The Mayapple School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830570061
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Blacksburg, VA, USA
Phone
5405526713
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Reported finances

Revenue
$184,498
Expenses
$173,684
Assets
$494,935
Liabilities
$251,300

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HAYLEY REYNOLDS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MELISSA WEST (SECRETARY)
  • HAYLEY REYNOLDS (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSICA MORRIS (VICE PRESIDE)

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 mayapple school engages children in rich, meaningful, and creative learning experiences that encourage cognitive and social growth. Using an integrated, playful curriculum with a focus on outdoor discovery, our students build an awareness of their selves, each other, and the world around them. The mayapple school nurtures joyful, connected, and resilient children who are masters of their own learning and have a zest for life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Creative, place-based, and outdoor education for children ages 3 - 6.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 93.7%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.85; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.2% of revenue deployed · 93.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.