New Canaan High School Parent & Faculty Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 342004117
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- New Canaan, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2035944601
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $153,765
- Expenses
- $149,470
- Assets
- $116,806
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KRISTEN GRZYMSKI (CO-PRESIDENT)
- TIA WHINERY (CO-PRESIDENT)
- JULIE O'BRIEN DEASY (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ALLY DUNLAP (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ELIZABETH DEMUTH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ALYSSA RESNICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- KRISTEN GRZYMSKI (CO-PRESIDENT)
- TIA WHINERY (CO-PRESIDENT)
- JULIE O'BRIEN DEASY (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The new canaan high school parents and faculty association, inc ("pfa") was developed to promote a strong working relationship between the parents of new canaan high school students, its faculty, staff and administration so that all may contribute effectively to the education of its students. To this purpose, the pfa sponsors and/or funds several enrichhment programs and activities.
What it reported doing in 2024
Leadership award programs
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 69% for direct work, and 31% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.