School for Creative Careers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462787406
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$114,800
Expenses
$105,793
Assets
$18,922
Liabilities
$47,902

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEVE STOPPER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEVE STOPPER (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER STOPPER (DIRECTOR)
  • DAN WOODARD (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Supporting careers for youth

What it reported doing in 2024

Musical education

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.53; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 101.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 77.8% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.