Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522094777
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022657237
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,472,868
- Expenses
- $20,934,055
- Assets
- $30,590,025
- Liabilities
- $24,030,269
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- ERIKA BRYANT (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $230,039 total reported compensation
- BARBARO CABALLERO (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $179,463 total reported compensation
- BILL MOCZYDLOWSKI (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $147,626 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Established in 1998, the elsie whitlow stokes community freedom public charter school prepares 680 culturally diverse pre-school and elementary school students in the district of columbia to be leaders, scholars, and responsible citizens who are committed to social justice. We teach children to think, speak, read, write, and learn in two languages: english and french, or english and spanish. With a dual focus on academic excellence and community service, the school accomplishes its mission by creating an environment of achievement, respect, and non-violence.
What it reported doing in 2024
The instructional program serves approximately 700 pre-kindergarten through 5th grade students. The elsie whitlow stokes community freedom pcs after school program embodies the school's mission of sustaining and enhancing a dynamic, disciplined and diverse learning community that ensures academic excellence and preparation for active leadership and responsible global citizenship for all students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.4%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 85.1%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $9.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.4% of revenue deployed · 85.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $230K · 16 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $599K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.