Ross Education

Legal name: Ross Education Holdings Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861846791
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Clinton Township, MI, USA
Phone
(866) 815-5578
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,615,013
Expenses
$72,596,731
Assets
$61,769,410
Liabilities
$37,597,511

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GRAYEB GEORGE (CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • GRAYEB GEORGE (CEO, PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR): $724,261 total reported compensation
  • IAQUINTO ANTHONY (CFO, CAO): $392,541 total reported compensation
  • MCCONNELL ALLISON (EVP, ADMISSIONS): $219,584 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ross Education provides quality healthcare training programs to prepare students for careers and certification in specialized medical fields.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ross medical education centerrmec operates school locations predominantly in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama and Kentucky as a post-secondary school, offering courses in medical assistant, dental assistant, nursing assistant and veterinary assistant. Rmec is accredited by the accrediting bureau of health education schools. Ross college on-groundrc on-ground operates school locations predominantly in Michigan, Ohio, Iowa and Kentucky as a post-secondary school offering courses in medical assistant, dental assistant, nursing assistant, veterinary assistant, veterinary technology, occupational therapy assistant, nursing and practical nursing. Rc on-ground is accredited by the accrediting bureau of health education schools.ross college on-linerc on-line operates as a post-secondary school though its on-line student management system, offering six online degree programs. The institution offers a degree completion program online where students can earn a medical assistant associate of applied science degree. Rc on-line also offers associate of applied science degrees in, medical assistant, health care administration. Medical billing administrative specialist, health administrative services, medical office management and human, social and health services. In addition, rc on-line offers three diploma programs: medical insurance billing and office administration, medical office administration and pharmacy technician. Rc on-line, is accredited by the accrediting bure"tri area trucking school (tat)tat is a non-accredited, post-secondary school and offers courses in class a and b commercial driver's licenses (cdl) in Michigan."

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 19th 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: 12.1%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 9 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $724K · 9 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.
  • 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 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.