Friendly Hills Elementary Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
465589162
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Joshua Tree, CA, USA
Phone
7603663812
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,902
Expenses
$27,611
Assets
$61,164

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MEG SHANNON (Vice President)
  • JETORA BURDETTE (President)

People named in this filing

  • MEG SHANNON (Vice President)
  • JETORA BURDETTE (President)
  • JANET JOHNSTON (Treasurer)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose friendly hills elementary association is to support and enhance approximatels 400 - 450 students' educational experience via extracurricular activities by providing funding, volunteers, and supplies.

What it reported doing in 2017

Promote and create fundraising events through parent and student participation; invite and encourage parents/grandparents to participate in the educational welfare of their children; provide sustanable and transparent financing - all spending shall be in support of the mission statement; maintain a comfortable and functional working relationship with school staff and faculty; support the school's mission and tradition of academic exellence, high student expectations, an education rich in the arts, and innovation in the area of technology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -46.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.22; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $27K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2014 to 2017
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.