Nola Micro Schools
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 472557385
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Indianola, WA, USA
- Phone
- 4083072733
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,534
- Expenses
- $24,943
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- Ashley Redd (Secretary)
- Talia Livneh (Chair)
- Michael Buerger (Agent)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
NOLA Micro Schools is a low-cost independent school that serves an ethnically and economically diverse community of families from across New Orleans. Our core belief - that every child should be inspired and supported to realize their potential to change the world - has driven us to build a learner-centered school where children see themselves as vital members of their communities and as future leaders of their generation. In our mixed-age studios, we prepare students to pursue their passions and creativity through a blending of state-of-the-art software, Quest-like projects with real-world applications, Socratic discussions, and apprenticeships with community partners.
What it reported doing in 2021
Provide an independent, individualized education for students grades 2-8 in the Greater New Orleans area
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 70.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2021
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.