Catawba Trail Elementary Parent Teacher Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364705305
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-PF 2019, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Elgin, SC, USA
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,061
Expenses
$63,214
Assets
$7,142

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Lostetter (President)
  • Jannifer Quiles (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mary Lostetter (President)
  • Jannifer Quiles (Vice President)
  • Kourtney Martin (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Catawba Trail Elementary PTO aims to fund beautification projects or big ticket items for the school assist in scheduling parent volunteers for various school events and provide teachers and staff a mental boost through meals and or beverages in order to provide the best learning environment possible for our students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our Boosterthon proceeds this year went towards classroom equipment for the related arts teachers. We purchased new risers for the kids to stand on during performances that are easier to move. We purchased new Beams buckets for storage jump ropes soccer balls storage scooters floor dots and more to give our students new activities to do and gives them the ability to move things around without hurting themselves. And lastly we purchased new recorders for the Music teacher to use with the 5th graders who will also keep them at the end of the year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.1%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 12; 12th 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: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -82.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.1% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.