Rolling Hills Preparatory School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953735164
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- San Pedro, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3107911101
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $8,167,630
- Expenses
- $10,424,233
- Assets
- $54,975,391
- Liabilities
- $10,112,383
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- CHRISTINA MORSE (ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL): $295,883 total reported compensation
- JACQUELINE OLIVIER (HEAD OF SCHOOL): $172,852 total reported compensation
- YOLANDA HOLGUIN (DIRECTOR OF HR & OPERATIONS): $144,722 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A forward-looking, academically rigorous college-prep school with a soul, rolling hills preparatory school (rhp) works in partnership with parents to prepare students for lifelong success in a global 21st century using proven teaching techniques in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. As part of rhp's ongoing self-evaluation and improvement, a group of teachers, trustees and parents has approved the learning expectations for students, based on the four pillars of disciplined minds, sound character, healthy bodies, and creative spirits. Every year each faculty member focuses on at least one of the four pillars, incorporating its philosophy into that year's teaching and evaluation. These principles are not just on paper, they inspire the high quality teaching that is a hallmark of rhp.
What it reported doing in 2024
Operation of a children's preparatory school for approximately 150 students, grade 5-12. The school works with families and students to offer a range of academic, art and athletic courses to help prepare college-bound students for lifelong success in a global 21st century using proven teaching techniques in a stimulating and supportive academic environment. Students are challenged by demanding academic courses and supported within a close knit community. By employing a student/teacher ratio of less than 15/1, the school is able to address the individual needs of each student to help maximize his or her potential.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 36
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.27; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $7.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $296K · 20 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $435K reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.