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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by DOUGLAS COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,095,136
Total expenses
$5,757,320
Contributions and grants received
$971,613
Grants paid
$192,260
Program service revenue
$5,155,312
Investment income
$38,686
Other revenue
-$70,475
Total assets, end of year
$5,041,614
Total liabilities, end of year
$81,110
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,960,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,474,509
Management and general expenses
$166,457
Fundraising expenses
$116,354
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,474,509

Program services were 95.1% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $198,964

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $492,247

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $280,402

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $518,997

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CHAPTER REVENUE

    total $5,142,286 · related or exempt $5,142,286

  • 2b · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $13,026 · related or exempt $13,026

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $38,686 · excluded $38,686

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $1,525

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $198,964

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $72,000

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$70,475 · excluded -$70,475

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $93,272 · program services $93,272

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $98,988 · program services $98,988

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $144,250 · program services $72,298 · management and general $38,861 · fundraising $33,091

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $347,996 · program services $174,416 · management and general $93,750 · fundraising $79,830

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $7,405 · management and general $7,405

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $9,830 · management and general $9,830

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,564 · management and general $1,564

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,901 · program services $11,122 · management and general $9,359 · fundraising $2,420

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $33,428 · program services $33,428

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHAPTER PROGRAMS

    total $4,846,728 · program services $4,846,728

  • 24b · Other expenses: CHAPTER EXPENSES

    total $79,690 · program services $79,690

  • 24c · Other expenses: DONATED GOODS

    total $27,241 · program services $27,069 · management and general $172

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $20,497 · program services $19,765 · management and general $223 · fundraising $509

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $23,530 · program services $17,733 · management and general $5,293 · fundraising $504

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $459,420 · end of year $843,820

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,111,444 · end of year $3,012,091

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $27,456 · end of year $20,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,467 · end of year $8,804

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $700

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $1,011,424 · end of year $1,127,479

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $28,035 · end of year $29,420

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $101,807 · end of year $81,110

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $8,840

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $811,050 · end of year $1,005,244

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,720,249 · end of year $3,955,260

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO GENERATE AND DISTRIBUTE FINANCIAL AND OTHER RESOURCES TO THE LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS OF DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS AND OTHER PROJECTS AIMED AT ENHANCING QUALITY AND EQUITY OF EDUCATION AND PROVIDING LEARNERS OF ALL AGES WITH GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR FULL PARTICIPATION IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • THE DCEF CHAPTER PROGRAM IS COMPRISED OF SCHOOL BASED CHAPTERS WHICH PROVIDE RESOURCES THAT ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OF STUDENTS WITHIN THEIR SPECIFIC SCHOOL A SITE-BASED VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE REPRESENTING PARENTS, STAFF, ADMINISTRATION AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MANAGE THE SCHOOL CHAPTERS THIS PROGRAM SUPPORTED 85 CHAPTERS THE FOUNDATION SHARES IT 501C3 STATUS WITH ITS CHAPTERS AND PROVIDES FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO THEIR GROUPS

    Expenses $5,062,290 · Grants $6,000 · Revenue $5,155,312

  • THE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS PROGRAM OF DCEF CONSISTS OF FUNDING IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOOLS, DISTRICT DEPARTMENTS, STAFF AND STUDENTS AND INCLUDE SPECIAL FUNDING REQUESTS, FIELD TRIPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STAFF, TECHNOLOGY GRANTS, AND MATCHING GRANTS FROM EMPLOYERS. THE OBJECTIVE IS TO ASSIST WITH THE FUNDING FOR AREAS IN NEED. THE APPLE AWARDS IS AN ANNUAL BANQUET HOSTED BY THE DCEF FOR THE DISTRICT TO HONOR BOTH CERTIFIED AND CLASSIFIED STAFF THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT. THERE IS A FORMAL NOMINATION PROCESS, AND EACH SITE OR DEPARTMENT SUBMITS APPLICATIONS FOR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. A SELECTION COMMITTEE THEN SELECTS THE FINALISTS AND WINNERS ARE THEN CHOSEN ON A POINTS BASIS. THE REPRESENTATIVES ARE INVITED WITH THEIR SITE ADMINISTRATORS TO THE BANQUET WHERE THE WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED AND PRESENTED WITH AN AWARD. SPONSOR ARE SECURED TO COVER THE COST OF THE EVENT AND ADDITIONAL GUEST MAY PURCHASE TICKETS TO THE EVENT.

    Expenses $412,219 · Grants $169,260

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

Listed in Part VII

  • LISA HINTON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHAEL ANTHOS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAM FEUERSTEIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KATIE KENNEDY

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL ALLEN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GILLIAN HEATON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DAYNE CROCKETT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PATRICK MCKUSICK

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JAKE MEULI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARY YOCUM

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JEFF WILLIAMSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SUSAN MEEK

    EX-OFFICIO D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DANELLE HIATT

    EX-OFFICIO D

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ASHLEY SOMMERS

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $138,001
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $95,254
    Other
    $42,747
    Hours/week
    40

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601349349312715

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