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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE INEDUCATION INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,861,790
Total expenses
$11,290,963
Contributions and grants received
$9,223,596
Grants paid
$40,263
Program service revenue
$1,267,706
Investment income
$370,459
Other revenue
$29
Total assets, end of year
$26,995,781
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,211,058
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,784,723
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,334,527
Management and general expenses
$1,382,661
Fundraising expenses
$573,775
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,334,527

Program services were 82.7% 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

    $9,223,596

  • 2a · Program service revenue: POLICY ADVISING & IMPLEMENTATION

    total $830,358 · related or exempt $830,358

  • 2b · Program service revenue: EVENT REGISTRATION INCOME

    total $427,348 · related or exempt $427,348

  • 2c · Program service revenue: HONORARIUM

    total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $500,560 · excluded $500,560

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $6,852,960

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $6,983,061

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$130,101

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$130,101 · excluded -$130,101

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $29 · related or exempt $29

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $29

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $12,500 · program services $12,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $27,763 · program services $27,763

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $990,390 · program services $537,231 · management and general $383,643 · fundraising $69,516

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,210,740 · program services $4,315,834 · management and general $528,900 · fundraising $366,006

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $141,601 · program services $113,557 · management and general $19,081 · fundraising $8,963

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $703,853 · program services $475,515 · management and general $185,962 · fundraising $42,376

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $451,133 · program services $355,580 · management and general $64,085 · fundraising $31,468

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $140,372 · program services $100,816 · management and general $20,492 · fundraising $19,064

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,124 · program services $19,455 · management and general $3,954 · fundraising $1,715

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $16,074 · management and general $16,074

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $894,352 · program services $887,020 · management and general $5,301 · fundraising $2,031

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,566 · program services $9,775 · management and general $1,185 · fundraising $606

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,167 · program services $27,357 · management and general $5,487 · fundraising $12,323

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $62,436 · program services $42,688 · management and general $9,115 · fundraising $10,633

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $60,941 · program services $46,998 · management and general $9,799 · fundraising $4,144

  • 17 · Travel

    total $257,946 · program services $206,904 · management and general $49,875 · fundraising $1,167

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $200,336 · program services $200,336

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,895,990 · program services $1,835,168 · management and general $60,122 · fundraising $700

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $33,397 · program services $25,860 · management and general $5,257 · fundraising $2,280

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $15,521 · program services $2,555 · management and general $12,766 · fundraising $200

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $93,761 · program services $91,615 · management and general $1,563 · fundraising $583

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,677,965 · end of year $651,838

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $12,932,326 · end of year $8,871,876

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $147,249 · end of year $129,041

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $42,090 · end of year $41,840

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $105,149 · end of year $34,666

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $125,333

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $97,007

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $15,733 · end of year $28,326

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $3,724,812 · end of year $3,784,443

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,030,134 · end of year $13,400,029

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $23,222 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $112,010 · end of year $53,722

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $994,170 · end of year $508,845

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $130,074 · end of year $171,150

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $523,763 · end of year $531,063

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,000,081 · end of year $18,205,014

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $13,162,602 · end of year $7,579,709

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE STUDENT-CENTERED EDUCATION UNLOCKS LIFELONG OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS FOR EACH AND EVERY CHILD.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BUILDING A FUTURE WHERE STUDENT-CENTERED EDUCATION UNLOCKS LIFELONG OPPORTUNITY AND SUCCESS

  • POLICYEXCELINED'S EDUCATION POLICY PROGRAMS ENSURE THAT MORE STUDENTS HAVE EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, MORE CHILDREN ARE READING ON GRADE LEVEL, STUDENTS ARE BETTER PREPARED FOR COLLEGE AND CAREER, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IS RISING.

    Expenses $7,189,000 · Grants $12,500 · Revenue $840,387

  • NATIONAL SUMMIT ON EDUCATIONEXCELINED HOSTED THE 2023 NATIONAL SUMMIT ON EDUCATION, WHICH CONVENED NEARLY 1,000 STATE AND NATIONAL LEADERS TO EXCHANGE RESULTS-BASED POLICY SOLUTIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT ARE SHAPING PUBLIC POLICY AND TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SYSTEMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

    Expenses $2,044,383 · Revenue $427,348

  • ARTS FOR LIFEARTS FOR LIFE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO GRADUATING FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WHO EXCELLED IN VISUAL ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, DRAMA OR CREATIVE WRITING TO SUPPORT THEIR GOAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

    Expenses $101,144 · Grants $27,763

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • John E Bush

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 1 related
  • F Philip Handy

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Allan Hubbard

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Janet Ayers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Reginald J Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Cantor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Christopher Cerf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary R Chartrand

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dee B Haslam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Joel I Klein

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susana Martinez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bruce Rauner

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Patricianna Levesque

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $555,727
    From this org
    $428,275
    From related orgs
    $72,049
    Other
    $55,403
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $306,276 + $53,952 related
    Bonus
    $102,778 + $18,097 related
    Other
    $19,221
    Deferred
    $25,915 + $1,485 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,539 + $6,464 related
    Filer's total
    $475,729 + $79,998 related
  • Pamela M Griggs

    SR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $193,701
    From this org
    $175,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,731
    Hours/week
    31 + 9 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,440
    Bonus
    $5,439
    Other
    -$4,909
    Deferred
    $5,426
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,305
    Filer's total
    $193,701
  • Deena Reppen

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $374,239
    From this org
    $328,634
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $45,605
    Hours/week
    34 + 6 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $272,311
    Bonus
    $39,123
    Other
    $17,200
    Deferred
    $27,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,205
    Filer's total
    $374,239
  • Kymyona Burk

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $232,385
    From this org
    $212,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,077
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,699
    Bonus
    $10,511
    Other
    -$1,902
    Deferred
    $6,426
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,651
    Filer's total
    $232,385
  • Cara Candal

    VP OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $206,276
    From this org
    $199,079
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,197
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $198,947
    Bonus
    $132
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,972
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,225
    Filer's total
    $206,276
  • Christy L Sandberg

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $211,906
    From this org
    $196,427
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,479
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,441
    Bonus
    $7,788
    Other
    -$4,802
    Deferred
    $6,037
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,442
    Filer's total
    $211,906
  • Thomas Greene

    VP OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $204,556
    From this org
    $130,419
    From related orgs
    $56,401
    Other
    $17,736
    Hours/week
    21 + 19 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,429 + $52,644 related
    Bonus
    $8,892 + $3,757 related
    Other
    -$1,902
    Deferred
    $3,970 + $1,692 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,452 + $3,622 related
    Filer's total
    $142,841 + $61,715 related
  • Matthew Joseph

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $188,962
    From this org
    $183,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,645
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,320
    Bonus
    $9,047
    Other
    -$3,050
    Deferred
    $5,591
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54
    Filer's total
    $188,962

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

Answered yes

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
CEO COMPENSATION WAS NEGOTIATED WITH THE COMPENSATION AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE APPROVED AND SIGNED A WRITTEN OFFER LETTER. EMPLOYMENT ATTORNEYS WERE ALSO CONSULTED IN THE PROCESS.
PART I, LINE 7
FOR SOME EMPLOYEES, COMPENSATION INCLUDED A DISCRETIONARY BONUS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE.

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

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
6 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413169349304486

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