Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223016440
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174826223
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,158
- Expenses
- $113,049
- Assets
- $258,407
- Liabilities
- $201
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROBERTA SOOLMAN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- FRED ABISI (DIRECTOR)
- JEANNE ANNINO (DIRECTOR)
- SUZANNE MARTIN (VICE PRES/ T)
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
Massachusetts coalition for adult education (mcae) champions the right of all adults to acquire 21st century literacy, english language and numeracy skills leading to economic prosperity, strong families and vibrant communities. Mcae provides leadership, professional development, communication and advocacy to advance quality adult basic education.
What it reported doing in 2024
In fy25, the organization held an in-person professional development conference with 633 registrants, making it mcae's largest conference to date, and successfully advocated for 58.9 million in state funding for adult education programming during a difficult budget year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.4%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 16.4%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.4% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.