Teton Valley Collaborative for Early Learning
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991015255
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Driggs, Idaho, United States
- Phone
- 2087090925
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alliance/Advocacy Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $299,671
- Expenses
- $270,828
- Assets
- $73,029
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- KRISTINA MESTON (EXECUTIVE DI): $43,160 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Collaborative obtained non profit status in the Spring of 2024, and is recognized as a 501c3. Our dedicated Board of Directors oversees the work in our strategic plan to support providers, families and community engagement opportunities in Teton Valley. Nan Pugh** // Board Chair // Spark Foundation August Christensen** // Board Vice Chair // City of Driggs. The Collaborative for Early Learning supports the development and expansion of early care and learning opportunities for families and children of Teton Valley that prepares children for a successful start in school and life. Learn more TVCEL Board of Directors:.
What it reported doing in 2024
Teton valley collaborative for early learning advances equitable access to early childhood education opportunities and resources in teton valley. The organization offered over 18,000 in tuition assistance and supported the development of the gambal house, a new early care and learning center opened in 2024. Tvcel provided resources and networking opportunities for local early learning teachers, partnered with community groups to host engagement events, and delivered ready for kindergarten workshops and early learning kits for families. Tvcel implemented dolly parton's imagination library for local families to receive free books mailed monthly to their home, regardless of income. These efforts address the lack of state-supported early learning programs and help expand high- quality, affordable options for local families.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.3%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
- Fundraising efficiency: $27.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 76.3% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $229K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.