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← KENTUCKY STUDENTS FIRST INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by KENTUCKY STUDENTS FIRST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,951,675
Total expenses
$2,951,675
Contributions and grants received
$2,951,675
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$0
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$0
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$0
Management and general expenses
$2,951,675
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
not reported

Program services were 0.0% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,951,675

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $79,199 · management and general $79,199

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $102,075 · management and general $102,075

  • 24a · Other expenses: PRINTING

    total $2,474,201 · management and general $2,474,201

  • 24b · Other expenses: PRODUCTION

    total $293,616 · management and general $293,616

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTION

    total $815 · management and general $815

  • 24d · Other expenses: MERCHANT FEES

    total $639 · management and general $639

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $830 · management and general $830

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED TO OPERATE EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOCIAL WELFARE PURPOSES BY EDUCATING KENTUCKY VOTERS ABOUT AND ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN ADDITION TO TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, AS A NON-FOR-PROFIT SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

  • THE ORGANIZATION CONDUCTED A POLITICAL ISSUES CAMPAIGN FOR THE PASSAGE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON THE NOVEMBER 2024 BALLOT.

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Karen Brandstetter

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Shane Noem

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • John Garen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Shad Sletto

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202520789349300302

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