Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$9,277,639

Total expenses

$11,232,479

Contributions and grants received

$9,541,451

Grants paid

$6,924,496

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$23,713

Other revenue

-$287,525

Total assets, end of year

$2,139,300

Total liabilities, end of year

$818,614

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,320,686

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$10,106,264

Management and general expenses

$613,944

Fundraising expenses

$512,271

Program service expenses (Part III)

$10,106,264

Program services were 90.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• IN ITS MISSION TO ASSIST CATHOLIC PRESCHOOL-8TH GRADE SCHOOLS IN MINNESOTA ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE, CSCOE PARTNERS WITH PRINCIPALS AT EACH SCHOOL USING A ONE SIZE FITS ONE CUSTOMIZED APPROACH THAT FOSTERS ENGAGEMENT, COLLABORATION, AND INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING. THROUGH THIS APPROACH, CSCOE SHARES INNOVATIVE IDEAS, SOUND BUSINESS PRACTICES, PROVEN STRATEGIES, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT HELP EACH SCHOOL MEET ITS SPECIFIC BUSINESS, ACADEMIC, AND SPIRITUAL GOALS. CSCOE INVESTS IN EXCELLENCE BY PROVIDING COST-EFFECTIVE, CENTRALIZED SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROBLEM-SOLVING THAT ADDRESSES EACH SCHOOLS PARTICULAR CHALLENGES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND OPTIMAL UTILIZATION OF ASSESSMENT TESTING. AREAS OF SPECIAL INTEREST INCLUDE PROGRAMMING FOR PARENTS AND TEACHERS TO ADDRESS STUDENTS MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS; BEST-IN-CLASS LITERACY TRAINING FOR KINDERGARTEN-3RD GRADE STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT FOSTERS A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH TO STUDENT ACADEMIC GROWTH; IMPLEMENTING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) INITIATIVES; SUPPORTING THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF PRESCHOOL STUDENTS, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND EXCEPTIONAL LEARNERS; AND FOSTERING ENGAGEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, STEM, AND THE ARTS THROUGH STUDENT COMPETITIONS. SUCCESS IN OUR ENDEAVOR TO ENHANCE EXCELLENCE CAN BE MEASURED THROUGH TEST SCORES, GRADUATION AND COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATES, PARENT SATISFACTION, AND SCHOOL RETENTION AND GROWTH RATES.

  Expenses $9,441,452 · Grants $4,464,717

• CSCOE UTILIZES BOTH DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND THE SPONSORSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION OF CENTRALIZED PROGRAMS IN ITS MISSION TO HELP CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS INCREASE ENROLLMENT. SPECIFICALLY, CSCOE PROVIDES GRANTS TO ESTABLISH, EXPAND, AND IMPROVE PRESCHOOLS; TO CONDUCT DIRECT MARKETING PROGRAMS TAILORED TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS; AND TO CREATE AND/OR ENHANCE SCHOOL WEBSITES AND SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIES. CSCOE HAS ALSO PROVIDED FINANCIAL GRANTS TO RECOGNIZE AND REWARD SCHOOLS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED SPECIFIC ENROLLMENT MILESTONES. CENTRALIZED ENROLLMENT-RELATED SUPPORT HAS INCLUDED IMPLEMENTING COMMUNITY-WIDE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING INITIATIVES; PROVIDING RESOURCES FOR LATINO OUTREACH AND ENROLLMENT EFFORTS; AND TRAINING TO ASSIST SCHOOLS WITH CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING THEIR ENROLLMENT PLANS. SUCCESS IN OUR ENDEAVOR TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THROUGH CONSISTENT PRESCHOOL-8TH GRADE ENROLLMENT INCREASES AND SCHOOL EXPANSIONS.

  Expenses $664,812 · Grants $2,459,779

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• GROVES ACADEMY

  $836,855

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• PHOENIX SCHOOL COUNCELING

  $629,225

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• BLUUM

  $485,241

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• SAINT JEROME CATHOLIC SCHOOL

  $142,850

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• MATERNITY OF MARY-ST ANDREW CATHOLIC SCHOOL

  $129,150

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• SAINT JOHN SCHOOL OF LITTLE CANADA

  $116,500

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• SAINT MARY'S UNIVERSITY

  $103,803

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• URBAN WILDERNESS

  $100,000

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• LEXIA LEARNING SYSTEMS LLC

  $91,073

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

• COTTER SCHOOLS - SAINT TERESA'S CAMPUS

  $90,123

  IMPROVE SCHOOLS AND PROMOTE ENROLLMENT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

6 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202611319349304876

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.