Little Nestlings Learning Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
352859977
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Lake Oswego, OR, USA
Phone
5034963482
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$158,110
Expenses
$114,640
Assets
$50,304
Liabilities
$57,955

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Colleen Cleary (President)

People named in this filing

  • Colleen Cleary (President)
  • Lisa Stephens (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the PTO is to enhance and support the educational experience at Little Nestlings Early Learning Center, to develop a closer connection between school and home by encouraging parent envolvement, and to improve the environment at Little Nestlings Early Learning Center through volunteer and financial support

What it reported doing in 2025

The purpose of the PTO is to enhance and support the educational experience at Little Nestlings Early Learning Center

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
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

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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.5%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.15; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.9% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 161.2% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 152.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $115K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.