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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by GO FOR GREAT SCHOOLS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,947,620
Total expenses
$1,539,903
Contributions and grants received
$2,787,402
Grants paid
$1,349,051
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$160,218
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,051,268
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,928
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,049,340
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,441,467
Management and general expenses
$98,436
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,441,467

Program services were 93.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,787,402

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $160,218 · related or exempt $160,218

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $274,403 · program services $274,403

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $1,074,648 · program services $1,074,648

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $72,252 · management and general $72,252

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $21,995 · management and general $21,995

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $25,471 · program services $25,143 · management and general $328

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,743 · program services $1,743

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,861 · management and general $3,861

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $65,113 · program services $65,113

  • 17 · Travel

    total $417 · program services $417

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,220,021 · end of year $2,762,234

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $814,200

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $21,885

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $563,743 · end of year $2,267,149

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $1,928

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,597,964 · end of year $5,049,340

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO PROGRAMS, FUNDING AND TOOLS THAT STRENGTHEN AND ELEVATE SCHOOLS SO THEY CAN BETTER SERVE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS AND COMMUNITIES BY EMPOWERING CITIZENS TO INVEST AND ENGAGE IN IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES.

  • THE GO PRIVATE SCHOOL TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP FUND PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP PRIVATE SCHOOL SERVE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEACHERS, AND COMMUNITIES PRIMARILY BY BEING MORE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL FAMILIES AND STUDENTS THAT DESIRE A PRIVATE SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. IN CY 2024, SCHOLARSHIPS WORTH A TOTAL OF $1,074,649 WERE GRANTED TO STUDENTS BASED PRIMARILY ON FINANCIAL NEED; $50,000 WAS GRANTED TO GO FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS INC. A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS THE PROGRAM SERVING STUDENTS THAT ATTEND CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $1,145,856 · Grants $1,124,648

  • THE GO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION TAX CREDIT FUND PROVIDES INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND FUNDING TO SERVE STUDENTS, FAMILIES, TEARCHERS, AND COMMUNITIES AND TO ACHIEVE MEASURABLE POSITIVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. IN CY 2024, GRANTS WORTH A TOTAL OF $224,403.00 WERE MADE TO BENEFIT PUBLIC SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $295,611 · Grants $224,403

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Megan Simpson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sharmien Watkins

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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.

Grants on this return

  • GO FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS

    $50,000

    PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

  • BIXBY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $39,199

    INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  • CUSHING PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $25,552

    INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  • STILWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $24,000

    INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  • TAHLEQUAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $22,752

    INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

  • VIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

    $22,752

    INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523229349300027

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