John W Lavelle Preparatory Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 264808811
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017
- Location
- Staten Island, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3478552238
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $0
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kenneth Byalin (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Kenneth Byalin (President): $222,902 total reported compensation
- Christopher Zilinski (Principal): $169,335 total reported compensation
- Theresa Peterford (VP of Career Dev.): $125,029 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
John W. Lavelle Preparatory Charter School provides a rigorous college preparatory education that equips and empowers students to graduate with a foundation to attend and succeed in college and life. Lavelle Prep welcomes all students, including those living with emotional challenges, students with disabilities and English language learners. As of July 1, 2017, Lavelle Prep is a school within the newly merged Integration Charter School (ICS) network. ICS is dedicated to providing innovative pathways to college that fully integrate students living with emotional challenges and others with special needs. In building a network of associated schools which share this common mission, ICS strives to fill gaps in public education. When fully realized, ICS, in conjunction with the local public schools, will provide Staten Island parents of special needs children with an array of options which is richer than that enjoyed by any other community in the United States.
What it reported doing in 2017
As of July 1, 2017, Lavelle Prep is a school within the newly merged Integration Charter School (ICS) network. ICS is dedicated to providing innovative pathways to college that fully integrate students living with emotional challenges and others with special needs. In building a network of associated schools which share this common mission, ICS strives to fill gaps in public education. When fully realized, ICS, in conjunction with the local public schools, will provide Staten Island parents of special needs children with an array of options which is richer than that enjoyed by any other community in the United States.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 78
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: NotEnoughData
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $223K · 15 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2009 to 2017
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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 — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.