Cathcart Parent Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911401672
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Snohomish, WA, USA
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,013
Expenses
$82,717
Assets
$50,442

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jo McMahon (CPO President)

People named in this filing

  • Jo McMahon (CPO President)
  • Mi Hausvatar (Treasurer)
  • Amy Thompson (Fundraiser)

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

We are the Cathcart Parent Organization CPO also known as the PTO for Cathcart Elementary. Our primary goal is utilized the money raised from fundraisers to improve the childrens time at school by paying for their fun run carnival quarterly school event along with aiding the school in fieldtrips author visits classroom enhancements among other things.

What it reported doing in 2024

Fun Run - This is the primary source of income for the CPO and the school. The Kids raise money to help better their experience at the school. Each and every student gets to participate in the fun run and receives a T-shirt. There are tiered prizes for students that raise money equal to that tier. Around 70% of all expenses for the fun run are for Bookfair dollars T-shirts and their fundraising incentives. The last 30% is for group school awards and expenditures to run the event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.5%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 34; 34th 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: 26.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of revenue deployed · 81.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.