Lake Charles Education Collaboration Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812780401
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Cypress, TX, USA
- Phone
- 8327220522
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $76,693
- Expenses
- $73,730
- Assets
- $4,754
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cedrick LaFleur (President)
- Kimberly Dellafosse (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Cedrick LaFleur (President)
- Kimberly Dellafosse (Vice President)
- Tammie LaFleur (Treasurer/Asst. 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
Education is the center of our mission. We aim to Advance/Enhance educational opportunities for all students while improving both academic and statistical outcomes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Anti-Bullying - A program designed to help schools and students better understand the impact of bullying, the effect it has on school culture, and how to prevent such behavior.$140 Cross The Line Summit - This is a 1 day youth conference where students are taken through several topics: Gaining skills to be successful in college, Personal finances Careers, Scholarships and Financial Aid, Getting a part time job, How to be successful in the University Program. $52
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.4%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 95.1%; rating input score 95
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.4% of revenue deployed · 95.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.