Darrell Lynn Hines College Preparatory Academy of Excellence
Legal name: Darrell L Hines Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391968365
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 414-358-3542
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,510,610
- Expenses
- $2,846,791
- Assets
- $2,735,962
- Liabilities
- $1,099,924
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- PRECIOUS SMITH (EXECUTIVE DIR.): $138,747 total reported compensation
- LOIS FLETCHER (PRINCIPAL): $118,918 total reported compensation
- WRYE OLIVER (TEACHER REP): $104,348 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 Darrell Lynn Hines College Preparatory Academy of Excellence is to prepare students academically, socially, physically, and emotionally. Students who graduate from our school will be prepared to promote open-mindedness and social responsibility not only in their communities but the world around them. Students who leave our program will be equipped with the skills necessary to become well-balanced, caring, and knowledgeable individuals who understand that there are many diverse voices in the world that have a right to be heard and respected.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operate a public elementary school with grades k-8 in milwaukee, Wisconsin. Approximately 180 students attended the school during the 2024-2025 school year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.2%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $44.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 94.2% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 10 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $135K reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 10/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.