Guanacaste Literacy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271427847
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Relief

Reported finances

Revenue
$112,019
Expenses
$113,609
Assets
$17,627
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Meradith Leebrick (Board President)
  • Drew Ragland (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Meradith Leebrick (Board President)
  • Drew Ragland (Vice President)
  • Charlotte Schmidlapp (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

Our vision is to create thriving economically stable communities We strive to accomplish this vision via our mission to empower individuals from ruralunderserved communities to develop the skills they need to seize educational opportunities for themselves and their families Programs are thoughtfully developed to address the unique education and community development needs where we work The comprehensive approach to community-based education focuses on youth development adult education womens empowerment and community development

What it reported doing in 2024

Youth Programming English classes We offer free after school English classes to elementary school children Our curriculum is based on the public schools English program so that we can help our students perform better in school while also improving their pronunciation and reading and writing skills Our teaching philosophy is to incorporate games art music and experiential learning into the classes as much as possible Programming for teens we focus on promoting leadership development healthy lifestyles and enthusiasm for education We offer bi-monthly interactive and fun activities including career development talks by local professionals sporting tournaments and workshops on leading a healthy lifestyle

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.9%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 37

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.9% of revenue deployed · 37.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.