One School at a Time Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202043649
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4085057776
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,140,910
Expenses
$524,455
Assets
$2,360,993
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Anuradha Jagadeesh (President)

People named in this filing

  • B V JAGADEESH (Chairman)
  • RAJIV RAMASWAMY (Director)
  • VIJAYA PRASANNA PULLUR (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this organization is to provide good infrastructure for rural schools that serve poor and underprivileged children in developing countries, by choosing one school at a time for renovation; to collaborate with other non-profit organizations for providing wider support to such children and schools; to build classrooms and provide furniture for students; provide sanitary facilities and supplies; and provide clean drinking water.

What it reported doing in 2024

PROVIDED SUPPORT TO OSAAT CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL TRUST, INDIA WHICH USED THE FUNDS for Digital Infrastructure for Rural Schools (oDiSi).This initiative is to enable affordable, accessible and sustainable infrastructure for the rural child and provide them an equal opportunity to learn. The project aims at creating a open ended platform where multiple contributors can participate, leverage already existing content and take the first steps in making primary digital learning, available for all.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 51
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 92
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 23.8%; rating input score 24
  • Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 75.5%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.5; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 23.8% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 21 filed program accomplishments · $507K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 24/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.