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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SUMMITS EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,091,419
Total expenses
$4,117,226
Contributions and grants received
$3,948,403
Grants paid
$3,545,687
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$143,016
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,881,080
Total liabilities, end of year
$880,786
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,000,294
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,666,031
Management and general expenses
$255,066
Fundraising expenses
$196,129
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,666,031

Program services were 89.0% 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

    $3,948,403

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,443

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $143,245 · excluded $143,245

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,214

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $9,443

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$229

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$229 · excluded -$229

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $3,545,687 · program services $3,545,687

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $371,324 · program services $94,445 · management and general $140,788 · fundraising $136,091

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $24,529 · program services $6,239 · management and general $9,300 · fundraising $8,990

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $33,035 · program services $5,694 · management and general $19,718 · fundraising $7,623

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $81,029 · program services $13,966 · management and general $48,366 · fundraising $18,697

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $7,250 · management and general $7,250

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,003 · management and general $9,683 · fundraising $16,320

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $6,890 · fundraising $6,890

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,358 · management and general $7,930 · fundraising $428

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $12,031 · management and general $12,031

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $1,090 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $1,090

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,087,087 · end of year $3,729,126

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,162 · end of year $119,256

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $32,698

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $39,905 · end of year $192,525

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $46,243 · end of year $688,261

  • 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 $3,026,101 · end of year $3,000,294

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SUMMITS EDUCATION IS TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN THE WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUMMITS EDUCATION IS TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN THE (CONTINUED ON SCH O) (CONTINUED FROM 990 PAGE 1) WORLD'S MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

  • PROGRAM - TRANSFORMING EDUCATION SYSTEMS IN RURAL HAITIOPPORTUNITY: IN HAITI, THE VAST MAJORITY OF TEACHERS LACK BASIC TEACHING QUALIFICATIONS. HAITIAN STUDENTS SUFFER FROM ROTE-STYLE INSTRUCTION THAT FAILS TO DEVELOP THE CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS NECESSARY TO BECOME COMPETITIVE CANDIDATES IN THE WORKFORCE AND MODEL CITIZENS THAT STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.AT SUMMITS, WE BELIEVE THAT TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION SYSTEMS ARE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF WELL-TRAINED AND WELL-SUPPORTED TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS. (CONTINUED ON SCH O) (CONTINUED FROM 990 PAGE 2)PROJECT DESCRIPTION:SUMMITS PRIMARY: IN HAITI'S CENTRAL PLATEAU, SUMMITS OPERATES A NETWORK OF 39 PRIMARY SCHOOLS SERVING OVER 10,000 STUDENTS. SUMMITS PROVIDES CURRICULUM SUPPORT, FAIR AND CONSISTENT TEACHER COMPENSATION, AND ONGOING TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE 350 TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN OUR NETWORK.APPROACH: AT SUMMITS, WE BEGIN OUR WORK BY INVESTING IN THE TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN OUR NETWORK OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY PROVIDING COMPETITIVE AND CONSISTENT WAGES, INTENSIVE TEACHER TRAININGS, AND ONGOING PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT. THEN, WE ASSEMBLE PARTNERS TO ADDRESS THE ADDITIONAL OBSTACLES TO STUDENT LEARNING.THIS COLLABORATIVE IMPACT APPROACH BRINGS TOGETHER GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, AND FOR PROFIT SECTORS IN A STRUCTURED PARTNERSHIP AROUND THE COMMON AGENDA OF STRENGTHENING HAITI'S EDUCATION SYSTEM. THROUGH HIGHLY COORDINATED, METRIC DRIVEN INTERVENTIONS AND A COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, THIS PARTNERSHIP APPROACH MAXIMIZES IMPACT AND ADDRESSES KEY CHALLENGES (MALNUTRITION, LITERACY, INCOME GENERATION, SANITATION) IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE.

    Expenses $3,666,031 · Grants $3,545,687

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Paul English

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Anne McCormack

    CO-BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Cate Oswald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Loveless

    CO-BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Karl Duguerre

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kendra Ippel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rachel Scott

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marie Flore Chipps

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carolyn Mellin

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $158,983
    From this org
    $149,954
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,029
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,954
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,029
    Filer's total
    $158,983

  • Rachel Saint-Firmin

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $114,780
    From this org
    $111,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,763
    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. 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

None.

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

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
2024
Filed
2 June 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202621539349301112

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