Sage Vista School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452393876
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Campbell, CA, USA
Phone
4089636594
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$649,904
Expenses
$502,027
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$10,470

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANAMARIA GUEVARA (CHAIR & ACTING HEAD OF SCH)
  • DIEGO ARAGON (TREASURER)
  • ISELA PEREZ (SECRETARY)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The school delivers a well-balanced curriculum, emphasizing a challenging academic program and promoting emotional intelligence, which is critical to the development of 21st century leaders.our academic program provides students with opportunities to question, investigate, evaluate, apply and reflect in such meaningful and fun ways that they love to come to school every day.sage vista school is a progressive independent private school serving elementary age children and growing into middle school by 2015-16. Svs was founded to provide a dynamic, innovative experience for young children in the silicon valley. Our educational program is based on extensive research about how children learn best. The inquiry-based approach underlies all that we do, providing a solid foundation upon which a lifetime of learning begins.we firmly believe children learn best through experience and should be challenged at their ability level. Learning should be meaningful and interactive, and the learning proce

What it reported doing in 2014

Sage vista school served 29 students, ages 5-10, in three classrooms with dedicated teachers. Formative and summative assessments reveal svs students to out-perform non-svs students by at least one academic year in areas of language arts and mathematics. Our science scope and sequence is a year ahead of the recommended common core state standards. Our students acquire knowledge at a faster rate and spend independent time immersed in scientific learning due to personal passion for science. Additionally, svs hired a head of school as of the beginning of the year. The co-founder of svs was invited to speak at the annual social emotional need of the gifted (seng) conference and granted a scholarship to attend the summer social emotional learning institute for educators offered by the greater good science center at uc berkeley. The parent association continued to define its role in creating a strong and supportive parent community invested in supporting the growth and prosperity of the school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 12
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.2%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 95.7%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $255.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -100.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.2% of revenue deployed · 95.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $480K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2012 to 2014
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.