Virginia Civics Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
825305596
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Culpeper, VA, USA
Phone
4345351787
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Social Science N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$200,542
Expenses
$145,697
Assets
$114,986
Liabilities
$1,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER PATJA (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • EMILY VOSS (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER PATJA (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $45,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Va civics promotes constitutional literacy, critical thinking, and civic engagement, empowering the next generation of leaders in Virginia. In pursuit of this mission, va civics sponsors the we the people: the citizen and the constitution program and the project citizen program in Virginia. In supporting these curricula, va civics provides professional development opportunities for teachers, teaching resources, classroom support, and runs the annual regional and state we the people competitions.

What it reported doing in 2022

James Madison Legacy Project Expansion Teacher Training Over the 2022-23 academic year (JMLPE Year 1), VA Civics supported the training of four teachers who attended professional development workshops in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Two teachers received a $1,000 teacher consultancy stipend and two received a $1,500 stipend paid by a subgrant from the Center for Civic Education. This subgrant also provided $2,200 for six months of support for a We the People State Coordinator. Teachers from the 2022-23 and 2023-24 training cohorts have grown participation in the We the People program to 82 schools and over 8,000 students in Virginia. For the 2023-2024 academic year (JMLPE Year 2), VA Civics supported the training of 16 middle and high school teachers with four mentor teachers, through a five-day Summer Institute at James Madison's Montpelier. Scholar and mentor expenses totaling $7,700, lodging and venue expenses totaling $25,042, teacher stipends totaling $6,400, travel reimbursements totaling $3,382.78, meals totaling $5,425.27, and funds for the We the People State Coordinator salary totaling $9,932 were covered by a subgrant from the Center for Civic Education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.5%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $37.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.5% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $119K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.