Futures in Education

Tax-deductible

Brooklyn, NY501(c)(3)Since 2006EducationEIN 20-5496382Revenue $10.9M in FY2024

On file with the IRSfuturesineducation.org243 Prospect Park W, 11215-5807 · Brooklyn, NYTax-exempt since Mar 2007Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The mission of Futures in Education is to ensure that the gift of an excellent catholic Education continues to be a viable option for current and future generations of deserving students in brooklyn and queens. As a scholarship granting organization, IT provides tuition assistance to the neediest of those students, regardless of their religious denomination, through endowment funds and fundraising programs.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 22 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.0M a year · 12% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Cash reserves
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $7K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$322K
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$10.9M
+41% vs prior year
Spent
$7.8M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$16.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$10.9M
FY2024▲ +41%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$8.7M
FY2021$9.0M
FY2022$8.4M
FY2023$9.4M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2024$10.9M
Expenses
$7.8M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$8.5M
FY2021$7.3M
FY2022$7.4M
FY2023$7.4M
FY2024$7.4M
FY2024$7.8M
Net assets
$16.0M
FY2024▲ +37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.3M
FY2021$9.4M
FY2022$9.0M
FY2023$10.9M
FY2024$11.7M
FY2024$16.0M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Mar 2007.

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

Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $6.8M Management & general 7% · $548K Fundraising 5% · $382K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Provides financial aid for excellent Catholic education to deserving students in Brooklyn and Queens.

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3 programs · $6.1M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Futures in education scholarship program makes a quality catholic education available to as many families as possible by offering partial scholarships to families in financial need of tuition assistance for students in pre-k to 8TH grade enrolled in catholic grammar schools in brooklyn and queens.

$2.3Mprogram expense
02

Teddy forstmannin conjunction with the children's scholarship fund (CSF), the program stimulates enrollment of students from public schools into catholic schools for those families with financial need of tuition assistance in line with CSF'S aim to maximize educational opportunity for all children.

$2.1Mprogram expense
03

Be an angel to a student program a sponsorship program where a donor, an angel, pays a portion of the student's tuition for a family with extraordinary need to help send their children to a catholic school they love. The student sends correspondence to the angel throughout the school year, including letters, greetings and report cards.

$1.7Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$7K
Grants paid · 31 grants · $36.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$4,420,323
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,689,970
Cathedral Prep High SchoolFY2024$55,000
St Johns University New YorkNY · FY2024$20,000
Bay Ridge Catholic AcademyNY · FY2024$15,000
St Francis CollegeNY · FY2024$5,333
Unitemized GrantFY2023$4,136,300
Unitemized GrantFY2023$1,501,985
Cathedral Prep High SchoolFY2023$52,000
Our Lady of Mount CarmelFY2023$15,786
Diocese of BrooklynFY2023$12,425
St Francis CollegeNY · FY2023$12,080
Unitemized GrantFY2022$4,190,390
Unitemized GrantFY2022$1,439,132
Cathedral Prep High SchoolFY2022$55,500
Our Lady of Mount CarmelFY2022$15,228
St Johns University New YorkNY · FY2022$10,000
Diocese of BrooklynFY2022$9,740
See all 31 grants →

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$10.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$699K
Money outPt IX
$7.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.8M
Managementcol C$548K
Fundraisingcol D$382K
Owns and owesPt X
$16.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.2M
Total assetsLn 16$16.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$322K
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$10.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$55K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$222K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$699K
Gains on assetsLn 7$426K
Total revenueLn 12$10.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$106K
SavingsLn 2$3.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$9.2M
Other assetsLn 15$16K
Total assetsLn 16$16.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$322K
Net assetsLn 32$16.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 622
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M$3.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.4M$9.2M
Total assetsLn 16$12.0M$16.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$332K$322K
Net assetsLn 32$11.7M$16.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$179K$179K
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$6.1M$6.1M
Management feesLn 11a$954K$391K$244K$319K
Accounting feesLn 11c$71K$71K
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$3K$3K
Investment management feesLn 11f$70K$70K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$36K$36K
Office expensesLn 13$129K$70K$33K$25K
Information technologyLn 14$72K$12K$59K$311
OccupancyLn 16$45K$19K$11K$15K
TravelLn 17$8K$78$27$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$15K$5K$2K$8K
InsuranceLn 23$42K$42K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$9K$8K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.8M$6.8M$548K$382K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $7.7M$7.4M$327K$11.7M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.4M$7.4M$2.0M$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.4M$7.4M$1.0M$9.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $9.0M$7.3M$1.6M$9.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 $8.7M$8.5M$193K$7.3M 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
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $10,869,502 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $7,521,733$10,345,304
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $413,900$699,080
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$219,971−$174,882
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,715,662$10,869,502
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,763,678$6,289,132
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $1,912$3,006
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,622,787$1,469,518
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,388,377$7,761,656
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $327,285$3,107,846
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $10,869,502 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$1,324,175
VIII-1e Government grants$54,714
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$8,966,415
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$221,885
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$10,345,304
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $273,056$273,056
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $426,024$426,024
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$184,279−$184,279
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $9,397$9,397
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $524,198$10,869,502
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,761,656 across 15 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $178,839$178,839
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $6,110,293$6,110,293
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $390,859 · Management $244,393 · Fundraising $318,541$953,793
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $70,640$70,640
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $3,006$3,006
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $69,606$69,606
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $8,733$8,733
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $36,050$36,050
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $70,200 · Management $32,984 · Fundraising $25,414$128,598
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $12,110 · Management $59,245 · Fundraising $311$71,666
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $19,045 · Management $10,968 · Fundraising $15,188$45,201
IX-17 TravelPrograms $78 · Management $27 · Fundraising $7,426$7,531
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,889 · Management $1,720 · Fundraising $8,428$15,037
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $41,897$41,897
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $9,352 · Management $8,167 · Fundraising $3,247$20,766
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,831,715 · Management $548,380 · Fundraising $381,561$7,761,656
Part X · Balance sheet $16,328,976 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $911,133$105,829
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,804,844$3,139,896
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,810,474$3,729,191
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $91,033$139,249
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,531,795$7,028,075
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $819,136$2,170,998
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $22,805$15,738
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,991,220$16,328,976
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $47,241$129,239
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$15,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $36,100$19,750
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $226,120$142,292
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $332,266$322,019
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,230,303$1,609,064
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,428,651$14,397,893
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,658,954$16,006,957
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,991,220$16,328,976
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $16,006,957 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$10,869,502
XI-2 Total expenses$7,761,656
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$3,107,846
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,658,954
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$142,334
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$1,101,211
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$3,388
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$16,006,957

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