Transylvania County Schools Educational Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561646825
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Brevard, NC, USA
Phone
7032683819
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$100,012
Expenses
$88,348
Assets
$472,159
Liabilities
$1,699

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANCES BRADBURN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FRANCES BRADBURN (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER HEATHERLY (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KATHY BAILEY (SECRETARY)

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 organization's mission is to provide financial support as a supplement to the transylvania county school system for purposes of preserving, maintaining and enriching education in transylvania county.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization has various programs, all of which provide financial support to the students and teachers of the transylvania county school system for purposes of preserving, maintaining and enriching education in the county.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 79% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 58% for direct work, and 42% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. 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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.34; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18.9% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.4% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • 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: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.