Ct Associaton of School Librarians

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060943020
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Burlington, CT, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$146,174
Expenses
$124,063
Assets
$87,872

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jenny Lussier (President - Chair Advocacy Public Relation Team)
  • Valerie DiLorenzo (Vice President - Professional Development Chair - Advocacy and Public Relations Team)
  • Kelly Summa (Vice President Intern - Community and Membership Independent Schools Liaison)
  • Melissa Thom (Past President - Chair Professional Development and Programming)

People named in this filing

  • Jenny Lussier (President - Chair Advocacy Public Relation Team)
  • Valerie DiLorenzo (Vice President - Professional Development Chair - Advocacy and Public Relations Team)
  • Kelly Summa (Vice President Intern - Community and Membership Independent Schools Liaison)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Connecticut Association of School Librarians CASL is committed to excellence in education by ensuring that students are active readers and effective users of ideas and information to become lifelong learners CASL provides leadership professional development publicity networking and support to the Connecticut school library community CASL supports licensed highly qualified library media specialists administrators and curriculum specialists to benefit student achievement especially information and technology literacy CASL serves as a cooperative agency bringing together the profession State Department of Education regional associations national associations and the general public

What it reported doing in 2024

Professional development for approximately 500 school library media specialists through conferences workshops and monthly newsletters and through CSDE Partnership books and authors provided to communities throughout Connecticut.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 1.8%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.1%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 1.8% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.