ResponsiveEd

Legal name: Responsiveed Texas

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
752748762
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Lewisville, TX, US
Phone
972.316.3663
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$309,255,338
Expenses
$280,717,463
Assets
$529,814,629
Liabilities
$331,495,283

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES COOK (CEO & BOARD MEMBER)
  • BEN KLINGENSTEIN (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • KENT SPARKS (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHARLES COOK (CEO & BOARD MEMBER): $454,084 total reported compensation
  • JOE DEPROSPERO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $229,289 total reported compensation
  • ROBERT DAVISON (COO): $177,538 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Providing hope through education and preparing future leaders who make a lasting impact on the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education of at-risk and former drop out students as well as college bound students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 96% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 92
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $58.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.2%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.4%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $233.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $454K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $56.5M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.