St Andrew's School
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541803252
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8046484545
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,107,607
- Expenses
- $2,659,765
- Assets
- $12,537,723
- Liabilities
- $185,964
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Kayethel Mason (Past Head of School): $139,320 total reported compensation
- Mary Hannah Barr (Head of School): $128,012 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
St. Andrew's School transforms lives by providing a high-quality education to children through a full scholarship. Our whole-child approach nurtures intellectual, creative, moral and spiritual growth, preparing students for success in school and in life.
What it reported doing in 2024
St. Andrew's School is one of a handful of schools in the country educating children from families with limited financial resources through a full scholarship for every child. The School's whole-child approach includes academics, social emotional learning, wellness and nutrition, visual and performing arts, graduate support, and family engagement though a collaborative parnership. Our extended school day balances academic support with physical activity and enrichment opportunities. With our extended year and extended day, our 96 students in grades K-5 are engaged for more than 1400 hours annually, compared to the traditional 990 hours. Our student-centered curriculum provides students more exposure to project-based learning and integrated activities with community partners. Our dedicated faculty engages in teacher collaboration and embedded professional development during the school day which strengthens classroom instruction and increases student achievement.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.3%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 73.8%; rating input score 74
- Fundraising efficiency: $7.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.71; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.3% of revenue deployed · 73.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $139K · 21 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $784K reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 28/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.