The Center for Educational Equity

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
571105775
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Greenville, SC, USA
Phone
8642772110
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,825
Expenses
$52,716
Assets
$196,906
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAKIR ROBINSON (CEO)
  • TALIAH ANDERSON (President)

People named in this filing

  • LINDA BUTLER (MEMBER)
  • SHAKIR ROBINSON (CEO)
  • PATRICIA BARTON (MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To level the learning field for students, involve parents in the schools, advocate for the special needs of aprican-american students and work toward closing the academic achievement gap that exist between african-american students and their white counterparts.

What it reported doing in 2025

Cee athletes continue to rank at the top in several athlete rankings. 30% of participants are on honor roll. No cee student has gone into the criminal justice system to date. Cee boxers usually travel the USA to boxing shows in various states including Georgia, Florida, Ohio. Cee has also branched out into other sports incluing football. Cee provided assistance for parents of students during the 2025 calendar year. The cases were related to suspensions questionable school grades, remote learning, the lack of reading books for elementary school students, special education services, participation in extra-cirricular activities, school assignments, and fairness in enrollment in special programs. Cee also rpovides life skills training including driving cee also provides summer programs to keep participants engaged in learning and physical activities.

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

STRONG - 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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.74; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 98.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.