The Chelly Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 810785392
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Bethesda, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3012042787
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,794
- Expenses
- $40,677
- Assets
- $44,412
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JASON R BARON (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JASON R BARON (PRESIDENT)
- JENNIFER MCGOVERN-ALONZO (DIRECTOR)
- VICTORIA L LEMIEUX (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
To benefit elementary and secondary schools and students in lesser resourced countries by providing financial assistance and "in-kind" grants related to or consisting of books, school supplies, computers and related equipment, uniforms, sports equipment, and other materials to assist schools to provide high quality education to students and assist students to benefit from high quality education.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provided financial assistance to elementary and secondary schools students in less resourced countries.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 98% 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: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
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: 0.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 49; 49th 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: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $38K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.