Des Moines North High School Polar

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201428016
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5152427200
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,004
Expenses
$52,987
Assets
$28,425

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The corporation is a nonprofit organization and is formed to provide financial or material support to students, particularly the athletic students who are in sport teams and competitions, with funds, materials, supplies and uniforms that are needed for the events at north high school in des moines, Iowa. The purpose of this kind of support is to keep school extracurricular programs active and keep students off the street. The process of generating donations and funds for the corporation also becomes a platform for parents of those students to get involved and help the public school to run those extracurricular activities that are not supported in the traditional school budget. In order to be able to achieve this purpose, the corporation shall relay on funding from general public support and government agencies and individual charitable donations.

What it reported doing in 2011

The corporation provided the materials and supplies to the athletic students in des moines north high schol. Many students engaged and enjoyed with extra curriculum programs, which were designed by the corporation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 62% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and the available information about grant readiness automatic revocation leaves an important question unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.3%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 19.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.