Citizens for Educational Choice
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 412245932
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA, USA
- Phone
- 2253465441
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,775
- Expenses
- $58,792
- Assets
- $57,254
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOHN H LEBLANC (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- MARISSA BAGALA (PRESIDENT)
- THOMAS COSTANZA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ROXANNE VALENTI (DIRECTOR)
- JENNIFER GUIDRY (DIRECTOR)
- ROBBIE LABORDE (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Desseminate information related to private school education
What it reported doing in 2023
Consult with superintendents of religious and non-religious schoolson issues involving state and federal covernments. Four 2-hourmeeting with superintendents and cec board members
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.7%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 368.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $59K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.