Center for Curriculum Redesign Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
453847373
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6175643035
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,507,979
Expenses
$1,404,437
Assets
$665,761
Liabilities
$50,305

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES FADEL (PRESIDENT/CLERK/TREASURER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES FADEL (PRESIDENT/CLERK/TREASURER): $272,817 total reported compensation
  • BRENT MCKENZIE (DIRECTOR, PROD DEV & STRATEGY): $146,423 total reported compensation
  • WENDY SHANE (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS): $60,353 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization is dedicated to making education more relevant for students to learn for the 21st century, and to openly propagate its recommendations and frameworks on a worldwide basis.

What it reported doing in 2023

Ccr advocates globally for the development and propagation of an education relevant to the 21st century. To inspire and inform others in the collective pursuit of this mission, the team speaks at keynotes, panels, presentations, and seminars on such topics as: artificial intelligence (ai) in education; the criticality of modern competencies (i.e., "twenty-first century skills and "social-emotional learning"); a relevant education in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (vuca) world; modernizing mathematics education; and promoting an effective computer science education for all.ccr specializes in synthesizing the latest research from a variety of fields to create actionable frameworks and implementation strategies for educators. Due to the overwhelming body of work and the time-consuming nature of the education field, this research often doesn't reach classrooms. Ccr evaluates the quality of this constantly-evolving research and makes the best of these studies actionable to schools and educators so they can positively transform their students' learning outcomes. Ccr regularly publishes the results of its work and makes it available to the public at no charge through its website and other venues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $93.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $273K · 5 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $111K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.