Howard Gardner Multiple Intelligence Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454944807
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Scranton, PA, USA
- Phone
- 5709414100
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $7,017,205
- Expenses
- $6,754,464
- Assets
- $8,495,961
- Liabilities
- $6,472,747
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SAM CECCACCI (PRESIDENT)
- DR CATHERINE RICHMOND-CULLEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOSEPH ROSS (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- JOSEPH ROSS (CEO): $147,718 total reported compensation
- CATHERINE OPSHINSKY (DIR., STUDENT SVCS): $133,620 total reported compensation
- TREEANNE MCENERY (PRINCIPAL): $133,491 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the howard gardner multiple intelligence charter school is to provide an approach to education that cultivates the potential of each student through the development of his/her multiple intelligences. By focusing on project-based experiences and real-world applications of knowledge, we aim to empower our young people to become independent, self- directed learners, who proactively problem-solve to positively change the world.
What it reported doing in 2024
The education of students from grades k-8 in programs licensed under the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The programs include educating students in an approved curriculum that adheres to the practices and standards established by the commonwealth.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.7%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 72.5%; rating input score 72
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.7%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.7% of revenue deployed · 72.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.