Stritch Family Literacy Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934185408
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
2627516796
Rating
49
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement

Reported finances

Revenue
$569,965
Expenses
$45,165
Assets
$1,809,176
Liabilities
$1,024,575

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY KELLNER (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • ANTHEA BOJAR (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MARY KELLNER (PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • ANTHEA BOJAR (VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR)
  • DONNA RECHT (SECRETARY/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

In collaboration with families, the mission of the stritch family literacy center inc. (sflc) is to advance life-essential literacy proficiency for students regardless of cultural, economic, linguistic, ethnic, or learning factors.

What it reported doing in 2024

The activities of sflc will further sflc's charitable and educational purposes by providing highly professional literacy services to students with linguistic, instructional, and economic need and varying financial and physical access to such support. Sflc will provide both research-based literacy assessment and intervention by a state-certified specifically trained (graduate leve preferred) master instructor in reading, speech and language, or special education, addressing individual needs of k-12 students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 87
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 8.4%; rating input score 8
  • Program expense ratio: 54.4%; rating input score 54
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 92.1%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 40.06; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 74.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 149.8% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 8.4% of revenue deployed · 54.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 8/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.