Souderton Charter School Collaborative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232883517
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Souderton, PA, USA
Phone
2157214560
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,335,321
Expenses
$4,563,367
Assets
$5,418,267
Liabilities
$8,942,152

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KIM BUCHANAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNY TURNER MARION (PRESIDENT)
  • JEANNINE DUNN (CEO)
  • JENNIFER AREVALO (FORMER CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANNINE DUNN (CEO): $187,754 total reported compensation
  • KELLY VENEZIALE (DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION): $157,498 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER AREVALO (FORMER CEO): $148,185 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The academic mission of souderton charter school collaborative (scsc) is to have all students leave performing at a proficient or higher level in all academic areas. The overall mission of scsc is to create an environment that will foster both learning and a commitment to lifelong learning, a learning center in which students, professional staff, parents, and community members are engaged in both their own learning and the learning of others. In this learning environment, all children will be valued and each child's unique qualities will be appreciated and developed. As a concrete expression of this philosophy, home base for all children will be the general education classroom and everyone involved with the learning center, children and adults alike, will have an individualized education plan or individualized learning plan (iep/ilp).

What it reported doing in 2024

The school served approximately 247 students in grades k through 8 during the 2024-2025 school year. The general education population is a diverse group of children that only loosely mirrors the surrounding community. The special education population (approximately 19%) is comprised of children with varying degrees of disabilities. The school provides a fully inclusive and individualized learning environment for all students and contains no special education classrooms. During the 2024-2025 school year: the school was ranked the #1 charter elementary and charter middle school in Pennsylvania by niche.com.the school's 2024-2025 pssa scores demonstrate the success of their efforts with 83% of our students at the proficient/advanced level in ela, and 79% in math.100% of students volunteer in a variety of capacities in the local community.the scsc select orchestra ensemble earned the ranking of superior at music in the parks at dorney park in may 2025. The ensemble also performed at the state capital in harrisburg.the 7th and 8th grade seaperch team placed 3rd overall at the greater philadelphia seaperch challenge.fifth grade students earned 2nd and 4th place in the 22nd annual build a house, build a dream contest hosted bu habitat for humanity of chester.two eight grade students were finalists in the national history day competitionan scsc eighth grade student placed 3rd at the national civics bee regional competition and advanced to the state competition.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.65; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 11 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.