Delaware State Education Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 510061551
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dover, DE, USA
- Phone
- 8667345834
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,916,654
- Expenses
- $6,414,099
- Assets
- $10,897,421
- Liabilities
- $1,471,193
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
42 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEPHANIE INGRAM (PRESIDENT)
- TAMEKA MAYS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JEFF TASCHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- JEFF TASCHNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $269,728 total reported compensation
- STEPHANIE INGRAM (PRESIDENT): $225,729 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA MCGONIGLE (GENERAL COUNSEL): $225,481 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Advocate for the rights and interests of its members and outstanding public education for all students.
What it reported doing in 2024
Leading the profession - dsea represents approximately 13,420 educational employees, 45 public health nurses, and 1,169 retirees in Delaware. They assist locals in collaborative bargaining and problem solving. It is active in the negotiations of contracts, handling grievances, and providing legal defense if necessary. Instructional advocacy and education reform efforts assist dsea and local affiliates in being major players in the educational reform efforts on both a state and local effort. Dsea develops research data that will assist dsea and its local associations in achieving their goals and representing their members.organizing - dsea increases its strength as an association through increasing and maintenance of membership in the association. It provides training workshops for local associations, leaders, and members in areas of association and leadership development, develop handbooks and other training materials including newsletters and reports.communications - dsea provides ongoing communications with members and outside individuals/groups who impact public education fostering the understanding of dsea's mission, goals, and activities.government relations - dsea develops and implements programs necessary to achieve dsea's legislative priorities.social justice - dsea provides exposure to members and the public of human and civil rights activities, cultural competency, and promoting social justice for all people.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 73
- Accountability: 93
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- 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: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.2%; rating input score 88; 19th 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: 7.3%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 26.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 30 of 34 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 42 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $632K reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 43 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 53/100.