Community Learning International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200900415
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5032073315
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,066
- Expenses
- $110,674
- Assets
- $17,047
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- Douglas Shifflet (Board Chairman)
- Donald Kodluboy (Vice Chairman)
- Judith Erickson (Secretary-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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CLI's creates opportunities for disadvantaged communities, families and individuals to work to improve their lives. The current focus is increased educational opportunity for children and youth in Laos, one of Asia's poorest countries.
What it reported doing in 2018
CLI operates 3 Learning Centers in rural District towns of Luang Prabang Province. Each has a library of 1500-2500 books. Each has an activity program that provides Life Skills Training in art, music, English language, cooking, sewing, weaving, etc. for ages 2-16. More than 3,000 children and youth participated in LC activities during 2018. In addition, project staff take books by motorbike to remote primary schools for "Reading Days." Moire than 60 schools, approximately 4,000 students, were regularly included in 2018.
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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.3%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.3% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $110K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.