Parents United for Public Schools
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 571176851
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- St Paul, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6519997391
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Student Services, Organizations of Students
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $117,074
- Expenses
- $121,996
- Assets
- $91,061
- Liabilities
- $847
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY ELLEN DEBOIS (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTY HLAVACEK (DIRECTOR)
- HEIDI HUELSTER (DIRECTOR)
- RUSS FUNK (TREASURER)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educating public school parents in Minnesota on the connections between state policy and their local schools.
What it reported doing in 2015
To inform public school parents and community members about public education funding and policy and to support them as they navigate local school issues and the state legislative process.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% 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.
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: 86
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- 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 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.