Knox Coalition for Great Schools

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
880554818
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Knoxville, TN, USA
Phone
2025438345
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$34,290
Assets
$3,628
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Colquitt (President/Treasurer/Director)

People named in this filing

  • David Colquitt (President/Treasurer/Director)
  • Clayton Wood (Secretary/Director)
  • Alexander J Winston (Director)

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

Advocate for student-centered education policy, conduct research, and ensure elected officials are made aware of student-centered education policies. Also to allocate expenditures pursuant to the Tennessee Campaign Finance Law and to engage in activities not otherwise prohibited by the Tennessee Campaign Finance Law.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 81.8%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -29.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -73.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -44% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.