The Scholars Connection
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812116374
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Kingwood, TX, USA
- Phone
- 3467084475
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $173,566
- Expenses
- $163,052
- Assets
- $30,307
- Liabilities
- $8,364
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SARAH SANDERS (PRESIDENT)
- TRACEY FORD (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DWIGHT FORD (BOARD MEMBER)
- CINDY GOODRUM (BOARD MEMBER)
- CAREY LOCKLAR (BOARD MEMBER)
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 scholars connection provides classroom programs for homeschooled families. Enrichment classes are provided in science, english, history, engineering design, speech & debate and spanish. The scholars connection enrichment programs enable small group learning with individualized instruction.
What it reported doing in 2024
The scholars connection program services are exclusively provided for students that are enrolled in a homeschool program, currently serving students in grades 7-12. The scholars connection also is a resource to the homeschool community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.1%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.