The Learning Collaborative
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991421158
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Oshkosh, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9205616411
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Remedial Reading, Reading Encouragement
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $43,613
- Expenses
- $41,159
- Assets
- $16,492
- Liabilities
- $14,038
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DON ALLEN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DON ALLEN (PRESIDENT)
- ASHLEY HESSE (VICE PRESIDE)
- PATTI BRYANT (SECRETARY)
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 learning collaborative is dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and adults who struggle with reading, writing, or mathematics by helping them directly; providing solid information to them and their families; and offering structural solutions to educational and workplace settings and institutions.
What it reported doing in 2024
In its founding and organizing year, the learning collaborative first began offering remedial tutoring services in the fall of 2024 for 7 children with dyslexia between ages 5-9. Early results showed dramatic improvement in reading and writing proficiency within a few short months. In the fall, tlc conducted educational evaluations for 9 children to determine the likelihood of dyslexia. Three community informational forums were offered earlier in the year, which provided information about dyslexia and about ieps and working with schools. Tlc collaborated on services with schools and school districts, offering training and structural solutions to increase reading and writing proficiency.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
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: 5.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.4; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.7% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.