Oklahoma Public Charter Schools Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
571142996
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Phone
4052124802
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,886
Expenses
$159,945
Assets
$140,323
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELSIE URUETA POLLOCK (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK DUFFY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEVEN STEFANIK (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ABIDIN EREZ (PAST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BARRY SCHMELZENBACH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARRY SCHMELZENBACH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $81,366 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance equitable and high-quality public education for all Oklahoma children by championing policies and partnerships that support, protect, and grow charter schools. We empower communities, engage stakeholders, and advocate for legislative changes that ensure charter schools have the autonomy, resources, and opportunities needed to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2024

The Oklahoma public charter schools association's (opcsa) education, engagement, and advocacy work has led to substantial legislative victories, including the creation of the redbud schools grant to provide dedicated facilities funding for eligible charter schools and public school districts, the establishment of the statewide charter school board as a new state agency and statewide authorizer, and comprehensive revisions of the charter schools act to strengthen autonomy, funding, and expansion opportunities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -105.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.88; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $81K · 31 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.