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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by MOBILE AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,211,472
Total expenses
$4,149,167
Contributions and grants received
$4,211,413
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$59
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,706,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,396,427
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$310,066
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,575,637
Management and general expenses
$573,530
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,575,637

Program services were 86.2% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $3,008,120

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,203,293

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $59 · related or exempt $59

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $225,212 · program services $183,040 · management and general $42,172

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $6,844 · program services $6,844

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $15,815 · program services $12,322 · management and general $3,493

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,603 · program services $900 · management and general $10,703

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,799 · program services $9,999 · management and general $40,800

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $116,450 · program services $63,277 · management and general $53,173

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,301 · program services $3,961 · management and general $50,340

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $165,158 · program services $165,158

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $170,852 · program services $133,211 · management and general $37,641

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,053 · management and general $2,053

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contract services

    total $775,467 · program services $616,387 · management and general $159,080

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment expensemaint

    total $50,857 · program services $33,715 · management and general $17,142

  • 24c · Other expenses: Leased employees and other

    total $2,227,078 · program services $2,070,556 · management and general $156,522

  • 24d · Other expenses: Program expenses

    total $276,678 · program services $276,267 · management and general $411

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $420,832 · end of year $429,925

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $632,655 · end of year $986,539

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $2,198 · end of year $2,198

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $24,610

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

    $263,221

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $263,221

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $707,924 · end of year $405,734

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $100,000 · end of year $727,472

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $263,221

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $247,761 · end of year $310,066

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Develop a coalition of citizens, public officials and other interested parties to formulate and implement plans for improving education in Mobile County.

  • FSCS - The Full-Service Community Schools (FSCS) program, encourages coordination of educational, developmental, family, health, and other services through partnerships between(1)public elementary and secondary schools and(2) community-based organizations and public or private entities.

    Expenses $2,609,933

  • MAYES - A workforce training and work-based learning program which was funded by the Alabama Legislature and the project has a memorandum of agreement between the Organization and Bishop State Community College.

    Expenses $535,383

  • SWAPTE Program - The Organization through its Graduate Ready Career Development Program, in partnering with MAEF Public Charter Schools, Inc., will provide career development services and paid internships to WIOA eligible students enrolled at ACCEL Day and Evening Academy (ACCEL). ACCEL is Alabamas first public charter high school serving students who are on-track to graduation, have dropped out or considering dropping out because they are behind or because they have adult responsibilities that make attending school in the daytime difficult. Career development and planning will lead to paid internships that provide students work-based experiences for eight hours per week over 10 weeks. Students will be provided intensive internship preparation services including career exploration and workplace skills training before and during the internship experience. Students will be placed in internships based upon their career interests.

    Expenses $218,560

  • BTG - This program serves students in grades K-5. Students meet Monday through Thursday and participate in academic intervention. Following intervention, students particpate in STEM, art, sports and homework help.

    Expenses $105,122

  • AHEC

    Expenses $56,665

  • FPCC

    Expenses $49,974

  • SWAPTE

  • STEM - This program is a workforce and economic development iniative to bring relevance to the K-12 math and science curriculum. The program will inspire, engage, and prepare students to take the course work needed to support the growing demand for highly skilled and technology prepared workers for the aerospace, shipbuilding, steel, manufacturing and other industries located, and locating in our area.

  • ACCEL - Accelaration Day and Evening Academy (ACCEL) is Alabamas first tuition-free public charter school, serves high school students in grades 9-12 from Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington Counties. It provides a challenging college preparatory curriculum, individualized instruction, small class sizes, and engaging use of technology in a safe, supportive environment to ensure students graduate college and career ready. Through ACCEL, students can graduate more quickly or catch up if they have fallen behind or dropped out.

  • 80/20 - For Mobile to realize 75,000 degrees/credentials within our communities by 2030, we must implement and facilitate pathways to credentialing, transfer and completion for all students. The impact strategies of such pathways must provide approaches guided by objectives that result in increased completion rates for 18-24 year old students, with a focus on low-income and African - American students. There must be a seamless multi tiered system of supports for college students at every transition phase to ensure they stay on track to graduate.

  • Student Achievement - The Organization brings outside resources into local schools and communities to focus on areas like student achievement, professional development for teachers and principals, parental involement and public education. The Organization uses proven instructional models to promote high standards and high achievement for every child.

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nadia Legsir

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Chresal Threadgill

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Andrea Kent

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Ashley Williams-Hogue

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Erin Delaporte

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jordan Jones

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Robert Baker

    Emeritus Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Preston Bolt

    Emeritus Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Gia Wiggins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Contina Woods

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Lissa Watkins

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Rob McGinley

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Mark Spivey

    SecretaryTreasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Richard Perry

    Vice Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Dr Jeremiah Newell

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $0
    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501069349301130

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