- Revenue 2023
- $5,143,872
- Expenses 2023
- $5,817,257
Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B200
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 22000 HWY 27
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 · 2023
Mission
THE VANGUARD SCHOOL IS AN INDEPENDENT, CO-EDUCATIONAL, BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY. VANGUARD STRIVES TO ENSURE EACH STUDENT ASPIRES TO HIGHER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND INDEPENDENT LIFE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
AN INDEPENDENT, CO-EDUCATIONAL, BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS WHO LEARN DIFFERENTLY
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VANGUARD OPENED ITS DOORS ON FEBRUARY 1, 1966, IN LAKE WALES, FLORIDA, TO A CLASS OF SIX STUDENTS. VANGUARD HAS GROWN INTO AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AND FULLY ACCREDITED INSTITUTION WITH A MAXIMUM ENROLLMENT OF 140 STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12. WE STARTED WITH JUST ONE BUILDING, AND HAVE GROWN TO A 77-ACRE CAMPUS WITH FOUR DORMS, THREE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, A MEDIA CENTER/LIBRARY, CAFETERIA, GYM, FITNESS CENTER, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER AND MUCH MORE. SINCE 1966, THE VANGUARD SCHOOL HAS SPECIALIZED IN EDUCATING STUDENTS WITH A VARIETY OF LEARNING DIFFERENCES, IN AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THEIR DIFFERENCES, CELEBRATES THEIR STRENGTHS AND SUPPORTS THEM IN OVERCOMING THEIR CHALLENGES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT EACH CHILD LEARNS DIFFERENTLY AND WE PROVIDE AN INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN.
Expenses $4,621,485 · Grants $1,339,146 · Revenue $4,188,726
As filed on the 2023 return.
Officers and directors · 2023
As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Charles BaldwinCHARLES BALDWIN
CHAIRMAN
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Victor StoryVICTOR STORY
VICE CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Susan CraigSUSAN CRAIG
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Robert FineROBERT FINE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Lois HarrisonLOIS HARRISON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Rebekah JahnaREBEKAH JAHNA
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Mike MurphyMIKE MURPHY
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kate RutledgeKATE RUTLEDGE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Amy StettnerAMY STETTNER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Pat WeberPAT WEBER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Shannon GravesSHANNON GRAVES
HEAD OF SCHOOL
- Total calculated
- $300,513
- From this org
- $238,155
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $62,358
- Hours/week
- 50
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $237,375
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $780
- Deferred
- $9,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $52,858
- Filer's total
- $300,513
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Tamika SmithTAMIKA SMITH
CFO - THRU 8/2023
- Total calculated
- $61,871
- From this org
- $51,340
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,531
- Hours/week
- 50
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Tim KnavelTIM KNAVEL
CFO - AS OF 8/2023
- Total calculated
- $41,688
- From this org
- $35,337
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $6,351
- Hours/week
- 50
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
-
2023
- Revenue
- $5,143,872
- Expenses
- $5,817,257
- Contributions
- $658,137
- Grants paid
- $1,339,146
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2022
- Revenue
- $5,303,641
- Expenses
- $5,393,480
- Contributions
- $798,043
- Grants paid
- $1,040,931
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,976,343
- Expenses
- $5,569,888
- Assets (EOY)
- $8,238,278
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,695,688
- Expenses
- $5,167,464
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,296,411
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,478,179
- Expenses
- $5,653,001
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,191,786
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,675,538
- Expenses
- $6,062,220
- Assets (EOY)
- $9,920,082
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,633,867
- Expenses
- $5,763,337
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,052,001
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,893,552
- Expenses
- $4,838,102
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,443,666
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,000,013
- Expenses
- $5,236,958
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,207,513
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $4,843,395
- Expenses
- $5,420,471
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,447,782
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $5,267,518
- Expenses
- $5,355,403
- Assets (EOY)
- $12,625,034
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $5,235,553
- Assets (EOY)
- $11,912,753
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
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
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VANGUARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
$761,623
2023 FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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VANGUARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
$482,014
2022 FOR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
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$55,000
2023 CHARLES D. BERRY SCHOLARSHIP
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2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2022 GENERAL
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2023 CHARITABLE SUPPORT
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2022 Support of local 501c3 charitable programs
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2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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2024 EDUCATION
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2023 EDUCATION
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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 2022 return
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THE VANGUARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
501(C)(3) · SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS · FL
Declared as related by
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VANGUARD SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC
On its 2022 return
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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.