Essex Fells Foundation for Educational Excellence Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223309303
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Essex Fells, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 9732260505
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $175,376
- Expenses
- $190,119
- Assets
- $234,093
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PAIGE DANIELS (President)
People named in this filing
- PAIGE DANIELS (President)
- CARRIE BOBROFF (VP GRANTS)
- STEFANIE WOZNIAK (VP FUNDRAISING)
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
The essex fells foundation for educational excellence funds supplemental resources to enhance the academic experience, foster creativity, and stimulate innovative thinking at the essex fells school.
What it reported doing in 2024
Enrichment programs which provide k-6 students exposire to activities such as sports, coding, arts and sciences.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
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: -8.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.23; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $179K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 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 17/100.