Charter School Association of Nevada

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264513838
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7757713224
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$214,312
Expenses
$208,925
Assets
$61,915
Liabilities
$57

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Eve Breier-Ramos (President)
  • Victor Salcido (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Victor Salcido (Executive Director): $90,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Charter School Association of Nevada is a nonprofit membership and professional association established to support and expand the number of high-quality public charter schools available to all families in Nevada.

What it reported doing in 2020

The association organizes a yearly conference open to educators and administrators of Nevada Charter Schools. The conference strives to promote innovative ways to educate, enhance parent/education relations, embrace diversity, and how to effectively communicate with all stakeholders of a Charter School. We postponed our yearly conference to Fall 2021 due to pandemic restrictions in 2020.The association provides support for pandemic assistance and maintained channels of communications to update our members on changing policies with the CDC and government entities for a safe reopening.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 76% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.5%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.1%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -37.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -45.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.8% of revenue deployed · 73.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.