National Council for Private School Accredation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521884684
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2538743408
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $401,640
- Expenses
- $382,327
- Assets
- $176,640
- Liabilities
- $137,849
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
38 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY CAMP (PAST PRESIDENT/PAST CHAIR)
- DANIEL RUFO (PRESIDENT/CHAIR)
- CLAYTON J PETRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- GRACE CREASEY (VICE PRESIDENT/VICE CHAIR)
People named in this filing
- DR LARRY BLACKMER (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT)
- STEVE LINQUIST (COMMISSION CHAIR)
- RABBI NOCHEM KAPLAN (COMMISSION CHAIR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To encourage the accreditation process as a organizational witness of creditbility for the early childhood, elementary and secondary private school sector, as characterized by voluntary peer rocognition based on accepted and published standards of excellence; to provide leadership and communication for private school accreditation through voluntary association of credible and responsible private school accrediting associations; to recognize, encourage, and improve the quality and diversity of private early childhood, elementary and secondary education including, but not necessarily limited to, the development of educational and research activities, services, and opportunities related to accreditation; to obtain state, regional, national, and international recognition from government and non-government officials, other organizations, and associations.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promoted and strengthened private schools and their accreditation organizations through conferences and other programs. Over 10,000 private schools and one million children benefited in the united states and internationally.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 39
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: 97.4%; rating input score 97; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 37 of 38 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $345K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 38 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $272K reported
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.