The Target Excellence Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680468717
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9169300904
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,695,142
Expenses
$2,365,143
Assets
$540,403
Liabilities
$69,842

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEITH HERRON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEITH HERRON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $147,829 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To develop a research based educational program with qualified, highly trained staff. To teach life and time management skills to help students achieve the best out of life. To help parents set high standards in the home. To help students develop personalized goals/plans. To provide academically enriching programs to the students, parents, and teachers.

What it reported doing in 2017

The target excellence program served 1,500 students in our after school educations and safety programs (ases). These programs provided homework help, fitness, student government, science, and performing arts programs. Our quantitative data showed our student government programs raising over $5,000 for their local communities. Students participants in our fitness programs showed an average 2.0% decrease in their body mass index measures. Students also hosted and sponsored a carnival on their school campus and made donations to the pta.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 99% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 66
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $624.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2012 to 2017
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 40/100.