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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by PROGRESS FLORIDA EDUCATION INSTITUTE.

Totals

Total revenue
$205,233
Total expenses
$500,861
Contributions and grants received
$154,277
Grants paid
$50,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$50,956
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,509,027
Total liabilities, end of year
$95,400
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,413,627
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$435,457
Management and general expenses
$38,565
Fundraising expenses
$26,839
Program service expenses (Part III)
$435,457

Program services were 86.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $154,277

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $50,956 · excluded $50,956

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $120,545 · program services $103,405 · management and general $5,574 · fundraising $11,566

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $112,653 · program services $96,636 · management and general $5,209 · fundraising $10,808

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,392 · program services $1,194 · management and general $64 · fundraising $134

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $8,224 · program services $7,055 · management and general $380 · fundraising $789

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,215 · program services $13,909 · management and general $750 · fundraising $1,556

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,749 · management and general $8,749

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $153,084 · program services $137,886 · management and general $14,524 · fundraising $674

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,697 · program services $11,697

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $3,480 · program services $2,648 · management and general $536 · fundraising $296

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,738 · program services $1,491 · management and general $80 · fundraising $167

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,853 · program services $7,594 · management and general $410 · fundraising $849

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,942 · program services $1,942

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,289 · management and general $2,289

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,573,685 · end of year $1,509,027

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $255,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $119,430 · end of year $95,400

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,232,380 · end of year $1,394,744

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $476,875 · end of year $18,883

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CORPORATION IS FORMED FOR CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(3) OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATING CITIZENS ABOUT PUBLIC INTEREST POLICIES AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

  • RESEARCHING SOCIAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY: STAFF ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES INCLUDING RESEARCH, EDUCATION, LEGAL AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AMONG STATE COURTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, CIVIC PARTICIPATION EDUCATION, QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

    Expenses $304,820 · Grants $50,000

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH: PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS, DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL LITERATURE, CONDUCTING SURVEYS AND DISCUSSING ISSUES WITH THE PUBLIC REACHING THOUSANDS OF CITIZENS EACH YEAR ON THE FOLLOWING ISSUES: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FAIR AND INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY, HEALTHCARE REFORM, A FAIR ECONOMY, AND REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM.

    Expenses $130,637

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Mark Ferrulo

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $109,315
    From this org
    $92,951
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,364
    Hours/week
    39

  • Wes Jones

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bob Schaeffer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Xie

    DIRECTOR

    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

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
4 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202601249349302570

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