Pta Massachusetts Parent-teacher Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042781633
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Somerville, MA, USA
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $120,482
- Expenses
- $47,942
- Assets
- $101,903
- Liabilities
- $107
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Abigail Ovlinger (President)
- Julie Taylor (Co Vice President)
- Elvin Atkins (Co Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Abigail Ovlinger (President)
- Brad Taylor (Treasurer)
- Julie Taylor (Co Vice President)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To bring together the community of educators families and students of the Albert F. Argenziano School in support of children as they grow and learn.
What it reported doing in 2024
He PTA funded grade-level field trips for approximately 500 students in Pre-K through 8th grade including bus transportation averaging 600 or more per trip and admission fees to museums science centers performance venues and other educational destinations. The PTA also funded the annual 6th grade overnight residential field trip to Natures Classroom in Charlton Massachusetts. In addition the PTA provided classroom supplies for general education and specialist teachers art music library physical education English Language Learner instruction reading intervention counseling and math intervention supported visits from authors artists and musicians and funded special class events including pizza parties pumpkin celebrations and the 8th grade banquet.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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 and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.7%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 97.3%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.2%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.13; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 38.7% of revenue deployed · 97.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.