The Ridge School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113644609
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Salt Point, NY, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specialized Education Institutions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$163,969
Expenses
$122,178
Assets
$246,632
Liabilities
$28,180

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL KONDOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOANN MEAD (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • FRANK ECK (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL KONDOR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JOANN MEAD (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • FRANK ECK (PRESIDENT)

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Operation of day school grades 5-12

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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

SUPPORTED - 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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 25.5%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.02; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.5%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $108K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.