The Center for School Success
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200194509
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Hanover, NH, USA
- Phone
- 6032986700
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $71,869
- Expenses
- $135,306
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LESLIE WILIAMSON (EXECUTIVE DIR./PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- BONNIE MCCOUCH MED (VICE CHAIR)
- LESLIE WILIAMSON (EXECUTIVE DIR./PRESIDENT)
- CYNTHIA HOWE MED (TREASURER)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Css provided services for clients seeking learning consultations and professional development, as well as outreach services to the community (parent workshops, website, newsletters, articles). Css also devoted time to building relationships with potential partners.
What it reported doing in 2019
Css provides services for clients seeking learning consultations and professional development, as well as outreach services to the community (parent workshops, website, newsletters, articles). Css also devoted time to building relationships with potential partners.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 79% for direct work, and 21% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.4%; rating input score 91
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -88.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 54.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -11.5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -13.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2018 to 2019
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.