The Student Excellence Foundation for Wheaton-warrenville Dist 200

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363786044
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Wheaton, IL, USA
Phone
6304741344
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,162
Expenses
$139,397
Assets
$222,050
Liabilities
$2,028

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KAREN BOHMER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • KARA MURPHY (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHRYN SIVAK (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • KAREN BOHMER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • KARA MURPHY (CO-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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Engage the community to support educational excellence that empowers students to reach their greatest potential in wheaton-warrenville district 200.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide grants to educators for innovative classroom and llc projects

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 71% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83

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: 17.6%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.59; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $116K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.