Starfish Learning Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364232375
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,040
Expenses
$138,025
Assets
$246,242
Liabilities
$11,370

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEAN MORRIS (PRESIDENT)
  • RICHARD REDMOND (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • DEAN MORRIS (PRESIDENT)
  • RHONDA HARTWELL (SECRETARY)
  • JASON CROOX (TREASURER)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

After school tutoring and recreations

What it reported doing in 2015

Provide after school tutoring computer lab sessions and recreational activities educate empower and mentor children through homework help educational and moral teachings

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.78; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.9% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.