Curriculum Improvement Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264139877
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2013
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013
- Location
- Oakbrook Terrace, IL, USA
- Phone
- 6302821639
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $638,340
- Expenses
- $605,416
- Assets
- $173,479
- Liabilities
- $202,689
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEVIN BAIRD (PRESIDENT/SE)
People named in this filing
- KEVIN BAIRD (PRESIDENT/SE)
- DOUGLAS LUFFBOROUGH (DIRECTOR)
- MICHELLE LYTLE (DIRECTOR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Curriculum improvement institute is a research and education body dedicated to connecting today's leading researcher and leaders on effective education with best practices, leaders, and teachers in real schools.
What it reported doing in 2013
The institute served more than 850 schools, the state of New Mexico, and the 10th largest school district in the united states by educating them about college & career readiness standards, what they mean, and how to transition their organizations to these standards. The institute provided a national conference and several smaller conferences around the country, including no-cost hotel institutes, reaching more than 3,500 principals and teachers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 92
- Program expense ratio: 96.5%; rating input score 97
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 5.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.17; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 96.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $584K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $527K reported
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.