Scd Enrichment Program

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831362590
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7204744439
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$581,296
Expenses
$525,261
Assets
$211,743
Liabilities
$35

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christian Steward (President)
  • Shalelia Dillard (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Shalelia Dillard (Executive Director): $95,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To change the systemic issue of under-identification of gifted and talented students by providing enrichment and recruitment programming for marginalized students to utilize the benefits of honors Gifted and Talented IB International Baccalaureate and AP Advanced Placement courses.

What it reported doing in 2024

As we support middle and high school students in gifted education and advanced coursework the support of our BIPOC college mentors is vital in the development of our students. Our college mentors provide their lived experiences as a college student and provide tutoring and academic support to our students. They support our students in hours of support during our school program and also provide community support while hosting Mentor Monthly sessions and weekly college readiness workshops. We use the observations of our Education Coordinators and our college mentors to begin the process to formally recommend the unidentified gifted students for gifted school services. Equipping our college mentors with the frame of perspective language and trained observation skills are necessary in our program identifying more BIPOC gifted and talented students. Our BIPOC college Mentors allow SCDEP students to observe and learn from college students that share their identity which creates positive images to replace any negative biases with positive truths. We also support our college students as they develop the necessary skills to become successful adults. We created the College Mentor Catalyst Program that contains modules for our college mentors to participate in to build up their executive functioning skills in order to be successful adults college students and mentors. Each module is based on an area that impacts the needs of the students. College mentors receive stipends per module and create a plan of action and budget for completing each topic in order to test out their new skills. These areas will impact our future college mentors and we will continue to evaluate a trend of needs as we build the College Mentor Catalyst program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 68% for direct work, and 32% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 77.9%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 86.2%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 75; 75th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 46.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 77.9% of revenue deployed · 86.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $453K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $95K · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.