Brightlane Learning Corp FY2020 filing

Tax-deductible

Indianapolis, IN501(c)(3)Since 2001EducationEIN 35-2151003Revenue $1.1M in FY2020

On file with the IRSbrightlanelearning.org2955 N Meridian St Ste 250, 46208-0058 · Indianapolis, INTax-exempt since Dec 2001Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Brightlane Learning transforms the lives of students impacted by homelessness and housing instability with personalized tutoring and academic support while advocating for their families as they navigate the educational system

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$110K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $1.3M a year · 43% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$110K
to officers and key staff · 10% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 10% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $28K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$228K
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
17
of 17 voting members
Looks good: 17 of 17 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
Spent
$1.1M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$1.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.3M
FY2024$7.4M
FY2025$4.2M
Expenses
$1.1M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.1M
FY2025$2.4M
Net assets
$1.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$2.4M
FY2022$2.5M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$8.4M
FY2025$10.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2001.

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

Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $921K Management & general 8% · $87K Fundraising 12% · $141K

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

19 people listed on the 990; $110K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Operating Officer
$69,291Pt VII · Sec A
Founder and CEO
$40,777Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kelly Coker’s $112K as Chief Operating Officer/Interim CEO is at the 40th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kelly Coker$112,450$100,168$87,191———
Amber Kostoff$104,434—————
Sally Bindley Millman$90,390$84,234$65,821$49,267$42,400$40,777
Kate Hussey——$57,358$79,946$70,950$69,291

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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Questions the 990 asks

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

Programs and updates

Educates homeless children to overcome their challenges.

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2 programs · $921K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Shelter Based

Through its shelter-based programs, school on wheels: provides one-on-one tutoring in a group setting. Tutoring focuses on homework completion and attaining grade level skills utilizing toolkit activities that contain grade-aligned activities for all ages.

$485Kprogram expense
02

School Based

Through its school-based programs, school on wheels provides one-on-one tutoring in a group setting. Tutoring focuses on homework completion and attaining grade level skills utilizing toolkit activities that contain grade-aligned activities for all ages. School on wheels: ntervenes with push-in and pull-out support during the school day.

$437Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$28K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$876K
Other incomeLn 4–11$244K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Money outPt IX
$1.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$921K
Managementcol C$87K
Fundraisingcol D$141K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$662K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$228K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a17
IndependentVI 1b17
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$876K
Government grantsLn 1e$22K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$92K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$47K
Investment incomeLn 3$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$244K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$199K
SavingsLn 2$463K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$662K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$228K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 549
VolunteersI 6346
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$513K$662K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$27K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$47K$228K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$1.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$121K$98K$9K$14K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$664K$538K$25K$101K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$15K$12K$626$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$56K$45K$2K$8K
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$9K$8K$705$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$14K$10K$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$14K$3K$733
Information technologyLn 14$47K$38K$6K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$52K$44K$8K
TravelLn 17$219$134$85
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$11K$9K$2K$434
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$11K$8K$1K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$5K$5K$836
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$93K$86K$642$6K
All other expensesLn 24e$10K$6K$3K$198
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.1M$921K$87K$141K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.2M$2.4M$1.8M$10.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.4M$2.1M$5.3M$8.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.3M$1.9M$408K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.8M$1.8M$68K$2.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.2M$476K$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $1.1M$1.1M−$25K$1.6M 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 FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,124,360 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,780,951$875,672
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,194$4,998
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $63,891$243,690
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,849,036$1,124,360
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $741,100$855,205
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $249,555$294,124
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $990,655$1,149,329
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $858,381−$24,969
Part VI · Governance 17 of 17 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body17
VI-1b Independent voting members17
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,124,360 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$47,388
VIII-1e Government grants$22,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$806,284
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$92,155
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$875,672
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $4,998$4,998
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax $243,690$243,690
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $248,688$1,124,360
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,149,329 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $97,589 · Management $8,853 · Fundraising $14,376$120,818
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $538,205 · Management $24,708 · Fundraising $100,977$663,890
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,853 · Management $626 · Fundraising $2,151$14,630
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,266 · Management $2,389 · Fundraising $8,212$55,867
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $24,375$24,375
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,529 · Management $705 · Fundraising $1,128$9,362
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $10,256 · Management $1,525 · Fundraising $1,997$13,778
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $13,701 · Management $2,538 · Fundraising $733$16,972
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $38,326 · Management $5,655 · Fundraising $2,716$46,697
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $44,466 · Management $7,848$52,314
IX-17 TravelPrograms $134 · Management $85$219
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $9,400 · Management $1,640 · Fundraising $434$11,474
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,380 · Management $1,132 · Fundraising $1,812$11,324
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,536 · Management $836$5,372
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $85,662 · Management $642 · Fundraising $6,301$92,605
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $6,019 · Management $3,415 · Fundraising $198$9,632
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $921,322 · Management $86,972 · Fundraising $141,035$1,149,329
Part X · Balance sheet $1,838,261 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $184,772$199,411
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $328,607$462,984
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $153,125$144,937
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $7,992$13,894
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $27,067$15,743
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $981,797$1,001,292
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,683,360$1,838,261
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $39,891$83,233
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,397$144,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $47,288$227,833
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,563,904$1,433,142
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $72,168$177,286
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,636,072$1,610,428
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,683,360$1,838,261
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,610,428 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,124,360
XI-2 Total expenses$1,149,329
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$24,969
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,636,072
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$675
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,610,428

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