Southern Nevada Trades High School CO Brett Willis
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 881675239
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Phone
- 7027583512
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Charter Schools
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,269,047
- Expenses
- $4,759,186
- Assets
- $25,165,319
- Liabilities
- $27,288,650
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
People named in this filing
- Kara Arenas (Director)
- Michael Van Esq (Director)
- Tina Frias (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Southern Nevada Trades High School will promote excellence in academic and career and technical education, preparing students for post-secondary education and careers in construction-related professions.
What it reported doing in 2024
Integrated Curriculum - We believe that hands-on careet technical education (CTE) - in the classroom, in the workshop, and on the job-site - prepares students with the knowledge an skills for successful futures in construction-related careers. We believe that pairing CTE with aligned academics provides students with the skills necessary to adapt and grow throughout their careers. Passion for Life-long Learning - We believe that the unique combination of CTE and aligned academics spark student passion for learning whil encouraging other essential life skills such as critical thinking, communication, and team work. Individualized Planning and Support - We believe that engaging students 1:1 in planning and refining their course of study throughout their high school career prepares graduates for success in their chose educational and career paths. Community Partnerships - We believe that close collaboration with local industry and post-secondary institutions provides student with access to work experiences, industry-recognized credentials, and post-secondary credit that set them up for immediate success upon graduation. Career and College Readiness - We believe that an explicit focus on the skills necessary in college and careers provides students with opportunitiess to receive feedback and develop these skills that will set them up for success.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 86% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.8%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 56.2%; rating input score 56
- 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45.6%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.29; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.08; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 104.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 59.4% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 70.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.8% of revenue deployed · 56.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.