New Hampshire Charter School Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881639044
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Manchester, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6039524705
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $72,938
- Expenses
- $45,412
- Assets
- $50,300
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- KIMBERLY LAVALLEE (CHAIR)
- PATRICIA HUMPHREY (DIRECTOR)
- GARY THOMAS (TREASURER)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Supporting best practices for the creation, development and successful operation of charter schools and private schools in New Hampshire, and the advancement of school choice.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provides professional development, governance training, and leadership support to nonprofit public charter schools and their boards. Services include workshops, coaching, and consultation focused on improving effective governance practices, strategic planning, policy development, and compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.the organization also supports new public charter schools during the planning and opening phases by providing guidance on organizational structure, academic program development, operational readiness, and board establishment. This assistance helps schools launch with strong foundations and clear accountability frameworks.in addition, the organization offers grant writing support to help charter schools secure funding for their start-up. These efforts are aimed at increasing the financial sustainability of schools and expanding access to high-quality public education.the long-term objective of these program services is to strengthen the capacity, stability, and quality of nonprofit public charter schools so they are able to operate effectively and serve students and communities with excellence.
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 99% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.3%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 37.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.11; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 75.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -67.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -36.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 75.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.