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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by GREAT SCHOOLS NC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,107,192
Total expenses
$3,909,337
Contributions and grants received
$3,025,000
Grants paid
$975,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$81,111
Other revenue
$1,081
Total assets, end of year
$664,977
Total liabilities, end of year
$21,219
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$643,758
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,125,721
Management and general expenses
$688,315
Fundraising expenses
$95,301
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,125,721

Program services were 80.0% 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

    $3,025,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $81,111 · excluded $81,111

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,081 · excluded $1,081

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,081

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $975,000 · program services $975,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $238,173 · program services $154,573 · management and general $70,598 · fundraising $13,002

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,209,973 · program services $785,269 · management and general $358,654 · fundraising $66,050

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $190,548 · program services $123,665 · management and general $56,481 · fundraising $10,402

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $107,123 · program services $69,523 · management and general $31,753 · fundraising $5,847

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $9,124 · program services $8,238 · management and general $886

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $9,467 · program services $8,548 · management and general $919

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $61,747 · program services $61,747

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $934,247 · program services $843,535 · management and general $90,712

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $900 · program services $900

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $45,472 · program services $23,582 · management and general $21,890

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $36,944 · program services $17,262 · management and general $19,682

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,810 · program services $10,275 · management and general $12,535

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,013 · program services $32,483 · management and general $18,530

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,675 · management and general $5,675

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBCRIPTIONS

    total $11,121 · program services $11,121

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $300,832 · end of year $133,317

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,310,551 · end of year $531,660

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $165,480 · end of year $21,219

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,195,903 · end of year $643,758

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $250,000 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

GREAT SCHOOLS NORTH CAROLINA (GSNC) SUPPORTS LEADERS WITH STRATEGIC FUNDING AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION OPTIONS.

  • GREAT SCHOOLS NORTH CAROLINA (GSNC) SUPPORTS LEADERS WITH STRATEGIC FUNDING AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP TO INCREASE ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION OPTIONS.

    Expenses $3,125,721 · Grants $975,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Scott Benson

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Beth Anderson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kameelah Shaheed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Madeline Hannigan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $238,173
    From this org
    $230,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,223
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,800
    Filer's total
    $238,173

  • Shauna Bell

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,040
    From this org
    $213,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $8,090
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,800
    Filer's total
    $221,040

  • Shea Reeder

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, SCHOOLS & PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $238,173
    From this org
    $230,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,223
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,800
    Filer's total
    $238,173

  • Reid Phillips

    MANAGING DIRECTOR,SCHOOL FINANCE & REAL ESTATE

    Total calculated
    $238,173
    From this org
    $230,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,950
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,223
    Deferred
    $6,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,800
    Filer's total
    $238,173

  • Allison Becker

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $212,423
    From this org
    $205,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $25,223
    Deferred
    $5,400
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,800
    Filer's total
    $212,423

  • Hunter Schimpff

    DIRECTOR, FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $180,000
    From this org
    $180,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,000

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 · 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 BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPROVES COMPENSATION BASED ON COMPARABILITY DATA.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
16 July 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202611979349301426

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