Los Angeles Education Research Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452606269
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $30,308
- Expenses
- $71,253
- Assets
- $54,711
- Liabilities
- $35,498
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KYO YAMASHIRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- KYO YAMASHIRO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- MARSHALL SMITH (Board chair)
- ANDREA BALL (Secretary 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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide useful high-quality evidence about Los Angeles County students that builds into a cumulative coherent knowledge base and leads to accelerated academic improvement
What it reported doing in 2019
0
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% of its reported program spending out as 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: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -135.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.77; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $56K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.