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Future Problem Solving Program International INC FY2022 filing

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Indialantic, FL501(c)(3) EIN 42-1234706Revenue $877K in FY2022

On file with the IRSfpspi.org225 5th Ave Ste 1, 32903-3163 · Indialantic, FLTax-exempt since Feb 1993Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Future Problem Solving Program International (fpspi) equips today's young people with the vision and skills needed to anticipate, understand, and solve the problems of today and tomorrow. The goals of the Program are rooted in the use of critical and creative thinking within curriculum and instruction. Fpspi is an outgrowth of dr. E. Paul torrance's work in 1974 when he created Future Problem Solving to teach students the creative Problem Solving process and to instill in them a positive view of the Future. Torrance combined the six-step creative Problem Solving process developed by alex osborn and sydney parnes with some potential issues of the Future. Fpspi consists of four competitive components based on the creative Problem Solving process. The original competition from 1974 was renamed global issues Problem Solving (2009) and addresses five topics of global significance each year. Scenario writing (1976) involves creative writing in which students project issues of today twenty to

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
92¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$89K 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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FY2022 · 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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $43K a year · 4% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
92%
of spending
Looks good: 92% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
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
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $22K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$117K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$877K
+31% vs prior year
Spent
$903K
To programs
92%
Net assets
$775K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$877K
FY2022▲ +31%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$667K
FY2022$877K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.6M
Expenses
$903K
FY2022▲ +59%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$567K
FY2022$903K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.5M
Net assets
$775K
FY2022▼ -3%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$801K
FY2022$775K
FY2023$780K
FY2024$820K
FY2025$919K

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending June 2022) · 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 Feb 1993.

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

Where the money goes

92 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 92% · $827K Management & general 8% · $77K

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

10 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
April Michele
Executive Di
$89,248Pt VII · Sec A
Argen Hicks
Vice Pres./S
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Erwin Hosono
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Matt Boyas
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Robyn Duda
Trustee
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
April Michele$110,976$105,550$97,126$89,248

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

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 15aYes

Programs and updates

Teaches young people creative problem-solving skills for future challenges.

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3 programs · $827K · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Annually, the FPS international conference hosts approximately 2200 participants who have earned the right as champions in the affiliate programs to gather with other competitors to compete for international championship status.

$466Kprogram expense
02

Fpspi provides development and evaluation to serve the educational needs of students, programs, and ongoing evaluations to students to improve future problem solving abilities. Fpspi enhances skills stated as essential for students in the 21ST century and provides authentic evaluation to students using rubric based assessments. DR.

$360Kprogram expense
03

The center for creative learning is built on more than five decades of research, development, and field experience worldwide. A wide variety of offerings include high-quality web-based and print resources, e-learning opportunities, workshops, and consulting services on creativity and creative problem solving (CPS).

$894program expense

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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
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$10K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$7K
Network for Good INCFY2024$5K
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$22K
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Grants paid · 2 grants · $13K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$8,003
Unitemized GrantFY2023$5,250

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$877K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$665K
Other incomeLn 4–11$144K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$58K
Money outPt IX
$903K
Ln 25
Programscol B$827K
Managementcol C$77K
Owns and owesPt X
$775K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$657K
Total assetsLn 16$892K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$58K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$665K
Investment incomeLn 3$11K
Other incomeLn 4–11$144K
Gains on assetsLn 7$3K
Total revenueLn 12$877K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$73K
SavingsLn 2$584K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$657K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$572
Total assetsLn 16$892K
LiabilitiesLn 26$117K
Net assetsLn 32$775K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 6165
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$669K$657K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5K$572
Total assetsLn 16$909K$892K
LiabilitiesLn 26$108K$117K
Net assetsLn 32$801K$775K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$4K$4K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$91K$81K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$201K$166K$35K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$12K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$32K$27K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$22K$19K$3K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K$625
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$8K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$1K$245
OccupancyLn 16$34K$29K$5K
TravelLn 17$44K$44K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$318K$318K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$4K$4K$186
InsuranceLn 23$11K$10K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$61K$59K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$45K$35K$10K
Total functional expensesLn 25$903K$827K$77K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.6M$1.5M$94K$919K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.4M$1.4M$40K$820K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.2M$1.2M$5K$780K 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $877K$903K−$26K$775K 990 PDF
FY2021 $667K$567K$100K$801K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2022 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $877,143 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $101,052$58,317
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $367,626$664,601
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $424$10,592
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $198,104$143,633
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $667,206$877,143
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $4,000$4,000
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $375,746$358,845
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $187,288$540,441
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $567,034$903,286
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $100,172−$26,143
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $877,143 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $16,587 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$20,700
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$37,617
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$58,317
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $664,601$664,601
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $7,842$7,842
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $2,750$2,750
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $127,046$127,046
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $810,984 · Excluded from tax $7,842$877,143
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $903,286 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,000$4,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $81,494 · Management $9,055$90,549
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $165,978 · Management $34,920$200,898
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $11,539 · Management $2,051$13,590
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $26,875 · Management $4,775$31,650
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $18,815 · Management $3,343$22,158
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $1,875 · Management $625$2,500
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $7,601 · Management $2,534$10,135
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,469$9,469
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,386 · Management $245$1,631
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $29,138 · Management $5,142$34,280
IX-17 TravelPrograms $43,634$43,634
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $317,913$317,913
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $3,541 · Management $186$3,727
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $9,814 · Management $1,090$10,904
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $58,567 · Management $2,408$60,975
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $35,034 · Management $10,239$45,273
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $826,673 · Management $76,613 · Fundraising $0$903,286
Part X · Balance sheet $892,107 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $140,611$73,223
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $528,013$583,617
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $100,393$109,223
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $7,877$49,669
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $33,201$26,875
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $54,726$8,963
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $5,412$572
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $38,852$39,965
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $909,085$892,107
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $26,525$112,247
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $81,734$5,177
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $108,259$117,424
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $779,282$754,368
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $21,544$20,315
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $800,826$774,683
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $909,085$892,107
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $774,683 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$877,143
XI-2 Total expenses$903,286
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$26,143
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$800,826
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$774,683

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