Downtown Doral Charter Schools Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841757078
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Doral, FL, USA
Phone
3055133013
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$577,069
Expenses
$419,635
Assets
$1,122,128
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANA-MARIE CODINA (DIRECTOR)
  • ANA FROST (DIRECTOR)
  • RAFAEL ROMERO (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The downtown doral charter schools foundation, inc. Provides support for two charter schools located in doral Florida, namely downtown doral charter elementary school, inc. And downtown doral charter upper school, inc. Both schools are 501(c)3 tax exempt organizations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The foundation provides support for downtown doral charter elementary school, inc. And downtown doral charter upper school, inc (the "schools"). The schools are a public private partnership between the schools and miami-dade county public school board. The schools have three language tracks, spanish, portuguese and french. Within each track, there are two programs, the bilingual education advancement program (beap) and the bilingual education studies program (besp). Beap serves students who are matriculating from elementary and are already proficient in the languages of spanish, portuguese or french. New students who are able to demonstrate through a screening test that they are proficient in the language track they are applying for will be able to enroll in this program as well. Beap offers more advanced spanish, portuguese and french courses, including humanities courses in the foreign language in elementary and ap courses in upper school. Besp serves students who are new to the school and do not have knowledge of the foreign language. Students enrolled in this program are exposed to two foreign language courses per year, but the courses are not as advanced as the other program. All students, regardless of the program, are expected to become fully bilingual and bicultural by the time they graduate. Through the courses and school-wide activities, students will be immersed in the spanish, portuguese, and french cultures, allowing them to develop biculturalism.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.3%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 82.4%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.23 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.8%; rating input score 99; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.67; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.3% of revenue deployed · 82.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $346K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.