Seattle Persian School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843148770
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Bellevue, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2065499387
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $66,550
- Expenses
- $50,776
- Assets
- $30,198
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- Sepinood Hajizadehgashti (Treasurer)
- Houman Bedayat (Secretary)
- Atosa Estekizadeh (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
Seattle Persian School offers Persian Language and Culture classes and instructions and extracurricular activities that enhance learning of the Persian Language and Culture and the cultural offerings to the community at large.Examples of classes, instructions and extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to: A. Develop teaching material and curriculum for learning Persian Language and Culture; B. Offer classes and instructions, whether in-person or web based, for reading, writing, and speaking Persian; C. Offer music and choral instructions integrating Persian Language and Cultural elements with contemporary musical trends, including a Persian choir and music ensembles; D. Offer production of theatrical plays and musicals that integrates elements of Persian Language and Culture into the performance.E. Hold, or participate in, workshops and conferences to enhance any aspects of the above, including but not limited to teaching, performing music and theatre, and the Persian Lang
What it reported doing in 2024
Seattle Persian School offers Persian Language and Culture classes and instructions and extracurricular activities that enhance learning of the Persian Language and Culture and the cultural offerings to the community at large.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - 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 reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.