Center for Collaboration

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
593822328
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2165757535
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$195,100
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop tools, policies and strategies that dramatically improve the efffectiveness of public schooling and life chances for large numbers of poor children worldwide.

What it reported doing in 2011

Worked with government agencies, foundations, shcool districts, community organizations and other interested parties to construct and communicate meaningful policy, strategies and frameworks for creating and supporting community-driven improvements in schooling. One third of the organization's work is with international agencies and foreign governments attempting to do the same.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -173.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 1 of 1 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.