Foundation for Educational Administration

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
942702741
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164674455
Rating
56
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,052
Expenses
$1,062
Assets
$3,561,100
Liabilities
$274,146

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RAFAEL PLACENCIA (PRESIDENT)
  • DR DARYL CAMP (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • DR RENE RICKARD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • EDGAR ZAZUETA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MARGARITA CUIZON-ARMELINO (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • EDGAR ZAZUETA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $472,600 total reported compensation
  • CLAIRE CORDELL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $375,468 total reported compensation
  • MARGARITA CUIZON-ARMELINO (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $360,561 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Develop and improve educational administration, to engage in research in the field of educational administration, to assist qualified individuals in the study of educational administration, and to assist federal, state and local agencies in training and research programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Conferences, academies and workshops: advance education in the field of educational adminstration by developing and conducting educational conferences, seminars, academies, and workshops. Grant programs: to assist federal, state and local educational agencies in assessment, training and research in the field of educational administration. Communications: disseminating the results of educational research and news to education practioners and the public by means of journals, foundation publications and other media.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 33
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.3%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 97.9%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3,353.2; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22,121.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $473K · 31 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.