comprehensive supportive services in an environment of love and respect. The school is ranked as a tier one high performing school by the d.c. Public charter school board.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 96
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.5%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th 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: 2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 83.5% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $38M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $281K · 19 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
- Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
- Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.