Strategies for Effective Teaching

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271829458
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
St Petersburg, FL, USA
Phone
7278717530
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,707
Expenses
$89,848
Assets
$11,114

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA LILYA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CYNTHIA LILYA (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHEAL LILYA (VICE PRESIDE)
  • LAURA G DEAN (VICE PRESIDE)

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

Our mission at 'set centers international' is to open the minds of children and adults to become independent, critical thinkers and to provide opportunities to streghten and enhance their churches, communities and villages. Our goal is to establish at least one school in each province that will rise to a successful, self-sustaining level for the purpose of training and enriching all participants.

What it reported doing in 2024

Typically set centers conducts training workshops & seminar events in zambia to train individuals interested in carrying on the mission and visions of set centers within zambia. H the organization held all trainings virtually through monthly meetings. Set centers also supplied the community which it serves in zambia, as well as the local hospital there and two clinics, with washable cloth masks as well as with additional supplies. Set centers had the masks made in the community in order to support commerce in zambia. Additionally, set centers virtually supported the local grace reigns ministry in zambia as they did health, medical, and educational training during covid.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 66.7%; rating input score 67

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: 5.1%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th 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: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.3% of revenue deployed · 66.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.