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← SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,306,160
Total expenses
$2,342,234
Contributions and grants received
$1,909,126
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,386,385
Investment income
$200
Other revenue
$10,449
Total assets, end of year
$1,158,348
Total liabilities, end of year
$848,696
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$309,652
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,686,419
Management and general expenses
$376,836
Fundraising expenses
$278,979
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,686,419

Program services were 72.0% 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

    $1,909,126

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EDUCATIONAL TRAINING

    total $1,386,385 · related or exempt $1,386,385

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $200 · excluded $200

  • 11a · Other revenue: DEPOSIT

    total $5,500 · excluded $5,500

  • 11b · Other revenue: PAYROLL TAX REFUND

    total $4,949 · excluded $4,949

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,449

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $190,448 · program services $154,263 · management and general $11,427 · fundraising $24,758

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,195,024 · program services $967,969 · management and general $71,702 · fundraising $155,353

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $70,958 · program services $57,475 · management and general $4,258 · fundraising $9,225

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $170,410 · program services $138,033 · management and general $10,224 · fundraising $22,153

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $98,839 · program services $80,060 · management and general $5,930 · fundraising $12,849

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $141,001 · management and general $141,001

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $165,203 · program services $50,315 · management and general $71,048 · fundraising $43,840

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,905 · program services $690 · management and general $350 · fundraising $3,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,071 · program services $4,249 · management and general $9,324 · fundraising $498

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $23,424 · program services $16,038 · management and general $4,812 · fundraising $2,574

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,022 · program services $23,508 · management and general $15,896 · fundraising $1,618

  • 17 · Travel

    total $124,491 · program services $124,380 · management and general $35 · fundraising $76

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $17,854 · program services $3,457 · management and general $13,842 · fundraising $555

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNICATIONS

    total $52,049 · program services $36,969 · management and general $14,065 · fundraising $1,015

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC EXPENSES AND FEES

    total $16,887 · program services $14,700 · management and general $2,187

  • 24c · Other expenses: FOOD/CATERING

    total $14,324 · program services $14,313 · management and general $11

  • 24d · Other expenses: SECURITY

    total $724 · management and general $724

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $600 · fundraising $600

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $213,062 · end of year $32,159

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $1,091,627

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $99,428 · end of year $23,550

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $872 · end of year $10,140

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $872

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $226,636 · end of year $163,696

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $135,000

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $720,000 · end of year $550,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$633,274 · end of year -$890,348

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,200,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, WE DEVELOP SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERS TO BUILD TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS; A SHARED BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE; PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEAGUES, EXTERNAL (CONT'D ON SCH O) ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARENTS; AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, WE DEVELOP (CONT'D ON SCH O) SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERS TO BUILD TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS; A SHARED BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE; PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEAUGUES, EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARENTS; AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP (SELF) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PARTNERS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. DURING 2024, SELF LED OVER 350 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS WITH A 99% SATISFACTION RATE FROM ATTENDEES, ENGAGED IN MORE THAN 850 COACHING SESSIONS WITH TEACHERS AND LEADERS, COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 150 SCHOOL WALKTHROUGHS AND PREPARED OVER 40 SCHOOL REVIEWS. SELF SERVES SCHOOL SYSTEMS TOTALING OVER 40,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY WITH ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS, LOS ANGELES, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

    Expenses $1,686,419 · Revenue $1,386,385

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jay Altman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kaylan Connally

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Densen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Allen Garda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tiffany Cheng Nyaggah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Morando Rhim

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Windon

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shannon Garfield

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $184,683
    From this org
    $173,180
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,503
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,180
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,391
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,112
    Filer's total
    $184,683

  • Avni Murray

    CHIEF OF STAFF AND STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $128,000
    From this org
    $119,484
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,516
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Kawlra

    MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LEADERSHIP

    Total calculated
    $124,538
    From this org
    $110,455
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,083
    Hours/week
    40

  • Aqua Stovall

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $173,015
    From this org
    $157,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,528
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,487
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,733
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,795
    Filer's total
    $173,015

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE PROCESS FOR DETERMINING SALARIES WAS BASED ON AN INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION REVIEW WHICH STANDARDIZED CLEAR SALARY BANDS.

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 August 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202502259349302800

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