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ACADEMY PREP FOUNDATION INC

EIN 59-3377240 LAKELAND, FL

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Revenue 2024
$3,849,470
Expenses 2024
$2,619,007

Program services were 81.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B20
Classification
2100
Street
1021 LAKELAND HILLS BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

OFFER ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT TO ACADEMY PREP CENTERS TOWARD THEIR MISSION TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL AND ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH A RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PROGRAM.

  • FOUNDATION PROVIDES SERVICES RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND ENHANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ALONG WITH OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE. FOUNDATION COORDINATES FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES AND HOLDS INVESTMENTS, INCLUDING FUNDS THE BOARD DESIGNATED FOR THE SUPPORT OF ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF TAMPA, ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF ST. PETERSBURG AND ACADEMY PREP CENTER OF LAKELAND ("THE SCHOOLS"). THE FOUNDATION OWNS THE LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT HOUSE THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE SCHOOLS. THE SCHOOLS ARE SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORTED MIDDLE SCHOOLS FOR INNER CITY CHILDREN WHICH ALSO PROVIDE SUMMER AND EVENING CLASSES FOR STUDENT ENHANCEMENT AND EDUCATION.

    Expenses $2,128,893 · Grants $1,354,718

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tom Sansone

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Paul L Whiting Sr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 6.5 related

  • John Erik Savitsky

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bryant Jones

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Oscar Horton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Susan Touchton

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Chris Barrott

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Nick Barnett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2.5 related

  • David Vetter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Elizabeth Fowler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Lincoln Tamayo

    COO

    Total calculated
    $261,336
    From this org
    $92,242
    From related orgs
    $147,550
    Other
    $21,544
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $92,242 + $147,550 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,544 related
    Filer's total
    $92,242 + $169,094 related

  • Terri Scarcelli

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $117,433
    From this org
    $108,851
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,582
    Hours/week
    32.5 + 12.5 related

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $3,849,470
    Expenses
    $2,619,007
    Contributions
    $975,080
    Grants paid
    $1,354,718
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,964,303
    Expenses
    $1,605,376
    Contributions
    $941,592
    Grants paid
    $486,791
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $5,822,433
    Expenses
    $1,235,952
    Contributions
    $669,042
    Grants paid
    $476,940

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $446,861
    Expenses
    $1,095,665
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,353,670

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,224,501
    Expenses
    $1,298,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,411,468

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,655,995
    Expenses
    $1,007,693
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,886,519

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,915,063
    Expenses
    $1,283,891
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,581,267

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,354,324
    Expenses
    $694,428
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,007,425

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,568,142
    Expenses
    $598,597
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,218,600

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $968,247
    Expenses
    $607,748
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,922,686

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,034,946
    Expenses
    $512,921
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,760,520

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $718,596
    Expenses
    $471,437
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,576,508

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $742,432
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,171,607

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.