The Tiny Scholars Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843210461
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Nyack, NY, USA
Phone
8453545379
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$24,676
Assets
$21,913
Liabilities
$31,801

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRYANNE ADLER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRYANNE ADLER (PRESIDENT): $11,100 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To offer the advancement of childhood education, including pre-kindergarten and early childhood skills development.

What it reported doing in 2024

Offer affordable childcare to working parents through the nys funded universal pre k program, while advancing early childhood education and skills development.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.45; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 45%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -82.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 1 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $11K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.