Trinity School

Overview

Mission

Our Idea of Excellence — Our Vocation: The conversation between student and teacher is the heart of our school; all that we do must be born of and nourish that relationship. Driven by Trinity's commitment to academic rigor, our community works to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive school culture where every community member feels a genuine sense of belonging. Trinity’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program affirms the identities of all students, believes in on-going professional development for our faculty and staff, offers an expanding and inclusive curriculum, and aims to meet the needs of our families. In practice, our DEI work aims to enhance and support the classroom experience of all community members by offering opportunities for critical engagement around issues of identity and systems. Trinity works to create an inclusive environment, inside.

Operating model

Revenue model

Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.

Distribution model

Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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.

• Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

• Financial Efficiency: 67
• Transparency & Controls: 91
• Accountability: 100
• Sustainability: 42
• Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Details

• What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
• Where the money goes: 73.2% of revenue deployed · 73.4% of spending went to programs
• Governance: 29 of 29 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
• Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $64M in reported program spending
• Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 38 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
• Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.8M reported
• Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
• Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
• Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
• Contacts: How to reach this organization
• Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
• Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
• 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
• High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
• High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.