Panhandle Alliance for Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611416176
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sandpoint, ID, USA
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$913,711
Expenses
$774,276
Assets
$6,425,690
Liabilities
$48,925

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Kendon Perry (PresidentExecutive Committee)
  • Caleb Bowman (Vice-PresidentExecutive Committee)
  • Chris Blanford (SecretaryExecutive Committee)

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

To promote excellence in education and provide broad-based community support for the Lake Pend Oreille School District. As an independent organization, we will create and sustain an endowment to provide resources in support of effective teaching, learning and school management.

What it reported doing in 2024

District-wide Strategic Programs are collaborative efforts between the Lake Pend Oreille School District (LPOSD) and Panhandle Alliance for Education (PAFE) to address specific district needs. Program requests are submitted by the LPOSD Superintendent and reviewed by the PAFE Executive Committee. To qualify as a strategic program, initiatives must align with the districts strategic plan and PAFEs mission, include measurable performance goals, and have clear methods for evaluating progress. Preference is given to programs that are innovative, research-based, and have a long-term, positive impact on students, teachers, and administrators. Additionally, these programs should improve student outcomes, foster partnerships between LPOSD and PAFE, and not duplicate existing taxpayer-supported services. PAFE funded a total of $172,095 toward district-wide strategic initiatives for 2024-2025. Strategic Initiatives ($132,095) included: Proactive School Safety/Campus Security Officer $65,000; Community Relations Liasison for LPOSD (part-time) Year 3 $49,000; Behavior Support Teams & Training (Year 1 at SMS)/Year 3 at elementary schools) $18,095. Residential Carpentry & Pre-apprenticeship Program: $40,000 (for year 3 of 3). Note: Instructor salary $80K with PAFE paying $40K and LPOSD paying $40K.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.3%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.3; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.3% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 25 of 25 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $634K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 29 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.