Roadrunner Child Development Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
263458402
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Albuquerque, NM, USA
Phone
5052936691
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

Reported finances

Revenue
$607,748
Expenses
$650,871
Assets
$94,641
Liabilities
$36,398

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER CASTRO (PRESIDENT/SE)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER CASTRO (PRESIDENT/SE)
  • JEFFREY REMINGTON (VICE PRESIDE)
  • MARK S CANTWELL (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Roadrunner child development is committed to providing the highest level of childcare, and pre-school educational services, in a safe and secure environment for the benefit of the child, parent and staff. Our primary goal is to help each child develop to his or her social/emotional, cognitive and physical potential in preparation for integration into the primary school environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Roadrunner child development is a New Mexico focus 5 star verified preschool, non-traditional learning and child care facility, with average daily attendance of 50 to 55 students. A formal preschool curriculum is in place, following the traditional school year from august to may. The curriculum is reviewed and updated annually. During the rest of the year, teachers continue to engage students in non- traditional learning activities. Roadrunner produces a monthly newsletters for parents, and posts its curriculum weekly for parents to observe. The teachers perform observations and assessments for each child three times per year, followed by parent/teacher conferences. Teachers work with parents to set educational and development goals for each child. Focus requires that the preschool teachers follow New Mexico early learning guidelines in these assessments. The majority of roadrunner's employees are full-time. Lead teachers are licensed educators, and all teachers and administrators have their full participation certificate, powerful interactions certificate, 6 hour quality care certificate, health, safety and nutrition certificate, cpr and first aid certificate. Roadrunner also employs a teacher with a master's degree in special education. Roadrunner provides its employees with training and resources to support their own education goals. Each teacher completes 24 hours of annual continuing education. Roadrunner covers the cost of all required classes, and pays employees at their standard hourly wage for after-hours class attendance. Roadrunner child development is a member of the New Mexico child care & education association.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 71.4%; rating input score 71; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.1%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 7 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $592K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.