Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2013.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
94 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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; $490K paid to officers and key staff.
Stacy Nicodemus’s $120K as Secretary is at the 45th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacy Nicodemus | $119,930 | $92,636 | $81,116 | $77,188 | $83,000 |
| Brian Tenclinger | $95,231 | $80,760 | — | — | — |
| Jason Halterman | $73,844 | — | — | — | — |
| Laura Curzi | — | — | $72,976 | $66,978 | $64,210 |
| Patrick Githens | $63,550 | $57,181 | $57,723 | — | — |
| Kate Fontaine | $62,307 | $62,308 | — | — | — |
| Tim S Laboy-Coparropa | — | — | — | $52,317 | $50,692 |
| Tiffany Noyes | $47,445 | — | — | — | — |
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.
See Sigep Lead Fund executive salaries →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
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $188K | $91K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $187K | $87K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.3M | $705K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $924K | $328K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $377K | $377K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $578K | $578K | ||
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $53K | $53K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $43K | $43K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $250 | $250 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $15K | $15K | ||
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $15K | $15K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $27K | $27K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $2K | $2K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $823K | $823K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $6K | $6K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $100K | $100K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $1.7M | $1.6M | $121K | |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $7K | $7K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $3.4M | $3.2M | $187K | $0 |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 8, 2026 | $2.1M | $2.1M | $0 | $377K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS Apr 30, 2025 | $3.4M | $3.4M | $0 | $377K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 29, 2024 | $1.6M | $1.6M | $0 | $377K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 13, 2023 | $2.2M | $2.2M | $0 | $377K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022 | $680K | $680K | $0 | $377K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS May 17, 2021 | $2.9M | $2.3M | $515K | $377K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,375,788 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,375,788 across 5 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,375,788 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $705,153 assets, 12 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $377,063 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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