Educurious Partners

What it reported doing in 2023

Educurious is a seattle, wa-based 501(c)(3) organization which originated with a grant from the bill & melinda gates foundation in partnership with the university of Washington. Educurious designs and delivers authentic project-based learning (pbl) curriculum and learning experiences for young people and professional development opportunities for educators. Their design principles are grounded in the science of learning-understanding how and why people learn. Their approach engages and inspires students to acquire deep content knowledge while developing the skills and dispositions to succeed in school, work, and life. Educurious curriculum and professional development opportunities are delivered digitally, in-person, and virtually in the united states and u.s. Territories. Educurious also designs and offers a wide array of open education resources (oer) which are freely available online through sprocket, a platform originally developed by lucas education research. Educurious has directly impacted over 48k educators and 346k students across 32 states, puerto rico, and the u.s. Virgin islands.other accomplishments include:-expanded work in Washington state to co-develop curriculum units for students in kindergarten and 12th grade.-collaborated with denver public schools to co-design standards-aligned social studies pbl curriculum in grades 6-12. -created renewable energy vehicle and infrastructure technician training (revit) program for high-schoolers pursuing dual-credit pathways. This curriculum integrates science with career and technical education to prepare students for careers in renewable energy.-in partnership with the department of elementary and secondary education (dese) facilitated statewide professional development for elementary educators in Massachusetts.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 52.9%; rating input score 53
• Program expense ratio: 81%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $0.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 33.5%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
• Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings