Pta Ohio Congress Mercer Elementary
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237256489
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Phone
- 5132327000
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $44,631
- Expenses
- $73,741
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Colleen Reed (President)
- Jennifer Simpson (Executive Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Colleen Reed (President)
- Jennifer Simpson (Executive Vice President)
- Jeri Kubicki (Secretary)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purposes of the Mercer Elementary School PTA, in common with those of the National PTA and the Ohio PTA, are: a. To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, places of worship, and throughout the community; b. To raise the standards of home life. c. To advocate for laws that further the education, physical and mental health, welfare and safety of children and youth; d. To promote the collaboration and engagement of families and educators in the education of children and youth; e. To engage the public in united efforts to secure the physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being of all children and youth; f. To advocate for fiscal responsibility regarding public tax dollars in public education funding.
What it reported doing in 2021
Educational enhancements through technology, teacher resources and student activities in addition to gift to newly formed PTO.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 12
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 93.2%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -65.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2017 to 2021
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.