Mason Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521446080
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Mason, OH, USA
Phone
5139192156
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Labor Unions

Reported finances

Revenue
$53,028
Expenses
$53,974
Assets
$131,647
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Maria Mueller (President)
  • Paul Swift (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Maria Mueller (President)
  • Paul Swift (Vice President)
  • Kelli Rich (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

Part II - Line 26 Part III: The purpose of the association shall be to: promote the educational; objectives of Mason City Schools, the state of Ohio & the United States of America; protect the welfare & advance the professional interests of its members, foster professional attitudes; establish & maintain helpful, friendly relationships within the membership & the school community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Line 29: Student Recognition/Engagement: Students recognized in grades PreK-12 grade that represent the values of Mason City Schools, who enrich relationships w/ peers & teachers, promote leadership skills & teamwork ($1582.38), honor a future teacher with a scholarship from the graduating class of 2025 ($1000.00), Community/Student Engagement $720.98 (Donation to Love Like JJ Foundation, Tailgate prizes for students at the MEA booth), over 2500 students impacted

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 and program spending has grown recently. 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: 24
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 24.1%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 24

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.44; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 24.1% of revenue deployed · 23.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 24/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.