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PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

EIN 61-1026214 LEXINGTON, KY

Revenue 2024
$8,324,375
Expenses 2024
$8,380,360

Program services were 87.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B24E
Classification
2000
Street
2285 EXECUTIVE DR STE 120

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 PROMOTE VASTLY IMPROVED EDUCATION FOR ALL KENTUCKIANS.

  • THE CENTER FOR BEST PRACTICE AND INNOVATION IS A HUB FOR RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICES TO IMPROVE EDUCATION OUTCOMES AND ECONOMIC WELL-BEING OF KENTUCKIANS. STRONG START KENTUCKY EXISTS TO STRENGTHEN EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION FROM BIRTH THROUGH THIRD GRADE. MEANINGFUL DIPLOMA IS DEDICATED TO TRANSFORMING EDUCATION BY EMPHASIZING MEANINGFUL AND DURABLE SKILLS.

    Expenses $491,788

  • THE COLLABORATIVE FOR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS IS A NETWORK FOR FAMILIES, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS SUPPORTING LOCAL INNOVATION TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES LOCALLY. THE COMMONWEALTH INSTITUTE FOR PARENT LEADERSHIP IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK WHERE PARENTS DEEPEN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF EDUCATION ISSUES AND LEAD A PROJECT TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS. FAMILY FRIENDLY CERTIFICATION OFFERED TO SCHOOLS, EARLY CARE CENTERS, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS ENCOURAGES PARTNERSHIP WITH FAMILIES TO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS AND INCREASE FAMILY ENGAGEMENT.

    Expenses $240,763

  • THE GROUNDSWELL INITIATIVE IS A STATEWIDE MOVEMENT HELPING COMMUNITIES RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. INITIATIVES INCLUDE THE KENTUCKY COMMUNITY SCHOOL INITIATIVE, COMMUNITY PROFILES, THE GROUNDSWELL SUMMIT AND THE BIG BOLD FUTURE REPORT. IN 2024, OVER 1,000 INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO BECOME GROUNDSWELL MEMBERS AND SUPPORTED EDUCATION BY TAKING ACTION IN OVER 70 COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $6,635,914 · Revenue $30,795

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.

  • BRIGITTE BLOM

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $309,485
    From this org
    $298,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,943
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,542
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $9,344
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,599
    Filer's total
    $309,485

  • DR JAY BOX

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LEO CALDERON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GARREN COLVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • AL CORNISH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FELICIA CUMMINGS SMITH

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • W CLAY H FORD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANKLIN JELSMA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LONNIE LAWSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTIAN MOTLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDY NOTT

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WYNN L RADFORD III

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DERRICK RAMSEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DR JULIA L ROBERTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JULIE TENNYSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ELAINE WILSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GWEN YOUNG

    SECRETARY/TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TODD BALDWIN

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $150,970
    From this org
    $150,970
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $150,970
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $150,970

  • ANDREA GILL

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $122,507
    From this org
    $122,507
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHAWN LYONS

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $153,075
    From this org
    $153,075
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,075
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $153,075

  • KATHERINE ROBERSHAW

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $114,834
    From this org
    $114,834
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
    $8,324,375
    Expenses
    $8,380,360
    Contributions
    $7,915,750
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,836,333
    Expenses
    $3,346,510
    Contributions
    $3,770,381
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,810,577
    Expenses
    $1,813,364
    Contributions
    $1,729,075
    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
    $1,745,118
    Expenses
    $2,336,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,009,260

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,935,266
    Expenses
    $2,794,245
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,227,999

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,278,702
    Expenses
    $2,158,365
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,434,962

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,458,322
    Expenses
    $1,283,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,794,050

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $618,578
    Expenses
    $1,518,099
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,891,097

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,815,567
    Expenses
    $1,547,069
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,517,914

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,399,784
    Expenses
    $1,955,685
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,970,270

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,850,798
    Expenses
    $1,553,860
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,747,842

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,499,171
    Expenses
    $1,536,414
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,151,492

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.

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