The Epiphany School Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043391788
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Dorchester, MA, USA
Phone
6173260425
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Secondary, High School
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,159,298
Expenses
$9,117,302
Assets
$54,854,615
Liabilities
$241,151

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERICA PAPPENDICK (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DIANE PATRICK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE SANCHEZ (PRINCIPAL): $181,744 total reported compensation
  • FRANCIS PENNEY III (VICE PRINCIPAL, FACILITIES MANAGER): $160,878 total reported compensation
  • FRANCES ABERNETHY (CURRICULUM DIRECTOR/DEPT C): $141,890 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

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What it reported doing in 2024

Epiphany served 78 middle school students, 39 infants, toddlers and preschoolers and more than 457 young adults through our graduate support program. At the middle school, epiphany provided 8-hour school days and provided 3 meals and 2 snacks daily to each student. In this academic school year alone, we served over 35,000 meals to students, faculty and graduates. Epiphany ensured 100% of our community had access to multi-layered wrap-around services (counseling, financial literacy, dental, vision, food pantry). At the early learning center, epiphany partners with whole families (mothers, fathers, extended family) beginning in the prenatal period to offer home visits to support families' physical, social and emotional well-being to ensure healthy brain development of their babies and minimize risk factors, such as toxic stress, associated with controllable developmental delays. Epiphany provides reggio emilia and montessori-based early education and core curriculum to its children and free comprehensive coaching and parenting education at each developmental stage from pregnancy through each child's birth, growth and development. Epiphany distributed $185,000 in last dollar scholarships as financial aid to epiphany graduates to continue their education. Epiphany housed and employed 13 teaching fellows. 5 of these teaching fellows graduated with their master's degrees from boston college.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 60
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 48.6%; rating input score 49
  • Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 43.6%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.02; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 48.6% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 33 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $306K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.