Dekalb Path Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 400002663
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4048463242
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,531,665
- Expenses
- $7,422,560
- Assets
- $6,842,283
- Liabilities
- $5,907,863
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRYSTAL MONQUE FLIX-CLARKE (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- CRYSTAL MONQUE FLIX-CLARKE (CEO): $174,000 total reported compensation
- VERONICA PERRY (PRINCIPAL): $163,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To continue to provide 5th-8th grade immigrant, refugee and local students with safe and nuturing learning environment in which they can develop the knowledge, skills and character needed to succeed in top quality high schools, colleges and competitive world beyond.
What it reported doing in 2024
Dekalb path academy is a charter public middle school serving 368 students in 5th through 8th grade. The average class size is 2022 students, depending on the academic needs of the students. The school day runs from 8 am to 4 pm monday through friday. The students also attend two weeks of summer school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 78% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 89.4%; rating input score 89
- Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 89.4% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $174K · 11 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.