Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
430955890
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Jefferson City, MO, USA
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$842,049
Expenses
$817,706
Assets
$1,720,525
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

34 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DALANIA WATSON (Vice President)
  • RYAN LINK (President)
  • PAUL GODWIN (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • CRYSTAL MAGERS (PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR JASON ANDERSON (Executive Dir.): $119,480 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Maesp formed for the purpose of representing and supporting elementary school principals employed by public, parochial, and private schools in the state of Missouri. Maesp promotes the interest of children and maesp members through legislative support, professional development opportunities, networking, informational publications, and conferences. Maesp is the liaison for members with the Missouri department of elementary and secondary education, the education roundtable, and other groups. The membership of maesp is composed of elementary school principals, retired elementary school principals, assistant elementary school principals, and those aspiring to become elementary school principals.

What it reported doing in 2024

Professional Development: The annual MAESP Leadership Conference attracted more than five hundred attendees and offered more than fifty concurrent professional development sessions as well as three general sessions with expert presenters in the areas of leadership, relationships, and instruction. MAESP co-hosted a two-day workshop for new principals with MOASSP, two one-day workshops for aspiring school leaders, a one and day Women in Leadership Retreat, a Special Education webinar series consisting of four webinars, and a three day conference for Educational Office Professionals. Also, MAESP member principals provided input on professional committees and task forces which worked for the benefit of children of Missouri and contributed to increased student achievement.Executive Director Dr. J Anderson continues to serve on the advisory board for the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS). The MLDS provides ongoing professional development and support for Missouri principals in the early years of their career. MAESP and MOASSP organized an Executive Coaching Program that launched in 2023-2024. MAESP and MOASSP also began work to develop a statewide principal support program being inherited from the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, providing mentoring and resources to K-12 principals in their first two years of the role.MAESP continued to offer a multiple day conference for school secretaries and support staff from schools and school districts. The Educational Office Professionals Conference supported 158 attendees from across the state. Legal updates, inspirational speakers and practitioner sessions filled the one and day conference.Executive Director Dr. J Anderson continues to serve on the advisory board for the Missouri Leadership Development System (MLDS). The MLDS provides ongoing professional development and support for Missouri principals for the initial years of their career. MAESP and MOASSP organized an Executive Coaching Program that launched in 2023-2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 93
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 97.1%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 33 of 34 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $119K · 34 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 14 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.