Hiland Hall School Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030331765
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Bennington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8024423868
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Primary, Elementary Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $407,959
- Expenses
- $424,296
- Assets
- $855,730
- Liabilities
- $58,644
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
People named in this filing
- JENICA MCEVOY (Secretary)
- LAURA MAGUIRE (CHAIR)
- MICHAEL COREY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the hiland hall school is to join with families in the liberation and development of the full capacity of the students entrusted to it: intellectually, socially, aesthetically, physically and morally. We consider the involvement of parents to be critical because the family- its hopes, values and ways- is the major context of the child's life. Without the ongoing participation, understanding and support of the family, the work of an educational institution is largely ineffective. It is our purpose to develop the full capacities of our students becuase we believe that both individuals and society are best served when individuals reach full potential. It is a school's task to serve both the individual and society.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided elementary and middle school program during the 2024-2025 academic year for 35 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $19.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $313K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.