Open Sky Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205033694
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Waukesha, WI, USA
Phone
2625429546
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,161,667
Expenses
$12,254,289
Assets
$16,503,570
Liabilities
$654,656

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW NEUMANN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/BOARD MEMBER)
  • YESENIA FITZHUGH (REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AZ)
  • EDITH MARTWICK (REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WI)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREW NEUMANN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER/BOARD MEMBER): $449,952 total reported compensation
  • DANIEL DEPIES (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $308,717 total reported compensation
  • JEREMY EHLERS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $250,125 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Open sky education is a christian organization that provides high-quality, accessible, and affordable education, bringing christ to the community through schools and related educational programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Open sky education, inc. Is a nonprofit educational organization that operates as, and in support of, a network of schools. Open sky develops and oversees an educational model implemented across its affiliated schools, including managing curriculum design, teacher training, professional development, and instructional coaching. Its activities include training and evaluating teachers and principals, developing educational and character-formation curricula, hosting leadership institutes and professional development programs, and providing operational and instructional support to its affiliated school entities, all in furtherance of its charitable and educational purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.4% of revenue deployed · 87.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $450K · 12 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $895K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 13 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.