Catskill Mountain Education Corporation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
160959860
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Prattsville, NY, USA
Phone
6074355166
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,937
Expenses
$34,927
Assets
$426,177
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

People named in this filing

  • John Hubbard (Chairman)
  • John Whritner (1st Vice Chairman)
  • Patricia Callagy (2nd Vice Chairman)

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

The Catskill Mountain Education Corporation's primary purpose is to support and enrich educational opportunities for the students served within Otsego, Schoharie, Greene and Delaware counties and support the educational programs of the 19 component school districts within the Otsego Northern Catskills BOCES.

What it reported doing in 2025

Grants were distributed to five different school districts and educational non-for-profits to support grants for numerous educational projects for STEAM and agriculture. In 2025 the following school districts received a total of $22,012 in funds. Recipients included: Cherry-Valley Springfield, Otsego Christian Academy, Roxbury CSD, Margaretville CSD and Charlotte Valley CSD. Other program service expenses included insurance and meeting expenses in the amount of $3,033.59

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - 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: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 21.7%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.2; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 63% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 21.7% of revenue deployed · 21.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.