Side by Side Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
260573831
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Laurel, MD, USA
Phone
3013465926
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,445
Expenses
$89,952
Assets
$34,033
Liabilities
$2,351

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephanie Gilmore (Executive Director)
  • Renee Cort Sutton Wallace (Board President)
  • Linda Lee (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephanie Gilmore (Executive Director)
  • Renee Cort Sutton Wallace (Board President)
  • Elda Molina (Board Member)

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

Side by Side engages, equips, and partners with schools to promote their children's success in the classroom.

What it reported doing in 2024

Side by Side provides Great Start Programs at elementary schools. This is a series of free workshop evenings in English and Spanish for pre-kindergarten to second grade parents. The parents find out what their children are expected to learn in the current year and are given home activities to help with in this learning. Topics include behavior, reading, writing and math. The evenings include a meal for the entire family and children's activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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. 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: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 6.5%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 6

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 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 6.5% of revenue deployed · 6.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.