Weston Parent Teachers Organization Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042658459
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Weston, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6177174719
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $62,682
- Expenses
- $91,230
- Assets
- $96,818
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
38 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAINA SELVIG (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAINA SELVIG (PRESIDENT)
- THERESA NIBI (VICE PRESIDE)
- ANNA BERGER (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 weston public schools parent teacher organization (weston pto) is an all-volunteer, parent-run, non-profit organization committed to enhancing and enriching the education of our children and fostering a sense of community within our schools. We seek to keep parents connected and informed by facilitating a closer relationship between school and home and serving as the communication link between the two. At the heart of our mission is a commitment to strengthen the weston public schools' capacity to provide the highest quality education possible for all students. Our annual budget is raised solely through membership dues. We urge all families with children attending the weston public schools to join as pto members each school year. Each membership helps augment our children's school experience and supports our educators in fulfilling their vision.
What it reported doing in 2024
Weston parent teacher organization, inc. Strives to fulfull its mission by: - providing educational programs spanning all grade levels, ranging from science and math related speakers and hands-on activities, to nature explorations, author visits, and artist performances; - facilitating communication and supporting our schools and students through pto volunteers serving as school chairs, room parents, and class parents; - streamlining important communication through westword, our weekly email newsletter, which contains school-related news and updates and information about upcoming programs and events at school and within the community - hosting various parent coffees and forums within each of the five schools throughout the year; - sponsoring and planning parent education events and speakers; - organizing community outreach drives that support local charitable organizations, while affording students an opportunity to practice social responsibility and compassion for others; -offering our membership a directory of students, families, and faculty/staff; - coordinating volunteers for school events and providing supplemental supplies and resources; and - hosting numerous faculty/staff appreciation events in every school throughout the school year.
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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.7%; rating input score 92
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.06; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -25.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $84K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 38 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.