National Council on Teacher Quality Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043536571
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2023930020
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,720,895
Expenses
$3,808,916
Assets
$7,074,370
Liabilities
$182,255

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER PESKE (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HEATHER PESKE (PRESIDENT): $273,135 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY KINCAID (CHIEF OF STRATEGY & OPERAT): $217,740 total reported compensation
  • SHANNON HOLSTON (CHIEF OF POLICY & PROGRAMS): $181,360 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The national council on teacher quality, inc. (nctq) is a nonpartisan research and advocacy nonprofit on a mission to ensure every child has effective teachers and every teacher has the opportunity to be effective.

What it reported doing in 2024

Nctq is a research and policy organization committed to ensuring a well-prepared, diverse teacher workforce for all children. Driven by the belief that relevant, comparative data is fundamental to improvement, nctq works to instill greater transparency and higher standards among the institutions that exert influence and authority over teachers: states, districts and teacher preparation programs. In fy25, nctq remained committed to its two "big bets" as the smartest, surest path to a higher quality teacher workforce: 1) improve teacher preparation, and 2) strengthen state and district teacher policies. Nctq continued to serve as the best source of data on the quality of teacher preparation programs, including releasing unprecedented institution-level pass rate data on teacher licensure exams as an objective measure of program quality. Nctq also provided data on state and district teacher policies calling the public's attention to critical issues, including the important actions states and districts can take to strengthen literacy, teacher compensation, and teacher preparation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.1%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.1% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $273K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $340K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.