Peace in Schools

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263664835
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
9718000471
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Personal Social Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,488,783
Expenses
$1,375,489
Assets
$1,164,995
Liabilities
$37,734

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • COLIN MCLEAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CAVERLY MORGAN (DIRECTOR): $126,630 total reported compensation
  • JANICE MARTELLUCCI (EXECUTIVE DI): $109,905 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Peace in schools supports the well being of young people and adults by offering trauma-informed mindfulness instruction, guidance and mentorship. We believe mindfulness leads to personal and collective liberation, safer schools, healthier communities, and a more peaceful world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our mindful studies partnerships program offers our peace in schools mindful studies. As an integrated for-credit course for 10th-12th graders to schools. This course is either taught by our staff or trained high school teachers. These partnerships center teens and encompass the entire high school community. Teen program year-end outcomes and impacts for 2024-25: 4 portland public high schools received our direct service teen programming: cleveland, grant, mcdaniel, and roosevelt at comprehensive high schools, this class is either a semester long or year-long course, depending on the needs of the school. Through our mindful studies partnerships, 6 high schools (5 in Oregon an 1 in California) facilitated mindful studies to their students 439 students completed our mindful studies elective class, the most in- depth, mindfulness-based course in public high schools nationally. Adult programs year-end outcomes and impacts for 2024-25: peace in schools offers a variety of programming for adults. Some offerings are specific to educators, others are open to all. 11 mindful studies teachers were trained and mentored as they implemente the first year of teaching our course 524 educators were served through our in-person professional development (representing about 85% of the staff of our mindful studies partnership schools). 2,028 adults served through our online mindfulness trainings see full report here: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62d6cda90352313c39cb720e/t/690baf852 b6837214b8e 0ca8/1762382245597/annualreport_2024-25.pdf

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $127K · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $127K reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 29/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.