Stars Math and English Academy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272534310
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7044929105
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $65,106
- Expenses
- $94,371
- Assets
- $16,812
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
People named in this filing
- Marcel McCrea (Chairman)
- Jevelyn Bonner-Reed (Director)
- Bruce Johnson (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
S.T.A.R.S. Math & English Academy improves studentsfoundational skills in math, english, and reading using a balanced curriculum that focuses on academic rigor while enriching these subjects with soft skills
What it reported doing in 2024
The S.T.A.R.S. Math & English Academy provided academic enrichment to 120 students through our Saturday Academy, EOG Boot Camp, and summer programming, serving students from 41 schools. Our EOG Boot Camp students showed an average growth of 40% in ELA and 50% in Math from their pre-test to post-test scores. S.T.A.R.S. also provided seven parent workshops related to the EOG Test and other topics.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -44.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.18; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $85K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.