Educate Radiate Elevate

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853926290
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
8722162443
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,413
Expenses
$28,354
Assets
$20,824
Liabilities
$1,047

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lindsey Wander (President, Executive Director, and Program Director)
  • Michelle Sandoval-Rosario (Director and Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Lindsey Wander (President, Executive Director, and Program Director)
  • Michelle Sandoval-Rosario (Director and Vice President)
  • Michael DeVita (Director and Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To provide tutoring to low-income students

What it reported doing in 2025

Working with 61 volunteers (including 16 interns) as well as 8 trained tutors, we provided tutoring services throughout the year to make a brighter future for 21 children in Illinois and Texas. In just 4 months, our students improved in math by up to the equivalent of 2.5 years of schooling, language arts by up to 2.9 years, and reading by up to 5.3 years. Assessments also show reduced anxiety and depression, as well as improved attitude to school, executive functions, and resiliency.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 51
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.1%; rating input score 44
  • Program expense ratio: 62.8%; rating input score 63

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 36.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.1% of revenue deployed · 62.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.