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VANGUARD SCHOOL OF LAKE WALES FLORIDA INC

EIN 59-2298398 LAKE WALES, FL

Largest nonprofits in Florida

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

  • 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.

  • Charles Baldwin

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Victor Story

    VICE CHAIRMAN AND TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Susan Craig

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Robert Fine

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Lois Harrison

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Rebekah Jahna

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mike Murphy

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kate Rutledge

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Amy Stettner

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Pat Weber

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shannon 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
  • Tamika Smith

    CFO - THRU 8/2023

    Total calculated
    $61,871
    From this org
    $51,340
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,531
    Hours/week
    50
  • Tim 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
  • 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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,976,343
    Expenses
    $5,569,888
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,238,278
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,695,688
    Expenses
    $5,167,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,296,411
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,478,179
    Expenses
    $5,653,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,191,786
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,675,538
    Expenses
    $6,062,220
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,920,082
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,633,867
    Expenses
    $5,763,337
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,052,001
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,893,552
    Expenses
    $4,838,102
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,443,666
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,000,013
    Expenses
    $5,236,958
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,207,513
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,843,395
    Expenses
    $5,420,471
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,447,782
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,267,518
    Expenses
    $5,355,403
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,625,034
  • 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

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

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 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.