Connecticut Coalition for Justice in Education Funding Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562518924
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8603084832
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,556
Expenses
$88,508
Assets
$86,876

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Herbert Rosenthal (President)

People named in this filing

  • James Finley (ProjectDirector)
  • Herbert Rosenthal (President)
  • Marilyn Ondrasik (Secretary)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

CCJEF seeks to achieve an adequately and equitably funded Pre-K to 12 public education system that is based on the learning needs of students and the real costs of delivering high-quality education in every community.CCJEF strives to strengthen the fiscal infrastructure of public schooling, in part, by lessening the reliance on Grand Lists and local property taxes, and substantially shifting the funding burden to the state in accordance with its constitutional obligation.

What it reported doing in 2019

CCJEF continued its extensive research on the unmet learning needs of Connecticut students, essential resource needs of the public schools if they are to be high-performing, and the condition of state and local funding of public school districts, magnet and other choice programs, and early childhood education. Such evidence added to the body of evidence supporting CCJEF's legal claims that the state is failing to adequately and equitably fund the schools, all to the harm and long-term detriment of tens of thousands of schoolchildren as well as the state's future workforce and economy. The information and research analyses were also disseminated via numerous public presentations at community and statewide forums and as print materials widely distributed across the state. Expenses $ 54,047

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.3%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 61.1%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -51.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.9% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.3% of revenue deployed · 61.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 32 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.