O-higher Ed

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870990197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ojai, CA, USA
Phone
8058360443
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,009
Expenses
$118,065
Assets
$134,479

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARIA MORALES-KENT (President)

People named in this filing

  • MARIA MORALES-KENT (President)
  • BRENNA FURNESS (Secretary)
  • ELIZABETH SZCZAPANEK (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of O-Higher Ed is to help students in the Ojai Valley gain access to higher education, with a focus on first-generation college bound students.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provided guidance and support enabling students of the Ojai Valley to access higher education starting at the Middle School level and throughout high school.In Middle School, Students met for one hour a week to learn about colleges, to learn about curriculum choices in high school, and to hear from adults who were first in their family to graduate from college, for example. Math Tutoring was also provided to students every week.The students then continued in the overall program of O-Higher Ed once they reached high school and shifted to one-on-one meetings.Ninth, tenth and 11th grade students in O-Higher Ed met once every four to six weeks to set goals, plan curriculum choices, navigate exams and complete big assignments. In junior year they were introduced to College Kickstart to begin building their college lists. During senior year, they met more frequently, approximately once a week, to work through their college applications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - 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: 49
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.4%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 52.6%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.4% of revenue deployed · 52.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.