Santee Teachers Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953290630
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2015
Location
El Cajon, CA, USA
Phone
6192584836
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$55,633
Expenses
$42,603
Assets
$142,769
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELANIE HIRAHARA (President)
  • MICHELLE MCNEARNEY (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • MELANIE HIRAHARA (President): $4,000 total reported compensation
  • LORI MEAUX (Former VP): $2,000 total reported compensation
  • SARAH MOWREY (Treasurer): $2,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The specific and primary purpose of this corporation is to serve as a single policy making body, representative of persons employed by the Santee School District. It also represents certificated employees of the Santee School District in their relations with said school district and the Board of Education of said school district, as public employees of such public agency.

What it reported doing in 2024

To improve its members abilities, salaries, and working conditions by sponsorsing seminars, providing collective bargaining services, and processing grievances.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.3%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 11
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.35; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.3% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 1 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.