Grade School Partners in Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391842353
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Sauk City, WI, USA
Phone
9202541061
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$67,984
Expenses
$68,593
Assets
$38,497

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH RAMTHUN (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PAM PETZ (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SARAH RAMTHUN (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • PAM PETZ (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ANDREA EILERS (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide students, families, teachers opportunities to enrich their learning experience.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provide money to principals and teachers for supplies, computer software, or other items needed for that school year for area schools

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 89% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 98.3%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 34; 34th 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: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 98.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.