Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,309,052

Total expenses

$1,862,359

Contributions and grants received

$2,225,550

Grants paid

$1,140,370

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$37,575

Other revenue

$45,927

Total assets, end of year

$4,222,267

Total liabilities, end of year

$51,398

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,170,869

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,526,187

Management and general expenses

$255,681

Fundraising expenses

$80,491

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,526,187

Program services were 81.9% 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 · 2022

• TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN IS A PROGRAM FOR DESERVING LOW-INCOME CHILDREN IN MARION COUNTY TO ESCAPE THE CYCLE OF POVERTY BY OFFERING STUDENTS COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS IF THEY FOLLOW PROGRAM GUIDELINES. EACH STUDENT IS ALSO PROVIDED A CARING VOLUNTEER MENTOR THAT MEETS WITH THE STUDENT ONCE A WEEK FOR ALL 4 YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL. THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE HIGH SCHOOL DROP-OUTS AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO FINISH COLLEGE. DURING THE 2022- -2023 YEAR THERE WERE 219 ACTIVE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WITH EACH OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVING A 100% MENTOR MATCH. THERE ARE 181 ACTIVE STUDENT MENTORS WITH SOME MENTORING MORE THAN 1 STUDENT. COLLEGE TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS WAS AWARDED TO THE 41 STUDENTS IN THE GRADUATING CLASS OF 2023. THE PROGRAM BOASTS A 97% HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE COMPARED TO 80% OF THEIR AT-RISK PEER GROUP.

  Expenses $455,754 · Grants $223,703

• TOOLS 4 TEACHING IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW TEACHERS TO OBTAIN FREE TEACHING MATERIALS AND OTHER FREE SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS AND STUDENTS IN NEED. THE GOAL IS TO ALLOW BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS TO HAVE THE TOOLS NECESSARY FOR SUCCESS. ALL MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS MAY SHOP ONCE A MONTH FOR FREE SUPPLIES. TEACHERS WHO HAVE THE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES NECESSARY TO TEACH ARE MORE MOTIVATED TO TEACH AND THE QUALITY OF THEIR TEACHING IS IMPROVED. IN PAST SURVEYS, TEACHERS REPORTED THAT HAVING ADEQUATE SCHOOL SUPPLIES IMPROVED STUDENT GRADES, ATTENDANCE AND BEHAVIOR. DURING THE 2022-2023 YEAR, TOOLS 4 TEACHING HOSTED A TOTAL OF 4,258 SHOPPING TRIPS & PROVIDED OVER 518,500 IN FREE SUPPLIES.

  Expenses $562,480 · Grants $518,977

• GRANTS FOR GREAT IDEAS IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM OPEN TO ALL MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS. THE GRANTS PROVIDE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO IMPLEMENT CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM AND PROGRAMS IN THE AREAS OF STEM EDUCATION, LITERACY, ASSISTING LOW- PERFORMING STUDENTS, INCREASING GRADUATION RATES, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTING STUDENTS IN NEED, INCLUDING MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS INITIATIVES. THE GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE SCORED BY A GROUP OF COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS. GRANTS ARE SCORED ON THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: 1. ADDRESSES A NEED OR CREATES AN OPPORTUNITY. 2. WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT STUDENT LEARNING. 3. MEASURABLE OUTCOMES ARE REALISTIC. 4. FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION. 5. NUMBER OF LOW PERFORMING AND OVERALL STUDENTS IMPACTED. DURING THE 2022-23 SCHOOL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 90,000 IN GRANTS FOR GREAT IDEAS PROJECTS WAS AWARDED.

  Expenses $143,726 · Grants $136,961

• OTHER PROGRAMS OF THE FOUNDATION SUCH AS THE SCHOOL BUSINESS PARTNER PROGRAM, GOLDEN APPLE TEACHER RECOGNITION PROGRAM, SCHOOL RELATED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR PROGRAM, TEACHER TO BE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND THE SILVER RIVER SCIENCE LAB & EDUCATION CENTER INITIATIVE ALL EXPAND SUPPORT FOR MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SCHOOL BUSINESS PARTNERS IS A PROGRAM THAT ESTABLISHES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO ENHANCE EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE MULTI-YEAR COMMITMENTS IN WHICH BUSINESSES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CAMPUS-WIDE PROJECTS. 100% OF MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WERE PARTNERED DURING THE 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR.

  Expenses $364,227 · Grants $260,729

As filed on the 2022 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

• VANGUARD HIGH SCHOOL

  $14,750

  BUS PTNR/GREAT IDEAS

• WEST PORT HIGH SCHOOL- MARION CO PB

  $14,715

  BUS PTNR/GREAT IDEAS

• BELLEVIEW HIGH SCHOOL

  $13,000

  BUSINESS PARTNERS

• FOREST HIGH SCHOOL

  $12,820

  BUSINESS PARTNERS

• MADISON STREET ELEMENTARY

  $12,500

  BUS PTNR/GREAT IDEAS

• OAKCREST ELEMENTARY

  $11,161

  BUSINESS PARTNERS

• FORT KING MIDDLE SCHOOL

  $10,967

  GREAT IDEAS

• FORT MCCOY SCHOOL

  $10,759

  BUSINESS PARTNERS

• OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL

  $9,888

  BUS PTNR/GREAT IDEAS

• DUNNELLON HIGH SCHOOL

  $9,410

  BUSINESS PARTNERS

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• MARION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  170B1A · SCHOOL · FL

  Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

20 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202440819349300704

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