Lewis and Clark Parent Teachers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 363566924
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Missoula, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4067283228
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $47,149
- Expenses
- $59,137
- Assets
- $29,048
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KERI MCHUGH (President)
- JILL TABER (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- KERI MCHUGH (President)
- KYLE BOCINSKY (CO-TREASURER)
- STACI NUGENT (CO-TREASURER)
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
The Lewis & Clark Elementary PTA strives to build an enriching school culture and welcoming environment for all children, parents, and staff. We foster a safe and healthy physical and emotional environment that includes arts, sciences, and diverse cultural programming by identifying and integrating community and other resources within the school that encourages positive and quality learning among all students. Advocacy, leadership, and sustainability are valued and encouraged within the LC PTA. The LC PTA is an essential link between students, parents, teachers, and community.
What it reported doing in 2024
During FY 2024-2025, the LC PTA accomplished many projects that satisfied our mission. First, we provide every FTE staff and teacher a $350 stipend to spend on classroom supplies. For the year, $12,106 of funds were disbursed for those classroom supplies. In the fall of 2024, we allocated $3,081 of funds to various grant proposals submitted by teachers. Those grant requests included diagnostic math assessment programming, supplies for phonics programs, classroom library expansions, a geometric dome climber for use with our behavioral interventionists, and supplies for a collaborative weaving art project. In the spring, we distributed $4,658 in grant funds, including support for our rock climbing club, supplies for our family engagement event (BINGO for books), field trips that supported learning Montana History, and funds to support a program for an opportunity for movement, theater games, and breathing exercises for our early literacy class. We also spent $5,000 on technology improvements for the school. In addition to these grants and teacher stipends, we helped fund a program called Reading Opens Your World, which provides students an extra opportunity to read outside the classroom with a volunteer each week, different books than they are reading in the classroom. We also have an All Nations Lunch Club, where we provide money for our indigenous students to gather for a community lunch. Each year, the Missoula Children's Theater comes with their "Little Red Truck" program, where instructors spend time in each classroom teaching about community theater, as well as put on an after school performance where approximately 40 students participate. This year's play was the Pied Piper. Our PTA provides funds for that program to be able to expand their reach and get into each classroom.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 70% for direct work, and 30% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 25
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 96.1%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 29; 29th 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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: Operating margin scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.