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Edfuel

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)Since 2013Education EIN 46-2975017Revenue $2.3M in FY2025

On file with the IRSedfuel.org300 New Jersey Ave Nw Ste 300, 20001-3159 · Washington, DCTax-exempt since Mar 2014Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Edfuel is a nonprofit organization that partners with schools, districts, and education organizations to build strong, equity-centered talent systems. Our mission is to support leaders to attract, develop, and retain the next generation of high-quality staff in the evolving k-12 education sector. From recruitment and onboarding to compensation design and succession planning, we offer customized support to strengthen every stage of the talent management lifecycle.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
63¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers and 6 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
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
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 $115K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
63%
of spending
Worth a look: 63% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$790K
to officers and key staff · 39% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 90% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 39% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $314K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$289K
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.3M
+35% vs prior year
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
63%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.3M
FY2025▲ +35%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$2.2M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$1.7M
FY2025$2.3M
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.6M
FY2022$2.0M
FY2023$2.7M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.0M
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +27%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$937K
FY2021$1.1M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.1M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2025 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2014.

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

Where the money goes

63 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 63% · $1.3M Management & general 36% · $733K Fundraising 1% · $21K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $790K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Kerri-Ann Pitts
Chief Executive Officer
$241,479Pt VII · Sec A
Nicole Pratt
Vice President
$169,214Pt VII · Sec A
Rachel Watts Smith Nozari
Managing Director, Talent Management
$135,318Pt VII · Sec A
Saima Zaman
Director
$125,388Pt VII · Sec A
$119,059Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kerri-Ann Pitts’s $241K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 90th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kerri-Ann Pitts$241,479—————
Kerri-Ann Nesbeth—$213,947$192,442———
Kelly Gleischman——$203,218$167,173$141,333$144,889
Nicole Pratt$169,214$128,505————
Kristina Gruca—$143,706————
Raven Freeman———$142,702$132,099$133,199
Kristina Campa-Gruca——$140,933———
Cortney Graham Ameckson——$136,825———

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

Develops and retains future leaders for the K-12 education sector.

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1 program · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2025
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Edfuel's mission is to attract, develop, and retain the next generation of leaders to the rapidly evolving k-12 education sector.

$1.3Mprogram 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 · FY2024
Charter Fund INCFY2024$264K
The Delaski Family FoundationFY2024$50K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$314K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$150K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.3M
Managementcol C$733K
Fundraisingcol D$21K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.1M
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$289K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$150K
Government grantsLn 1e$80K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Total revenueLn 12$2.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$231K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$289K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 56
VolunteersI 68
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.0M$1.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$274K$231K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$270K$289K
Net assetsLn 32$1.1M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$862K$560K$293K$9K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$123K$79K$43K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$84K$54K$28K$837
Payroll taxesLn 10$78K$51K$27K$782
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$5K$4K$95
Accounting feesLn 11c$25K$15K$10K$253
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$56K$32K$23K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$125$73$51$1
Office expensesLn 13$39K$20K$19K
Information technologyLn 14$448$260$184$4
OccupancyLn 16$850$551$290$9
TravelLn 17$36K$35K$684
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$105K$68K$36K$1K
InsuranceLn 23$3K$2K$954
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$611K$357K$248K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.3M$733K$21K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $2.3M$2.0M$292K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.7M$2.3M−$542K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.0M$2.7M$305K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.2M$2.0M$239K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.7M$1.6M$146K$1.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.5M$1.3M$251K$937K 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,324,165 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $315,729$150,281
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,395,249$2,172,682
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $14,508$1,202
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,244$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,726,730$2,324,165
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 $1,715,598$1,146,499
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $552,834$885,834
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,268,432$2,032,333
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$541,702$291,832
Part VI · Governance 8 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $2,324,165 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$80,400
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$69,881
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$150,281
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,172,682$2,172,682
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,202$1,202
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,172,682 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,202$2,324,165
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,032,333 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $559,894 · Management $292,867 · Fundraising $9,031$861,792
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $78,551 · Management $43,053 · Fundraising $1,371$122,975
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $54,337 · Management $28,422 · Fundraising $837$83,596
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,788 · Management $26,566 · Fundraising $782$78,136
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $5,482 · Management $3,875 · Fundraising $95$9,452
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $14,697 · Management $10,389 · Fundraising $253$25,339
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $31,566 · Management $23,216 · Fundraising $1,570$56,352
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $73 · Management $51 · Fundraising $1$125
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $20,168 · Management $18,529$38,697
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $260 · Management $184 · Fundraising $4$448
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $551 · Management $290 · Fundraising $9$850
IX-17 TravelPrograms $35,148 · Management $684$35,832
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $67,781 · Management $35,633 · Fundraising $1,096$104,510
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,124 · Management $954$3,078
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $357,149 · Management $248,093 · Fundraising $5,909$611,151
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,278,569 · Management $732,806 · Fundraising $20,958$2,032,333
Part X · Balance sheet $1,668,907 assets, 12 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $59,806; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,045,226$1,127,466
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $22,799$235,282
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,080$8,823
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $274,105$230,759
X-11 Publicly traded securities$6,771
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,358,250$1,668,907
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $29,905$37,650
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $240,161$251,241
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $270,066$288,891
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,088,184$1,380,016
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,088,184$1,380,016
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,358,250$1,668,907
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,380,016 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,324,165
XI-2 Total expenses$2,032,333
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$291,832
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,088,184
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,380,016

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

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