Learning for Success Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710891789
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cooper City, FL, USA
Phone
9546803916
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Deaf/Hearing Impaired Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,711
Expenses
$66,855
Assets
$332,851
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN CASBARRO (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN CASBARRO (PRESIDENT): $20,000 total reported compensation
  • SUSAN CASBARRO (VICE PRESIDE): $20,000 total reported compensation
  • ERIC COHEN (BOARD MEMBER): $1,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide educational experiences and mentoring to under privileged students

What it reported doing in 2025

To connect students to their futures in the work place and in life by developing and implementing partnerships between business organizations and elementary schools, learning for success has achieved its purposes by connecting students to the world of work through professionaly designed lessons taught by business volunteers in the classroomand visits to the work sites.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 60% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 9
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -239.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.98; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.