Gettysburg Montessori Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271306185
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Gettysburg, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7173341120
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,169,956
- Expenses
- $4,960,881
- Assets
- $7,927,325
- Liabilities
- $5,203,521
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR FAYE PLESO (CEO & PRINCIPAL)
Highest reported compensation
- DR FAYE PLESO (CEO & PRINCIPAL): $161,998 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gettysburg montessori charter school is a k-6 public charter that embodies the theories of dr. Maria montessori while promoting a multifaceted, child-centered learning environment for gettysburg and the surrounding area. See continuation on schedule o. Our montessori trained, pa certified teachers provide children with a dynamic and engaging education using a holistic curriculum that blends the montessori educational philosophy and the Pennsylvania state academic standards. Our mission is to nurture the whole child and inspire a lifelong love of learning through a montessori-based curriculum that meets Pennsylvania state academic standards
What it reported doing in 2024
The gettysburg montessori charter school fosters independence, confidence, critical-thinking abilities, and creativity in a warm and welcoming environment. Our hands-on, whole-child approach supports each student's unique qualities and individual learning style for a learning experience that's compelling, effective, and fun! We provide educational services to 260+ students from 5 counties and nineteen school districts. We have a dedicated and caring staff. Our school is a community. We care for each other.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.6; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $162K · 8 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $859K reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.