German Pacific School of San Diego

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463397293
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Phone
8584619118
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$7
Expenses
$9,566
Assets
$75,968
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PETER TERIETE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SIBYLLE HAUSER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • PETER TERIETE (PRESIDENT)
  • ULI HEINE (SECRETARY)

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 german pacific school of san diego (gpssd) is a language school, offering german classes for children and adults.

What it reported doing in 2024

Gpssd's core program are german language classes for students 3-18 years old (3 hours/week, 30 weeks/year between september and may). Gpssd is teaching students the german language and the culture of the german speaking countries and preparing the students to take the major german language exams, which are proof of the language proficiency when applying at german universities. Gpssd conducts 2 weeks of summer day camps each year, which provides children age 4-12 a full immersion experience in the german language and culture. As a community outreach program, gpssd also offers weekly adult classes in german language and culture.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -136,557.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.94; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.