Mead Education Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237104932
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Spokane, WA, USA
Phone
5094661883
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$197,667
Expenses
$229,671
Assets
$198,500
Liabilities
$19,979

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOBY DOLITTLE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL HILL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • TOBY DOLITTLE (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA KLINGBACK (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Promote the cause of education, advance the profession through representation, collective bargaining, grievance resolution, and other matters related to member interests.

What it reported doing in 2024

The mission is to represent all mea members in bargaining, grievances and other matters relating to terms and conditions of employment in the mead school district number 354. As a teachers association, the mission includes advancing the interests of the profession and promoting the cause of education in the district and in the state of Washington. Activities also include grieveance processing, arbitration and representation for teachers at state and national levels.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 1
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -16.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 92%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.