The Coalition of Community Charter Schools Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
264212756
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Long Island City, NY, USA
Phone
7183611694
Rating
36
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,000
Expenses
$9,336
Assets
$51,779
Liabilities
$103,800

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Stephen Falla Riff (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen Falla Riff (Executive Director)
  • Franklin Headley (Secretary)
  • Thomas Ficeto (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Coalition of Community Charter Schools provides a voice for the many community-oriented public charter schools in New York City. The Coalition endeavors to grow and sustain a vibrant, collaborative, and high-quality independent charter school sector that meets the diverse educational needs of all students.

What it reported doing in 2024

1) Advocacy on behalf of independent charter schools with electeds, community members, etc. 2) Partnering with charter support organizations to advance charter priorities. 3) Multiple meetings to discuss pandemic response, best practices, and sharing our best practices with the Charter Center and others.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -86.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.55; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 105 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.