One-to-one Institute Corporate Headquarters

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204002835
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
West Bloomfield, MI, USA
Phone
5179780006
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Cultural Exchange

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$186,366
Expenses
$373,625
Assets
$26,840
Liabilities
$1,109

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM A HAMILTON ED D (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MATT WILLIAMS (DIRECTOR)
  • WILLIAM A HAMILTON ED D (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN A MCNULTY PHD (CHAIR)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance education by promoting the development, implementation, and expansion of one-to-one student centered teaching and learning programs in personal, portable technology environments across the nation and the world; to facilitate school renewal and reform; and to serve as a national and worldwide clearinghouse for information and advice on one-to-one teaching and learning program models to educators and governmental leaders.

What it reported doing in 2016

One-to-one institute (oto) provides educators a practitioner's approach to delivering programs and services. Serving states, emerging markets, districts and schools, oto delivers a variety of services. Whether your organization is engaged in one to one scenarios or other instructional computer delivery systems, oto offers quality professional development, support, and resources to meet your specific needs.one-to-one institute grew out of Michigan's successful, statewide one-to-one initiative, freedom to learn. Based on research and best practices, one-to-one institute offers expertise and hands-on experience in all aspects of developing educators' 21st century learning environments and related skills. Oto's services include professional development and programs related to one-to-one projects, technology enhanced learning environments, sustainability, leadership and meaningful instruction/curriculum technology integration.our approach is to customize services to best serve your organizational, cultural, and program-specific needs. We tailor services to focus on your organizational goals, pulling from a continuum of opportunities which include: showcase sites, leadership for change workshops, shoulder to shoulder coaching, face to face professional development and virtual learning communities. We design the essential elements for success and will support your efforts throughout each stage of the process.oto's programs and services fall into two major categories: an array of support and professional learning around designing, planning and implementing one to one projects; and a variety of 21st century education professional development opportunities for administrators, teachers, technology personnel and stakeholders.over 75,000 teachers, students, and administrators have benefited from one-to-one institute professional development during the 2016/2017 fiscal year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.4%; rating input score 83
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: -100.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $312K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.