New West Charter School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954808754
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3109435444
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $17,018,325
- Expenses
- $17,008,727
- Assets
- $15,933,268
- Liabilities
- $4,994,379
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR SHARON WEIR (PRINCIPAL/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DR SHARON WEIR (PRINCIPAL/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $336,661 total reported compensation
- TANISHA BARNETT (MIDDLE SCHOOL DIRECTOR): $226,979 total reported compensation
- LARIKA CLARK (HIGH SCHOOL VICE PRINCIPAL): $218,599 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 mission of new west charter school is to provide an academically rigorous, highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades 6 - 12. In the decades to come, personal success will require increasingly high levels of competency, independence, and self-reliance in an ever changing, ever more complex society, whether individuals choose to manage their own businesses, work within public or private organizations, or raise families whose children will face the same challenges. New west will produce competent, independent, self-reliant students by creating a learning environment that promotes academic excellence and strong character development as the antecedents for success in college preparatory high school programs.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization offers highly individualized education for 21st century students in grades sixth through twelfth. For the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization operated one charter school for a total of 177 days and served approximately 980 students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 94% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 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: 73
- Transparency & Controls: 84
- Accountability: 78
- Sustainability: 32
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.4%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 82.2%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 10th 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: 0.1%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.4% of revenue deployed · 82.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $337K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $379K reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- 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 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.