Skola Microschool

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
881257193
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512694943
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,457
Expenses
$190,560
Assets
$32,578

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTIN FINK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • AMY BURROUGHS (PRESIDENT)
  • LEE SARKELA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KRISTIN FINK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • GINGER MONTEZON (INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER)
  • AMY BURROUGHS (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

Skola is a k-8 microschool that values innovative learning in a non-traditional classroom. A microschool adopts many features of a one-room schoolhouse approach, and the tight-knot community of students becomes the centerpiece. Using project-based & place-based environments, students are able to grow within a context that is truly inspiring, and enjoy a school day that is innovative and reimagined.

What it reported doing in 2024

Taught and inspired 36 students in an environment of innovative and reimagined classroom

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
  • 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: 4%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 180.1% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $191K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.