Teacher Prep Inspection-us Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474159411
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sarasota, FL, USA
Phone
2024894609
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,065,897
Expenses
$3,218,533
Assets
$10,315,118
Liabilities
$5,008,484

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EDWARD CROWE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • EDWARD CROWE (CEO): $217,180 total reported compensation
  • CALVIN STOCKER (DIRECTOR OF REGIONAL & STRATEGIC INITIATIVES): $212,954 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE HOWARD (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM): $197,875 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance and improve the quality of education in the united states by inspecting university-based and other teacher preparation programs and by working with state policymakers, teacher preparation program leaders, and program faculty.

What it reported doing in 2024

Tpi-us conducts onsite reviews of teacher preparation programs across the united states to assess the quality of their coursework, faculty teaching, clinical placement practices and continuous improvement processes and actions. These onsite visits involve a team of trained education professionals. Typical site visits take place over a four-day period, culminating in evidence-based oral and written reports to the preparation program leaders that identify strengths, areas for improvement, and specific recommendations for how to strengthen program quality. Tpi-us delivers targeted technical support to these programs, working collaboratively with each program to create and implement action plans designed to produce well-prepared teachers with the knowledge and skills to advance positive learning outcomes for pk-12 students. As of the end of 2024, teacher prep inspections-us has completed over 400 inspections in 24 states through several initiatives. Program leaders have reported back that the process provided clear, actionable guidance on areas needing immediate improvements - with many taking immediate actions as a result of the inspection. Successes at individual programs is building momentum for wider applications: ultimately, inspections can also give states the information they need to ensure program quality and support program improvement and could take the place of states' own site monitoring processes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.9%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 73.4%; rating input score 73
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.04 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.2; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.49; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.9% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $217K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $332K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.