Friends of Charlestown High School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824364885
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Charlestown, MA, USA
Phone
6176359914
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5
Expenses
$35
Assets
$32,435
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AJAY TRIVEDI (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LIANA TULLER (DIRECTOR)
  • HAL LEIPER (DIRECTOR)
  • AJAY TRIVEDI (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Friends of charlestown high school, inc. (fochs, inc.) is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including, without limitation, to enrich, enhance and support the educational programs of charlestown high school, a public high school in boston, Massachusetts and to build and maintain relationships among the alumni and friends of charlestown high school as well as promote and enhance the charlestown community itself.

What it reported doing in 2022

Friends of charlestown high school, inc. Was a thought and financial partner with charlestown high school to support the school's health and wellness activities, athletics, and community building. Through the solicitation of donations and advocating for increased school-community interaction, fochs, inc. Supported all of the roughly 850 students who attend charlestown high school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -600%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 926.71; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -39.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2018 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset 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.