Cody Schools Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882233068
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Cody, WY, USA
Phone
3074213764
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$166,801
Expenses
$64,731
Assets
$183,976

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE PARKS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE PARKS (PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID MCNULTY (VICE PRESIDE)
  • RICHARD RIDGWAY (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of cody schools education foundation is to enhance the education experience of all cody school students, from kindergarten through high school, and including recent graduates.

What it reported doing in 2025

The foundation initiates projects and raises funds to enhance the education experience for students that attend schools located in cody, Wyoming. In partnership with other community resources, the foundation helps the school district meet needs and take advantage of new education opportunities. Projects during 2025 included: 1) development of an academic excellence board, recognizing the valedictorians and salutatorians over the history of cody high school; 2) a grant to wapiti elementary school for student musical instructions; 3) a grant to cody middle school for a summer stem program; 4) funding of cody high school rocket alumni solutions video boards for school and alumni news; and 5) a grant to sunset elementary school for careers materials and equipment.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.8%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 61.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 37.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 76.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $65K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.