Center for Effective Reading Instruction
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475005293
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Towson, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4102960232
- Rating
- 50
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $334,750
- Expenses
- $144,888
- Assets
- $501,868
- Liabilities
- $16,790
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Tiffany Peltier (President)
- Erin Washburn (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Tiffany Peltier (President)
- Erin Washburn (Vice President)
- Emily Binks-Cantrell (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization serves the public and educators through the establishment and maintenance of criteria and procedures for certifying educators in structured, evidence-based approaches to teaching reading and the acquisition of literacy for all student populations, especially those who struggle with language.
What it reported doing in 2024
Certification of teachers and other education - professionals - in 2016, the center implemented a teacher certification program, whereby individuals who met prerequisite criteria were permitted to apply for and take a certification exam and obtain a credential certifying the individual has met certain knowledge requirements relative to teaching reading to all student populations, especially those struggling with disabilities or language barriers. The center also educated teachers, principals, superintendents, and school boards about the importance of having teachers equipped to teach to these student populations. The center's certification program furthers the center's tax exempt purpose by equipping teachers with the knowledge base for effectively teaching reading to all students in the classroom, particularly to those to whom reading is a challenge, and by awarding a credential to indicate mastery of the subject matter. The center provided web based training modules to educate teachers and other educational professionals about the standards and the ways in which the standards may be met. There are 10 modules which were developed in the first year, including an online knowledge component and video recordings. The subjects of the training are primarily for teachers already in the classroom who did not receive this training in their colleges or on the job, but may also include administrators, allied professionals, such as school psychologists, parents and others interested in learning this content. In addition to training modules, the center was a resource for information about research on best practices in the field. This activity furthers the exempt purpose of the center by making training and information accessible to a larger number of teachers and equipping them to teach reading to all student populations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 77
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 56.7%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.46; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -53.2% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 33.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.