Satchel Ford Elementary School Pto
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 570955424
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8037387209
- Rating
- 57
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $127,508
- Expenses
- $64,801
- Assets
- $327,898
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATIE SMITH (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SUSAN WHEELER (Secretary)
- KATIE SMITH (PRESIDENT)
- SARA BETH RUSH (MEMBER CHAIR)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide funding to improve student education at satchel ford elementary school
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 0
- Sustainability: 84
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 53.6%; rating input score 54
- Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.2%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.06; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 53.6% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 10 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $65K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.