Chappaqua Summer Scholarship Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133038194
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chappaqua, NY, USA
Phone
9149547828
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,739
Expenses
$94,175
Assets
$263,808
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELLEN ADNOPOZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR)

People named in this filing

  • ELLEN ADNOPOZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-CHAIR)
  • NANCY SILVER (CO-CHAIR)
  • BARBARA DOCTOR (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to provide academically motivated students from under-resourced New York city high schools with a three-year summer program of enriched academic and cultural activities; to promote connections between chappaqua summer scholarship program ("cssp") students and families in our community; and to help prepare our students for college and expose them to career options to support their future personal success.

What it reported doing in 2024

Courses - during the summer our scholars enjoyed a shakespeare course taught by a teaching artist from the hudson valley shakespeare festival. Scholars studied richard iii during the four-week session, and then performed it to a large audience. A highlight was the annual trip to garrison, New York to hvsf to see the play in person. Scholars also participated in a stem class where they built wooden tables and passivehydroponic windowsill herb gardens. In creative writing class the class focused on reading boy in the black suit (2015) and for everyone (2018) by jason reynolds and wrote essays in response. They also watched a screening of his lifestories interview. In addition, our third years worked on their personal statements.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 78% for direct work, and 22% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.8; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.8% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.