Chain Exploration Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825084442
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Waupaca, WI, USA
Phone
7152584151
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,779
Expenses
$27,663
Assets
$32,428
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ben Warren (Governance Council Vice President)
  • Sandy Robinson (Governance Council President)

People named in this filing

  • Ben Warren (Governance Council Vice President)
  • Sandy Robinson (Governance Council President)
  • Autumn Beese (Governance Council Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Chain Exploration Inc. manages and operates a district instrumentality 4K-8th grades charter school and a community garden. The school with students and staff include approximately 170 people. The garden serves a wider community and is included in the curriculum, serving over 500 people with donor recipients and volunteers.

What it reported doing in 2023

The organization maintains and manages a district instrumentality charter school as well as a community garden on the school grounds that is used in curriculum planning as well as service learning opportunities. The school is a project-based, multiage setting serving kids 4K- 8th grades. Current enrollment is approximately 159. The curriculum has four focal points; environmental education, the Fine Arts, and STEM. Students engage in a variety of student led projects with guidance from the advisors (teachers). Literacy and Math are taught using the legacy model during the mornings; science and social studies are in the afternoon during project time with the inclusion of the focal points. The garden is approximately .5 acres; produce that is not used in the curriculum is donated to local donation sites. Each year thousands of pounds of produce are donated. Students are active in all stages of the garden from planning to donating.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

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: 0.4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.17; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.