Workshop Learning

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
270139226
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2009
Location
Narberth, PA, USA
Phone
4849958704
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kindergarten, Preschool, Nursery School, Early Admissions

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,079,951
Expenses
$1,124,424
Assets
$998,734
Liabilities
$15,217

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN MATTHEW RIGGAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $144,691 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization's primary purpose is to provide high school students with the opportunity to learn rigorous academic content through real-world problem solving. The organization's mission is through real-world learning, robust community, and personal growth, empower young adults to pursue a life of security, connection, and purpose. The organization challenges students to know themselves, seek and leverage opportunities that align with their interests and goals, develop skills that let them succeed in a wide range of educational and professional settings, and draw productive and actionable lessons from their experiences.

What it reported doing in 2024

To accomplish the organization's mission, collaborative projects were designed for high school students that present difficult and evolving challenges for them. The students will work through these challenges together and will be able to document the results of their work. These experiences will provide them with the opportunities to unleash their creative and intellectual potential. Planning for these projects was undertaken throughout the fiscal year, and the actual projects were implemented in the school year. This work is done through three primary channels: 1. The workshop school - a high school that envisions graduates who value learning and growth, build community, and know how to shape their lives and our world. The school focuses on real-world learning to develop the skills most needed for college and career success, stresses the value of community, and teaches students to reflect on and grow from experiences inside and outside the classroom. 2. Learning@workshop - through electronic resources, professional development and consulting, learning@workshop aims to share lessons learned with a community far beyond west philadelphia. 3. Workshop u - at workshop u, students learn to go deep on their strengths, interests and values; identify and access experiences to help them grow, and build skills to help them excel in educational and work settings; and continually review and assess their goals and their development.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 69% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -4.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $908K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $145K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.