Carol Stark Foundation 001294

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823972813
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Adamstown, PA, USA
Phone
7177336576
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,756
Expenses
$3,990
Assets
$101,153
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARL STARK (PRESIDENT)
  • DONNA STARK (VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY)

People named in this filing

  • KARL STARK (PRESIDENT)
  • DONNA STARK (VICE PRESIDENT AND 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

Help students from Ephrata School District, Cocalico School Disctrict, and Garden Spot School District for the sole purpose of helping these students continue their education through summer school. If no summer school program it shall be used to provide funding for credit recovery for those who are economically disadvantaged.

What it reported doing in 2025

Money distributed for scholarship payments.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 36
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 35.3%; rating input score 35
  • Program expense ratio: 37.6%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 40.9%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 25.35; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 35.3% of revenue deployed · 37.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.