Prince of Wales Vocational & Technical Education Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464019097
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Klawock, AK, USA
Phone
9074011456
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Vocational, Technical Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$197,494
Expenses
$186,495
Assets
$56,080

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Chris Reitan (Board President)
  • Sherry Becker (Board Vice President)
  • Charles Edwardson (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Chris Reitan (Board President)
  • Sherry Becker (Board Vice President)
  • Bob Girt (Board Secretary/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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To address the career preparation, employment and training needs of residents on Prince of Wales island through the establishment and operation of a regionally-serving vocational and technical learning center.

What it reported doing in 2022

Hosted the "Alaskan Youth Stewards" program, an umbrella title for Training Rural Alaskan Youth Leaders and Students (TRAYLS)and Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) programs in Southeast Alaska. These programs strive to provide youth from rural Southeast Alaskawith a well-supported pathway to becoming empowered, responsible, and productive leaders. These leaders contribute to the regions cultural vibrancy, ecological resilience, and economic prosperity. This program blends experiential education, on the job training, career counseling and job placement for youth in rural Southeast Alaska to get on the path to higher education and employment in natural resources stewardship.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.4%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 43.9%; rating input score 44

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: 5.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.4% of revenue deployed · 43.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 44/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.