Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521542986
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2011
Location
Aldie, VA, USA
Phone
7039574390
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,306
Expenses
$181,782
Assets
$25,346
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Danielle Waters (President)
  • Kelly Hogarty (Vice President Events)
  • Amanda Smylie (Vice President Fundraising)
  • Yesim Ozel Dorian (Vice President Communications)

People named in this filing

  • Kristina Patrick (Treasurer)
  • Danielle Waters (President)
  • Kelly Hogarty (Vice President Events)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Arcola Elementary School PTA exists as a subsidiary of the Virginia PTA and the Virginia Congress of Parents and Teachers. The Arcola Elementary School PTA operates as a 501c3 non-profit organization run by parent and community volunteers. Our mission is to make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. We work in collaboration with Arcola Elementary School and Loudoun County Public Schools, to bring programs to students including community programs, international night, school dances, after school enrichment programs, as well as fund school supply needs and arts and athletics during school hours. Our PTA serves approximately 800 students per year and their families. We have a school staff of 115. The PTA is run solely by a board of approximately six parent volunteers supported by two school administrators.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annual Dragon Dash Fun Run: student wellness event to raise funds through running laps. Event participants include approximately 115 staff members of Arcola ES, 800 students, and 50 parent and community volunteers. Fund raised benefit school funding for arts, athletic, materials, and learning spaces around the building.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.6%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 44.5%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.6% of revenue deployed · 44.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.