Schoolyard Dogs

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
301316687
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Wimberley, TX, USA
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Job Training

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,300
Expenses
$48,446
Assets
$116,380
Liabilities
$1,202

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Laura Perkins (Chairman)
  • Courtenay Kehl (Secretary)
  • Ryan Durkin (Treasurer)

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

Schoolyard Dog's mission is to provide adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Wimberley Valley with the tools and opportunities to find meaningful employment and volunteer activities, earn competitive wages, and contribute to the world around them.

What it reported doing in 2024

Purchase of food truck in which special needs young adults ran the truck that attended multiple events.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 26
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 26.3%; rating input score 26
  • Program expense ratio: 26.8%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.4; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 57% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 38.1% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 26.3% of revenue deployed · 26.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 26/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.