Rural Schools Collaborative INC FY2024 filing

Tax-deductible

Appleton, WI501(c)(3)EducationEIN 47-1906248

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The Rural Schools Collaborative builds sustainable Rural communities through a keen focus on place, teachers, and philanthropy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
85¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$80K 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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FY2024 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $167K a year · 20% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
85%
of spending
Looks good: 85% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$80K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
6 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $11K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$835K
-21% vs prior year
Spent
$898K
To programs
85%
Net assets
$464K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$835K
FY2024▼ -21%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$455K
FY2022$512K
FY2023$1.1M
FY2024$835K
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$898K
FY2024▲ +8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$362K
FY2022$423K
FY2023$835K
FY2024$898K
FY2025$930K
Net assets
$464K
FY2024▼ -12%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$216K
FY2022$304K
FY2023$528K
FY2024$464K
FY2025$962K

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending June 2024) · 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 Oct 2014.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 85% · $760K Management & general 15% · $139K

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; $80K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
$80,179Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice 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

Taylor Mccabe-Juhnke’s $88K as Executive Di is at the 24th 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 · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Taylor Mccabe-Juhnke$88,360$80,179$68,125$48,791—
Gary Funk————$60,000

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Builds sustainable rural communities by focusing on place, teachers, and philanthropy.

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3 program services account for $760K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01

The rural schools collaborative successfully launched 20 rural schools engaging in the national grad partnership for student success initiative. This place-based, collaborative effort supports regional hub intermediaries and local school cohorts to adopt research-driven frameworks that ensure rural schools and their communities work…

$571Kprogram expense
02

The rural schools collaborative continued to promote the rural teaching profession, including storytelling through the I am a rural teacher campaign, and seeding four new rural teacher corps initiatives with modest planning grants in maine, ohio, illinois, north carolina, and minnesota.

$125Kprogram expense
03

Rural schools collaborative's grants in place program provides modest grants to rural teacher in support of place based education projects in their classrooms and communities. In FY24, 22 rural educators were awarded classroom grants through the grants in place fellows and national signature award.

$63Kprogram expense

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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$11K
Grants paid · 24 grants · $809K · 2020–2024
University of West AlabamaFY2024$75,000
Missouri State UniversityFY2024$75,000
North State TogetherCA · FY2024$75,000
East Carolina UniversityFY2024$50,000
Misc Grants Under 5000FY2023$63,408
Minnesota State Colleges and UniverFY2023$25,000
East Carolina UniversityFY2023$25,000
Knox CollegeIL · FY2023$25,000
Misc Grants Under 5000FY2022$38,778
University of MaryND · FY2022$25,000
Eastern Oregon UniversityFY2022$25,000
University of IndianapolisIN · FY2022$25,000
Monmouth CollegeIL · FY2021$12,500
Shasta College FoundationCA · FY2021$7,083
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$835K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$820K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Money outPt IX
$898K
Ln 25
Programscol B$760K
Managementcol C$139K
Owns and owesPt X
$464K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$464K
Total assetsLn 16$464K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
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$820K
Investment incomeLn 3$14K
Total revenueLn 12$835K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$220K
SavingsLn 2$244K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$464K
Total assetsLn 16$464K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$464K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$528K$464K
Total assetsLn 16$528K$464K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$528K$464K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$188K$188K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$291K$218K$73K
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$3K
Accounting feesLn 11c$10K$10K
Investment management feesLn 11f$2K$2K
Office expensesLn 13$2K$2K
TravelLn 17$19K$19K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$13K$13K
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$360K$349K$11K
All other expensesLn 24e$9K$4K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$898K$760K$139K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $1.4M$930K$495K$962K 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $835K$898K−$64K$464K 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.1M$835K$224K$528K 990 PDF
FY2022 $512K$423K$89K$304K 990 PDF
FY2021 $455K$362K$93K$216K 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $834,654 across 4 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$820,181
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$820,181
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $14,473$14,473
VIII-12 Total revenueExcluded from tax $14,473$834,654
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $898,431 across 11 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $188,408$188,408
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $218,115 · Management $72,705$290,820
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,634$2,634
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $9,975$9,975
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $2,017$2,017
IX-13 Office expensesManagement $1,595$1,595
IX-17 TravelManagement $19,453$19,453
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $12,530$12,530
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $2,220$2,220
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $348,908 · Management $10,814$359,722
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,087 · Management $4,970$9,057
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $759,518 · Management $138,913 · Fundraising $0$898,431
Part X · Balance sheet $464,415 assets, 7 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $177,171$220,164
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $351,021$244,251
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $528,192$464,415
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $528,192$464,415
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $528,192$464,415
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $528,192$464,415
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $464,415 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$834,654
XI-2 Total expenses$898,431
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$63,777
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$528,192
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$464,415

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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