Reading Pals Chico

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870938852
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chico, CA, USA
Phone
5305880119
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,371
Expenses
$140,198
Assets
$81,679

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Rory Rottschalk (Director)
  • Michelle Curran (Executive Dir.)
  • Elliot Dutro (Director)

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

Reading Pals Chico is a local, community - based reading program providing elementary aged children an opportunity for success through one-on-one reading sessions with a committed volunteer.

What it reported doing in 2024

Reading Pals Chico is a local, community - based reading program providing elementary aged children an opportunity for success through one-on-one reading sessions with a committed volunteer. We are concerned citizens who are willing to spend 1 hour a week helping a child learn to read, in turn, building their self-confidence and setting them on a path to success.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.8%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 36%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 39.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 54.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $140K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.