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FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING PROGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC

EIN 42-1234706 INDIALANTIC, FL

Revenue 2024
$1,633,837
Expenses 2024
$1,539,494

Program services were 95.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
225 5TH AVE STE 1

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).

Group exemption

The central organization of an IRS group exemption (group number 5166), covering 19 subordinate organizations. matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

All 19 subordinates →

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  • FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING IGNITES CURIOSITY ABOUT REAL-WORLD ISSUES AND EQUIPS YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ESSENTIAL, COMPLEX PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS NEEDED TO THRIVE IN SCHOOL, CAREERS, AND LIFE. THROUGH DYNAMIC ACADEMIC CHALLENGES, FPS EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO BECOME CREATIVE AND CRITICAL THINKERS WHO ENVISION, AND TAKE ACTION TOWARD, A BETTER FUTURE. OUR ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE SHOWCASES THIS MISSION IN ACTION. THE EVENT BRINGS TOGETHER STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO COLLABORATE, INNOVATE, AND COMPETE AT THE WORLD FINALS. THIS EVENT CLEBRATES CRITICAL AND CREATIVE THINKING, TEAMWORK, AND GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP. IN 2025, THE CONFERENCE HOSTED 2,340 PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING 262 SCHOOLS ACROSS 11 COUNTRIES. POST-EVENT EVALUATIONS REFLECTED OUTSTANDING IMPACT - 95% OF ATTENDEES AGREED THAT THE EXPERIENCE WAS TRULY UNIQUE AND UNAVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE.

    Expenses $899,426 · Revenue $1,397,717

  • THE CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING IS BUILT ON MORE THAN FIVE DECADES OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND FIELD EXPERIENCE WORLDWIDE. A WIDE VARIETY OF OFFERINGS INCLUDE HIGH-QUALITY WEB-BASED AND PRINT RESOURCES, E-LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, WORKSHOPS, AND CONSULTING SERVICES ON CREATIVITY AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING. OUR WORK FOCUSES ON METHODS AND TOOLS FOR GENERATING IDEAS ("CREATIVE THINKING"), FOCUSING IDEAS ("CRITICAL THINKING"), AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACHES TO DEFINING AND SOLVING COMPLEX, OPEN-ENDED, REAL-LIFE PROBLEMS (CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, VERSION 6.1).

    Expenses $1,049 · Revenue $144

  • OUR EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ARE TRANSFORMATIVE, EQUIPPING YOUNG PEOPLE TO SOLVE COMPLEX PROBLEMS, TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION, AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE. WE SPARK CURIOSITY ABOUT REAL-WORLD ISSUES, DEVELOPING PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS THAT EMPOWER STUDENTS TO EXCEL IN SCHOOL, CAREERS, AND LIFE. IN AN AGE DEFINED BY AI, IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO THINK AND SOLVE PROBLEMS. FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING ADDRESSES TODAY'S UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGES WITH STANDARDS-BASED PROGRAMS THAT ENGAGE STUDENTS WHEREVER THEY LEARN, TEACHING THEM HOW TO THINK, NOT WHAT TO THINK. OUR RUBRIC-BASED EVALUATIONS PROVIDE VALUABLE, LEARNER-CENTERED FEEDBACK, ALLOWING STUDENTS TO CONTINUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH AUTHENTIC, SKILL-BASED ASSESSMENTS FROM CERTIFIED EVALUATORS ACROSS MULTIPLE SUBMISSIONS EACH YEAR.

    Expenses $561,940 · Grants $8,003 · Revenue $32,913

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

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.

  • ARGEN HICKS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • DYLAN SHERMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • LAUREL PETERSEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JULIE STYAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • SHEFA SIKDER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • APRIL MICHELE

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $126,188
    From this org
    $110,976
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,212
    Hours/week
    40

  • ERWIN HOSONO

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • AMANDA GENOVESE

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    7

  • SUZANNE DIGBY

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • JANET FITE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • ANN FOREYT

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • PETER MONKHOUSE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,633,837
    Expenses
    $1,539,494
    Contributions
    $141,163
    Grants paid
    $8,003
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,425,088
    Expenses
    $1,384,724
    Contributions
    $126,308
    Grants paid
    $5,250
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,218,517
    Expenses
    $1,213,505
    Contributions
    $57,545
    Grants paid
    $4,000

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
    $877,143
    Expenses
    $903,286
    Assets (EOY)
    $892,107

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $667,206
    Expenses
    $567,034
    Assets (EOY)
    $909,085

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $358,351
    Expenses
    $777,057
    Assets (EOY)
    $794,832

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,399,316
    Expenses
    $1,367,857
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,481,720

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,163
    Expenses
    $1,193,929
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,271,304

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,294,537
    Expenses
    $1,116,227
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,556,467

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,206,471
    Expenses
    $1,097,307
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,306,883

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,139,293
    Expenses
    $1,120,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,282,259

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,020,819
    Expenses
    $1,108,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,240,288

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,004,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,275,101

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2010

Tax period
1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011
Principal officer
Melissa Cody
Mailing address
PO Box 602North Bend NE 68649
Website
http://www.nebraskafps.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

  • CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING LLC

    EDUCATION · DE · income $144 · assets $2,984

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 GROUP.

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