Escuela Tlatelolco Centro De Estudios

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
840746649
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$-30,431
Assets
$919,969
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Camila Lara (Board Chair)
  • Michael Glade (Treasurer)
  • Yolanda Ortega (Vice Chair)

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To liberate mind, heart spirit through cultural expresssion, moral courage honorable behavior. To empower students to become well-educated, responsible, self-directed critical creative thinkers. Challenge them to embrace their own history to acknowledge their self-worth. Develop a commitment to social justice reinforce education learned.

What it reported doing in 2018

We provide a dual-languate, innovative educational model educating primarily Latino, low-income students in PreK-12. We emphasize cultural values, critical thinking, hands-on-learning and high expectations. Since 1970 73 of our graduates have completed undergraduate degrees, 22 graduate degrees. Currently 88 of our graduates are employed 28 own a business. Our graduation rate has been 90 for 43 years, compared to 55 of Latino students in our school district 2012, demonstrating the effectiveness of our curturally relevant approach to education. our PreK Montessori program has a Four Star Qualistar rating high scores on curriculum, parent participation and school readiness.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -45.9% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -60.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.