Paragon Cooperative Learning Academ
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 562457843
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Nashville, GA, USA
- Phone
- 2292374425
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $11,672
- Expenses
- $13,172
- Assets
- $35,353
- Liabilities
- $3,164
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARIAN RAINWATER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MARK MORGAN (PA DIRECTOR)
- TERESA ROBERTSON (PA DIRECTOR)
- RENEE BRANNON (PA ASSISTANT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of paragon cooperative learning academy (pcla)is to provide current and knowledgeable counseling to homeschool families at they navigate high school and provide direction for the student's next steps. We encourage students toward fields in the military, technical colleges, or four-year universities based on their gifts and desires. We offer accreditation services through the Georgia accrediting commission. It is our desire to see the lord glorifie din all that we say and do.
What it reported doing in 2024
Pcla provided accrediation and counseling services to 12 students during y/r 6/30/25.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.68; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -11.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.