East Texas Literacy Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752199235
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Longview, TX, USA
Phone
9037579302
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$250,851
Expenses
$248,701
Assets
$186,524
Liabilities
$34

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK MORRIS (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • NATASHA DUNCAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $41,337 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide opportunities for local adults to develop the basic literacy skills necessary to attain self-sufficiency and function successfully in their community. Instruction is provided by volunteer tutors, staff-led small groups, and a computer learning center.

What it reported doing in 2023

The east Texas literacy council helps its adult learners improve their job skills and basic life skills while acquiring a level of literacy that will enable them to go on to meet their personal goals or further their education. Students are served by meeting one to one with trained volunteer tutors, working in a computer-assisted learning center or attending small classes. We offer family literacy programs, an english as a second language program and a customized workplace program. During 2023, 465 students were served by 12 trained volunteer tutors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.4%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.4% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $214K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 27 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.