Pg Chambers School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221551480
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Cedar Knolls, NJ, USA
Phone
9738298484
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,667,904
Expenses
$15,504,743
Assets
$31,138,346
Liabilities
$770,169

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

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA SLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICIA SLY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/SECRETARY): $251,106 total reported compensation
  • DAWN HEARNE (OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DIRECTOR): $150,014 total reported compensation
  • KRISTIN YOUNG (DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICE): $140,108 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to be a leader in the education and development of children with disabilities increasing the children's confidence in their individual abilities, preparing them to engage in the community, and expanding their capacity to lead full, productive lives.

What it reported doing in 2024

The private school program is a dynamic special education program for multiple-disabled students 3 to 14 years of age. Preschool sessions help preschoolers develop the play, social and basic readiness skills that lay the foundation for future success in school. Classes for students with multiple disabilities meet the needs of children who are delayed in two or more developmental areas and include extra individualized therapy and special instruction.the private school program combines individualized educational programs and intensive physical, occupational and speech therapy services to enhance the developmental and learning skills of each student. The program enrolls approximately 120 students from a 10 county area of northern New Jersey and operates 210 school days per year.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 90% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 97
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 95.5%; rating input score 95; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $15M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $251K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.