Whiting Lane Parent Teacher Organization Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
061614600
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
West Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8602338541
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Parent/Teacher Group

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,363
Expenses
$19,148
Assets
$11,270

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GRETCHEN TAUBL (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ERIKA TAPPER (CO-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GRETCHEN TAUBL (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ERIKA TAPPER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • ELLEN PICCOLO (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The support of an elementary academic institution.

What it reported doing in 2025

The whiting lane pto supports the elementary school to promote the welfare of children, to provide funds to all teachers to purchase basic classroom materials, to fund educational fieldtrips and other learning activities for all students at the elementary school.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,304.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 35; 35th 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: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.