Crispus Attucks Charter School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233029584
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
York, PA, USA
Phone
7178483610
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,378,938
Expenses
$2,149,193
Assets
$1,241,079
Liabilities
$3,402,234

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LOUISE RAYNEE DOWEARY (PRESIDENT)
  • JOSHUA SANTIAGO (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JACQUELINE MARTINO-MILLER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JACQUELINE MARTINO-MILLER (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $153,559 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the youthbuild charter school is to give youth ages 17 to 21 years the opportunity to earn their high school diploma. Along with academic classes, students must participate in construction training or a service site opportunity every other week. Students are also required to participate in mental toughness.

What it reported doing in 2024

Crispus attucks charter school serves at risk youth that have dropped out of their home school district. These students participate in a three trimester program that builds the whole child with a rigorous academic, job readiness, and character building strategy. In the 2024-25 school year we served 128 students. Our enrollment of students is comprised mainly of students from the school district of the city of york, however we are serving students from 8 surrounding school districts as well. The maximum student to teacher ratio is 11:1 and the students we serve are 17 to 21 years of age. For the current year, 53% of our students graduated. Our pretest/posttest data have displayed a 2.0 and more gain in grade levels of growth in math and reading for most of our students, as measured by the gates macginitie and the toap. We are affliated with youthbuild USA, the Pennsylvania department of education, and our charter is granted by the school district of the city of york. The crispus attucks charter school accepts applications all year in a rolling fashion for three cohorts beginning in august, november, and february. Successful students receive a high school diploma at a formal ceremony held in june.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.9%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.74; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.9% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $154K · 7 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.