Setda

Overview

Mission

Build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice, including serving every U.S. state and territorial education agency, fostering collaboration, and taking action on important public-education issues. SETDA is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit membership association launched by state education agency leaders in 2001 to serve, support and represent their emerging interests and needs with respect to the use of technology for teaching, learning, and school operations. Nearly 20 years later, SETDA has established itself as the principal membership association representing digital learning leaders of U.S. states and territories. Mission The SETDA mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice. In carrying out this mission, we are committed...

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 84% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 86
• Transparency & Controls: 70
• Accountability: 95
• Sustainability: 10
• Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
• Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.2M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $172K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
• Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
• Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2025
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
• 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.
• Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
• High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
• High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
• High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
• High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
• Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
• High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.