Scituate Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811644847
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Scituate, MA, USA
Phone
7815458759
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$32,022
Expenses
$17,121
Assets
$90,801
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CASSANDRA MARSH (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA FENWICK (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PHIL WILKES (DIRECTOR)
  • CASSANDRA MARSH (PRESIDENT)
  • MARIA FENWICK (VICE PRESIDENT)

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

The mission and purpose of sef is to benefit the town of scituate public schools and its community by funding educational programs with the support of a diverse group of public and private organizations. The mission will be accomplished by generating and distributing financial and other resources to the scituate public schools as well as qualified, scituate-based non-profit groups, to assist, develop, and support the scituate public schools and its community; and to help better the staff, families, students, and teachers. By engaging in any other activities that are permissible under Massachusetts's law as to nonprofit, charitable corporations.

What it reported doing in 2024

To support and enhance educational opportunities and innovation, which provides and encourages academic excellence throughout the scituate public schools. The sef will also work to promote partnerships between the public schools and the community at large regarding education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 65% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 82
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 37.4%; rating input score 37

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 46.5%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.3; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.5% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20% of revenue deployed · 37.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 20/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.