Escuela Adelante

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463665165
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,058
Expenses
$165,895
Assets
$314,563
Liabilities
$106,642

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carrie Valladares (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Carrie Valladares (Board President)
  • JoongBin Im (Board Secretary)
  • Jovelyn Agbalog (Board Member)

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

Escuela Adelante is organized and operated exclusively for charitable and educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code. The organizations primary purpose is to provide high-quality bilingual education and community development programs to children and families in Nicaragua regardless of socioeconomic status. Through accessible academic instruction language immersion and cultural enrichment Escuela Adelante seeks to promote literacy critical thinking and lifelong learning thereby improving educational outcomes and fostering sustainable community growth.

What it reported doing in 2024

Escuela Adelante provides bilingual education for children from pre-kindergarten through middle school. During the year the organization expanded grade offerings to include 8th grade implemented an accredited middle school mathematics program and increased enrollment by 15 students. Additionally the Growing Adelante early childhood program was expanded with the addition of a dedicated classroom to enhance learning environments for young learners. These efforts advance the organizations mission to improve educational outcomes and promote community development in Nicaragua.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 45.2%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -67.5%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 45.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.