Glep Education Fund

Not tax-deductible

Lansing, MI501(c)(4)EducationEIN 20-0312462Revenue $95K in FY2025

On file with the IRSPo Box 14148, 48901-4148 · Lansing, MITax-exempt since Jan 2004

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Educate the public on education reform, promote school choice for parents, and support legislative change to school choice and education reform.

69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 4 volunteers and 2 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990-EZIndependent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(4)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
No
Donations are not tax-deductible
Worth a look: the IRS does not list gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $3K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$7K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 72% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$95K
-65% vs prior year
Spent
$116K
To programs
69%
Net assets
$615
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$95K
FY2025▼ -65%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$252K
FY2021$451K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$503K
FY2024$272K
FY2025$95K
Expenses
$116K
FY2025▼ -69%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$174K
FY2021$471K
FY2022$398K
FY2023$476K
FY2024$379K
FY2025$116K
Net assets
$615
FY2025▼ -97%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$98K
FY2021$77K
FY2022$103K
FY2023$129K
FY2024$23K
FY2025$615

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2004.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $81K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

4 people listed on the 990-EZ; $7K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Treasurer
$6,945Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary/ Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President/Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mary Doster’s $7K as Treasurer is at the 28th percentile of top reported officer pay among 145 <$100K education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mary Doster$6,945$4,355$16,790$5,720$8,400$1,770

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Programs and updates

Advocates for education reform, empowering parents with school choice and supporting legislative change.

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1 program · $325K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Educate the public on education reform, promote school choice for parents, and support legislative change to school choice and education reform.

$325Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$25K
Grants paid · 5 grants · $365K · 2021–2024
21st Leadership FundFY2022$15,000
Mi Guardians for DemocracyFY2021$200,000
Let Mi Kids LearnMI · FY2021$25,000

By the numbers

The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$95K
Gifts and grants$95K
Money out
$116K
Programs$81K
Owns and owes
$615
net assets
Total assets$615
Liabilities$0
People
4
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Gifts and grants$95K
Total revenue$95K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Total assets$615
Liabilities$0
Net assets$615
Operations
Employees2
Volunteers4
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $95K$116K−$22K$615 990 PDF
FY2024 $272K$379K−$106K$23K 990 PDF
FY2023 $503K$476K$27K$129K 990 PDF
FY2022 $423K$398K$25K$103K 990 PDF
FY2021 $451K$471K−$20K$77K 990 PDF
FY2020 $252K$174K$78K$98K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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