Citizens of the World Charter
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270587253
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3234644292
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,029,747
- Expenses
- $1,789,681
- Assets
- $547,314
- Liabilities
- $88,395
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Citizens of the world charter is a California public charter school, organized for the purpose of serving a low-income community located in the central city. The school currently provides education for kindergarten through second grade
What it reported doing in 2011
A California public charter school currently serving students kindergarten through second grade.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 79% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.