Parents for Public Schools Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640806908
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Jackson, MS, USA
Phone
6019696936
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$573,857
Expenses
$539,579
Assets
$427,530
Liabilities
$361,459

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACQUELINE GRIFFIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CAROLYN SIEVERS (PRESIDENT)
  • JOANN MICKENS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOANN MICKENS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $61,182 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Parents for public schools advances the role of families and communities in securing a high quality public education for every child.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educate and inform: parents for public schools (pps) seeks to improve public education for all children by providing information and training for parents and other education stakeholders. Specific program services include the three curricula that make up the pps parent engagement program (pep). Pep-parent leadership helps parents understand accountability, curriculum standards, and other education issues that impact the education outcome of students in Mississippi. Pep also helps parents develop the skills needed to be an effective education partner. The long-term outcome of the program is that parents agree to work at reducing barriers to learning in their home, community and school.pep-graduation ready is a dual generation program designed for middle school students and their parents/caregivers. In addition to including much of the information from pep-parent leadership, graduation ready focuses on graduation requirements and the various paths to graduation. This training seeks to improve attendance and graduation rates, and to help students make a smoother transition to post-secondary life. The pep-early childhood development curriculum enhances parent/caregiver understanding of their role in brain development and the effect of whathappens in the earliest years of child development on kindergartenreadiness and later academic success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54.7%; rating input score 55
  • Program expense ratio: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.43 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

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: 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54.7% of revenue deployed · 58% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $313K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.