Teachers Without Borders

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
912023723
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Orange, CA, USA
Phone
2066230394
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
International Educational Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$176,680
Expenses
$118,717
Assets
$81,724
Liabilities
$2,919

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KONRAD GLOGOWSKI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KONRAD GLOGOWSKI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $25,000 total reported compensation
  • FRED MEDNICK (FOUNDER): $5,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Teachers without borders connects teachers to information and each other to create local change on a global scale.

What it reported doing in 2013

Our flagship program, the certificate of teaching mastery, is a teacher professional development program, offered online and through face-to-face workshops. It consists of several modules designed by and for primary and secondary educators. They help teachers improve their professional knowledge, classroom practice, and become mentors and leaders in their schools and communities. The program is modular and highly customizable. Teachers interested in the self-paced version of the program can select the modules most relevant to their context. When the program is offered in partnership with local education authorities, online or on-site, twb customizes it to meet local needs as defined by local leaders.in 2013, the program was delivered offline in the following countries: kenya, haiti, mexico, and suriname. On-site and online versions of the program reached 600 teachers around the world.

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 total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.1%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $195.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.69; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 25.3%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.1% of revenue deployed · 79.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $25K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.