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SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP

EIN 83-2083196 NEW ORLEANS, LA

Revenue 2024
$1,664,102
Expenses 2024
$1,669,455

Program services were 59.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B28
Classification
2000
Street
4035 WASHINGTON AVE SUITE 206

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, WE DEVELOP SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERS TO BUILD TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS; A SHARED BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE; PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEAGUES, EXTERNAL (CONT'D ON SCH O) ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARENTS; AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENSURE STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES REACH THEIR POTENTIAL, WE DEVELOP (CONT'D ON SCH O) SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADERS TO BUILD TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS; A SHARED BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE; PARTNERSHIPS WITH COLLEAUGUES, EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND PARENTS; AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDENT SUCCESS

  • SPECIAL EDUCATION LEADER FELLOWSHIP (SELF) IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PARTNERS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SCHOOLS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESPONSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. DURING 2025, SELF LED OVER 350 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS WITH A 99% SATISFACTION RATE FROM ATTENDEES, ENGAGED IN MORE THAN 850 COACHING SESSIONS WITH TEACHERS AND LEADERS, COMPLETED APPROXIMATELY 150 SCHOOL WALKTHROUGHS AND PREPARED OVER 40 SCHOOL REVIEWS. SELF SERVES SCHOOL SYSTEMS TOTALING OVER 40,000 STUDENTS ANNUALLY WITH ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS, LOS ANGELES, AND WASHINGTON, D.C.

    Expenses $997,533 · Revenue $1,098,822

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

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.

  • Jay Altman

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Josh Densen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Allen Garda

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tiffany Cheng Nyaggah

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lauren Morando Rhim

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shannon Garfield

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $195,622
    From this org
    $182,857
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,765
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,857
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,132
    Nontaxable benefits
    $633
    Filer's total
    $195,622

  • Avni Murray

    CHIEF OF STAFF AND STRATEG

    Total calculated
    $133,304
    From this org
    $124,610
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,694
    Hours/week
    40

  • Heather Kawlra

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $128,580
    From this org
    $116,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,058
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,664,102
    Expenses
    $1,669,455
    Contributions
    $565,280
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,306,160
    Expenses
    $2,342,234
    Contributions
    $1,909,126
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,246,275
    Expenses
    $4,282,047
    Contributions
    $1,207,000
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $2,932,339
    Expenses
    $2,675,287
    Assets (EOY)
    $485,574

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,891,871
    Expenses
    $1,791,568
    Assets (EOY)
    $669,114

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2019

Tax period
1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020
Principal officer
Aqua Stovall
Mailing address
4640 S Carrollton Ave 100New Orleans LA 70119
Website
www.selfnola.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.