Strong Roots Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850941151
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Aberdeen, SD, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

Reported finances

Revenue
$187,679
Expenses
$146,383
Assets
$102,274
Liabilities
$19,060

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jillian Schaunaman (President Director School Director)

People named in this filing

  • Jillian Schaunaman (President Director School Director)
  • Timothy Janusz (Sec Treas Director)
  • Nevaeh Janusz (VP Director Assistant Teacher)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide a safe nurturing and educational environment to children ages 18 months to 5 years. Provide educational resources for the Aberdeen South Dakota community.

What it reported doing in 2023

Provide day care services for infants to 6 year old children. The center is open 12 months a year closing only on holidays.We have staff of 4 full time and 2 part time teachers caring for an average of 25 students on a regular basis.We offer tuition assistance through the State of South Dakota DSS as well as offering scholarships for families in need of child care who do not qualify for state assistance.We also have monthly parent meeting where we provide information to the parent to assist them continue the Montessori method of education at home as well as providing other resources to help families with young children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 65% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $146K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.