Minnesota Association of Charter School Authorizers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 815310441
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6123314181
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Management & Technical Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,975
- Expenses
- $58,313
- Assets
- $47,301
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SAWSAN NATSHEH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- LAURIE SCHROEDER (PRESIDENT)
- JIM ZACCHINI (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SAWSAN NATSHEH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- LAURIE SCHROEDER (PRESIDENT)
- JIM ZACCHINI (VICE PRESIDENT)
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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Macsa's mission is to increase the quality of charter school authorizating in the state of Minnesota by developing and identifying practices and policies that ensure effective oversight and evaluation of Minnesota charter schools. The purpose of the Minnesota association of charter school authorizers is to advance excellence and accountability in the public charter school sector, ultimately helping ensure all students have access to a variety of strong pre-k-12 educational options.
What it reported doing in 2023
Macsa provides learning opportunities to advance charter school authorizing practices as well as promising school practices. Macsa also engages with sector partners to educate the public about charter schools and authorizers and advocate for educational equity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 75.2%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -10.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2023
- 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.