Sustainable Futures Public Charter School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451236716
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2019
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028691691
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Primary, Elementary Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,006
Expenses
$16,732
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • PAUL JACKSON (CHAIR)
  • DONALD HENSE (VICE CHAIR)
  • ROSALYN RICE-HARRIS (SECRETARY)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create a community of learners that reengages disconnected youth and those who have struggled in traditional school settings by providing them with a comprehensive, challenging, personalized education that prepares them to lead purposeful, productive, sustainable lives.

What it reported doing in 2019

Sustainable futures was a public charter school in Washington dc with a mission to create a community of learners that reengaged disconnected youth and those who have struggled in traditional school settings by providing them with a comprehensive, challenging, personalized education that prepared them to lead purposeful, productive, sustainable lives. Youth who were disconnected from school and/or work, homeless, aging out of foster care, over aged and under credited, or adjudicated found that the program provided unyielding support as they reached their full potential. On june 15, 2018, the board of directors voted to close the school at the end of the june 30, 2018, school year, and voluntarily return the charter to the district of columbia public charter school board ("pcsb") at that time. The formal narrative plan of dissolution, which was subsequently submitted to the pcsb, was approved by the school's board on august 2, 2018. The primary reason for the board's decision to close the school was due to critically low enrollment numbers for the upcoming school year. The offices of the school closed shortly following the board's decision.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 84.2%; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 748.3% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.