South Texas Association of Schools

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
384094242
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Round Rock, TX, USA
Phone
9567927396
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Reported finances

Revenue
$135,050
Expenses
$86,862
Assets
$330,823
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR JESUS CHAVEZ (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/11))
  • DR ALICIA NOYOLA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (BEGIN 7/8))
  • DR ALEJOS SALAZAR (PRESIDENT)
  • DR ROBERTA G RAMIEZ-TREVINO (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR JESUS CHAVEZ (FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 3/11)): $61,440 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association with the assistance of its executive director works closely with state legislators to promote adequate and equitable school funding. The association advocates, provides testimony, and provides specific legislative guidance in the area of school district funding.

What it reported doing in 2023

The association with the assistance of its executive director works closely with state legislators to promote adequate and equitable school funding. The association advocates, provides testimony, and provides specific legislative guidance in the area of school district funding. During the 2024 fiscal year, the south Texas association of schools worked with 53 districts, assisting approximately 358,000 students.

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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 42
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 65
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.8%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 62.4%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.7%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.81; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 70.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.8% of revenue deployed · 62.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 16 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $54K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.