Lone Star Schools

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464462010
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Rosenberg, TX, USA
Phone
8327140011
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,950
Expenses
$101,950
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Toni McKnight (Director/President)
  • Tarla Crumb (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Toni McKnight (Director/President)
  • Bonnie Elliott (Director)
  • Trinity Carter (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Positive Youth Development The primary purpose of Lone Star Schools is the intentional, pro-social engagement of youth within the Richmond Rosenberg, TX communities, schools, organizations, peer groups, and families. Our goal is to offer opportunities that are productive and constructive and that recognizes, utilizes, and enhances young people's strengths. Collaboratively, this promotes positive outcomes for young people through fostering positive relationships, and furnishing the support needed to build on their leadership strengths.

What it reported doing in 2023

National Coalition Academy This is a grant requirement with the purpose of training coalitions to learn the essential processes to establish and maintain a highly effective anti-drug coalition. This training benefited all 12 Drug Free Communities Sectors (a total of 24 Sector Members) with training received from the Cohort in Baltimore, Maryland. The cost included air fare, accommodations, per diems, local transportation and parking for 1 staff and 1 coalition member for a cost of $11,385.00.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 22.3%; rating input score 22
  • Program expense ratio: 22.3%; rating input score 22

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 65.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.3% of revenue deployed · 22.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $23K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.