Ed Allies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352573057
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
6122575985
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,979,552
Expenses
$1,316,231
Assets
$3,144,277
Liabilities
$309,513

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Joshua Crosson (Executive Dir.): $175,724 total reported compensation
  • Andrea Roethke (Deputy Director): $141,067 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Edallies partners with schools, families, and communities to ensure that every young minnesotan has access to a rigorous and engaging education. We advance policies that put underserved students first, remove barriers facing successful schools and programs, and foster an inclusive conversation about what's possible for students.

What it reported doing in 2025

Edallies uses three strategies to advance an equitable education for students across Minnesota, with a focus on students who have been historically underserved: research and analysis: edallies conducts research to better understand the opportunities and barriers facing Minnesota students and schools, including qualitative research on promising practices in that move the needle for student outcomes, analysis of Minnesota's education landscape, and presentation of data to make it more accessible and inform policy decisions. Outreach and engagement: edallies works to change the narrative about what's possible for Minnesota students, elevating the voices and perspectives of students, educators, and families most impacted by Minnesota's education inequities. Policy change: edallies works with students, families, educators, and community leaders to design, advocate for, and implement equitable policies that center on the needs of students. Edallies' recent accomplishments: -advocating for a strong, student-centered framework for teacher preparation in the state -streamlining college and career access by expanding opportunities for students to become college and career ready including expanding direct admission, dual enrollment, and workforce development programs -advancing access to evidence-based math practices and defending against efforts to dilute math standards -improving and defending student academic data and school accountability systems -banning the use of suspension, expulsion, and seclusions in early grades and supporting welcoming and culturally-relevant school climates -increasing access to rigorous academics -securing investments in evidence-based early literacy instruction -developing student-centered solutions to increase attendance -educating and engaging the community to lead in making student-centered changes to Minnesota's education system through civic engagement and social advocacy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 50.5%; rating input score 50
  • Program expense ratio: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 50.5% of revenue deployed · 73.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $964K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $176K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.