Cimarron School of Living Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871703963
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Guthrie, OK, USA
Phone
3255134018
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$368,291
Expenses
$366,639
Assets
$5,518
Liabilities
$162

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS GORDON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MINDA CIARDI (EX-OFFICIO M)
  • KEENON DELEON (TREASURER)
  • CHRIS GORDON (PRESIDENT)

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

Overview

Mission

The cimarron school of living education seeks to provide a rich and excellent curriculum by creating environments that foster the love of learning. Cimarron will build authentic relationships with students, families, and staff, while engaging students with a feast of learning opportunities and experiences that foster creativity and wonder. The cimarron school is established as a not-for-profit corporation for the purpose of building a community of area families and providing a balance of the best of two worlds-homeschool and private school with a hybrid model of education, featuring the charlotte mason education philosophy.

What it reported doing in 2023

Cimarron school supports Oklahoma city area homeschool families through a blended model(60%)homeschool, part (40%)classroom. It served 102 students through instruction focused on a curriculum of integrated learning and strengthened individualized needs, both academic and behavioral. Twenty paid staff, with specific training, execute all curricular activities. Cimarron school serves students from kindergarten through 8th grade. Students attend classes on tuesdays and thursdays, receiving instruction on a variety of topics. Cimarron school provides instructional support and advice for the three days of homeschooling to enrich and enhance the school week instructional strategy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.4%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $367K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.