Elk Plain PTA
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 911189974
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Spanaway, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2532279847
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,049
- Expenses
- $37,213
- Assets
- $34,979
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Shaunna Ruda (Co-President)
- Elizabeth Whisenhunt (Co-President)
- Erika Nelson (Co-Vice President)
- Cheryl Walters (Co-Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Shaunna Ruda (Co-President)
- Elizabeth Whisenhunt (Co-President)
- Erika Nelson (Co-Vice President)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Parent Teacher Association. To promote the welfare of children and youth at home and school. Promote collaboration and engagement of families and educators.
What it reported doing in 2024
Grants provided to teachers/staff/school to supplement classroom/school supplies and activities. Reading program, theater supplies, books, activities, student outdoor equipment and after school program supplies. Approx 600 students/staff benefited.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, and 55% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -23.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 30.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -8.9% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.