Collaborative for Academic Social and Emotional Learning
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205884201
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3122263770
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,055,588
- Expenses
- $10,247,185
- Assets
- $9,630,632
- Liabilities
- $1,168,685
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AALIYAH SAMUEL (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- AALIYAH SAMUEL (CEO): $390,089 total reported compensation
- ROB JAGERS (VP OF RESEARCH): $284,414 total reported compensation
- LAKEISHA STEELE (VP OF POLICY): $260,728 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See schedule o
What it reported doing in 2024
District partnerships: support high-quality implementation: casel partnerships and resources support high-quality implementation in schools and districts. In 2011, casel launched the collaborating districts initiative (cdi), now called community network partners (cnp) as a national partnership with urban, suburban, and rural school districts across the country to support systemic and sustainable high-quality sel implementation, and ultimately to national scale through the sharing of practical knowledge about sel implementation. The cnp focused on sel across all district, school, and classroom activities and in partnership with parents and communities. The impact of this work is demonstrated by promising school and student outcomes such as improvements in academic performance, student engagement and behavior, school climate, and social and emotional competence. Casel works with nearly 40 school districts. In recent years, casel launched the sel fellows program cultivating a thriving community of sel leaders. We share learnings from our districts broadly through field-tested resources and tools. Casel's growing suite of resources continues to be accessed globally as a go-to resource for sel.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 73.5%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.68 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 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: -45.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 73.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $390K · 22 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $109K reported
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.