Wildflower New York Charter School

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
833122296
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bronx, NY, USA
Phone
7186350474
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Charter Schools

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,601,807
Expenses
$2,766,723
Assets
$23,465,533
Liabilities
$23,907,785

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • AURA CELY (TEACHER LEADER): $139,937 total reported compensation
  • MARIO BENABE (TEACHER LEADER): $133,677 total reported compensation
  • AYESHA SEAWRIGHT-MOSES (TEACHER LEADER THRU 8/24): $79,429 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Wildflower New York charter school will offer montessori educational environments in which children have the tools and freedom to do the great work of constructing themselves, led by teachers operating as social entrepreneurs. Our students will develop strong academic foundations and skills in the areas of critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication, and grow into curious, capable contributors to their communities and the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wildflower New York charter school (wnycs), located in the south bronx, New York, is a nonprofit education corporation chartered by the board of trustees of the state university of New York. The school was founded in 2019 and enrolled students for the first time in the fall of 2020.wnycs is a pre-k - grade 5 school. Enrollment is through a random lottery. In line with montessori practices, wnycs has carefully prepared environments that offer children beautiful, highly curated learning opportunities across multiple domains. The micro- school is child-centered, welcoming, and culturally relevant. The prepared environments foster student growth in math, reading, writing, agriculture, geography, biology, history, socio-emotional health, art, music, and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 98% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -72.7%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.48; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 85.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 14 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $109K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.