Mcdonald County Schools Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 261536844
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Anderson, MO, USA
- Phone
- 4178453223
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $77,778
- Expenses
- $58,596
- Assets
- $242,776
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY WASSON (PRESIDENT)
- FRANK WOODS (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- GARY WASSON (PRESIDENT)
- FRANK WOODS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL GRIFFITH (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
Mcdonald county schools foundation primary exempt purpose is to raise, manage, and distribute funds to benefit the students of the mcdonald county public school district.
What it reported doing in 2024
The foundation also provided for several teacher grants totaling $12885. These teacher grants were granted to enhance the student experience. One teacher grant was awarded to the mcdonald county high school computer science program to purchase a large bundle vex go robotics kit. Students learn to build robots. Another grant went to the mcdonald county high school outdoor research class to purchase a bric 5 device that enables the students to map, survey and research. Kindergarten class at white rock received a grant to purchase play costumes and a play kitchen for role playing. White rock junior high teachers requested a grip a strip display rail. Pineville primary school used a grant to purchase a vex robotics classroom bundle system to let the students start easy robotic construction. A pineville primary teacher received a grant to purchase a calm cube for her classroom. Aes life skills and aes sensory room committees accepted a grant to purchase life skills materials and supplies and sensory room equipment for their rooms. Noel primary is using their grant to purchase playground equipment for ec and ecse. In addition to the above grants we purchase gift cards for new teachers and gave out $1000 in teacher drawings for returning teachers. We awarded the teacher of the year award. We also gave a student program award of $8000 to grow interest into students becoming future teachers. We also provided coaching instructional materials
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 74.2%; rating input score 74
- Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.14; rating input score 81; 81st 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: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 74.2% of revenue deployed · 94.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $55K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.