Columbus Bilingual West
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992550124
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Columbus, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6146235345
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $868,240
- Expenses
- $1,090,638
- Assets
- $290,071
- Liabilities
- $512,469
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Lina Valencia (Board Member): $1,125 total reported compensation
- Scott Kern (Board Member): $1,125 total reported compensation
- McKinzi Warren (Board Member): $750 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At Columbus Bilingual Academy - West, students build a strong academic foundation through standards-based instruction aligned with the Ohio Learning Standards. Daily Spanish instruction and cultural studies enrich the curriculum, promoting bilingual communication skills and global awareness. Teachers integrate hands-on and project-based learning to foster critical thinking and engagement. Personalized language support ensures that each student receives the assistance they need to succeed.
What it reported doing in 2024
At Columbus Bilingual West, we provide a standards-based curriculum that teaches students skills for college and career readiness. Our curriculum is built on the Ohio Learning Standards (OLS) for English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Physical Education, and Spanish.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 14
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; 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: 7 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: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.77; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $1K · 5 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $236K reported
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.