The Board of Trustees of the Cleveland School of Science & Medicine Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383740643
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Cleveland, OH, USA
Phone
2166157192
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$68,425
Expenses
$77,463
Assets
$112,643
Liabilities
$22,922

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANGELIQUE REDUS-MCCOY (DIRECTOR)
  • ANITA JOHNSON (DIRECTOR)
  • ARAM NERPOUNI (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide support for rigorous and distinctive education in science, math and medicine for students within the cleveland municipal school district.incorporate educational enrichment experiences. Supplement traditional science and math education with enhanced experiences including laboratory experiments and outside instructors. Provide support for non-traditional, specialized courses in math and biomedical sciences in collaboration with case western university faculty. Provide students with a broad exposure and view of medical science and its direct application to health through frequent seminars. Provide support for background on health and medicine as well as ample professional development opportunities for teachers that focus on innovative instruction in science, math and medicine, including evaluation strategies that incorporate formative as well as summative assessments. Incorporate writing into science and math courses to develop and promote student communication skills.

What it reported doing in 2024

Support college-preparatory education for motivated, high-achieving high school students interested in entering science or health-related professions and becoming our next generation of leaders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.2%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.1% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.