The Access College Foundation helps students in the public high schools of s.hampton roads, n. Hampton co. And western tidewater go to College or other postsecondary training.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
76¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$249K 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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FY2023 · 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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.0M a year · 28% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
76%
of spending
Looks good: 76% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$249K
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
23 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $58.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 22.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $48K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$309K
0.4% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
36
of 37 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$8.1M
+100% vs prior year
Spent
$5.1M
To programs
76%
Net assets
$68.4M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$8.1M
FY2023▲ +100%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$5.6M
FY2022$4.0M
FY2023$8.1M
FY2024$10.8M
FY2025$7.9M
Expenses
$5.1M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$4.6M
FY2023$5.1M
FY2024$6.0M
FY2025$6.3M
Net assets
$68.4M
FY2023▲ +10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$68.4M
FY2022$62.2M
FY2023$68.4M
FY2024$78.4M
FY2025$88.9M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Jun 1988.

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Where the money goes

76 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 76% · $3.9M Management & general 12% · $597K Fundraising 12% · $619K

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

37 people listed on the 990; $249K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
President and CEO
$249,293Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Asst. Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Asst. Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Bonnie B Sutton’s $290K as President & CEO is at the 95th 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Bonnie B Sutton$290,179$261,299$249,293$239,579$235,727
Cheryl Jones$129,339$107,238———
Heather Foxwell$111,728————
Dionne Scott—$104,436———

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps public high school and college students in Virginia access and succeed in postsecondary education through advisory services, financial aid guidance, and application assistance.

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1 program · $3.9M · in their own filed words · FY2022
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High School Program and College Success Program

The foundation provided postsecondary education planning to more than 4,793 high school juniors, seniors and college students during 2022 and 3,944 in 2021. Of those students served in 2022, 3,392 families (71%), were verified to be low-income and in 2021, 2,879 (73%) were verified to be low-income.

$3.9Mprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$48K
Grants paid · 8 grants · $4.2M · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,016,020
Unitemized GrantFY2023$952,658
Unitemized GrantFY2022$785,367
Unitemized GrantFY2021$656,189
Unitemized GrantFY2020$619,034

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$8.1M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$5.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.9M
Managementcol C$597K
Fundraisingcol D$619K
Owns and owesPt X
$68.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$9.7M
Total assetsLn 16$68.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$309K
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a37
IndependentVI 1b36
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$6.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$72K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$333K
Investment incomeLn 3$1.2M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Gains on assetsLn 7$256K
Total revenueLn 12$8.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2.6M
SavingsLn 2$7.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$9.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$58.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$74K
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$68.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$309K
Net assetsLn 32$68.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 553
VolunteersI 657
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.5M$9.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$56.4M$58.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$83K$74K
Total assetsLn 16$62.5M$68.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$334K$309K
Net assetsLn 32$62.2M$68.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$797K$797K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$258K$203K$24K$31K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.5M$2.0M$227K$301K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$738K$651K$30K$57K
Payroll taxesLn 10$0
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$40K$40K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$150K$150K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$88K$457$40K$48K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$75K$11K$11K$52K
Office expensesLn 13$18K$11K$3K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$138K$82K$9K$46K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$24K$20K$804$2K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$112K$53K$3K$56K
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$14K$4K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$21K$20K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$116K$86K$20K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$50K$27K$17K$6K
Total functional expensesLn 25$5.1M$3.9M$597K$619K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $7.9M$6.3M$1.6M$88.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $10.8M$6.0M$4.9M$78.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $8.1M$5.1M$3.0M$68.4M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.0M$4.6M−$605K$62.2M 990 PDF
FY2021 $5.6M$4.2M$1.4M$68.4M 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 M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $8,084,908 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,841,201$6,866,167
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,198,410$1,217,241
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,500
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,039,611$8,084,908
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $656,189$797,084
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,241,128$3,480,694
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $747,207$851,255
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $4,644,524$5,129,033
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$604,913$2,955,875
Part VI · Governance 36 of 37 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body37
VI-1b Independent voting members36
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $8,084,908 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$24,751
VIII-1e Government grants$71,720
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$6,769,696
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$332,615
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$6,866,167
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $484,165 · Excluded from tax $477,366$961,531
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $255,710$255,710
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $1,500$1,500
VIII-12 Total revenueUnrelated business $484,165 · Excluded from tax $734,576$8,084,908
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,129,033 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $797,084$797,084
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $203,228 · Management $23,576 · Fundraising $31,294$258,098
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,956,153 · Management $226,936 · Fundraising $301,215$2,484,304
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $651,482 · Management $29,718 · Fundraising $57,092$738,292
IX-10 Payroll taxes$0
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,085$40,085
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $149,715$149,715
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $457 · Management $39,660 · Fundraising $47,952$88,069
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,139 · Management $11,368 · Fundraising $52,416$74,923
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $11,171 · Management $3,173 · Fundraising $3,638$17,982
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $82,482 · Management $8,543 · Fundraising $46,492$137,517
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $20,468 · Management $804 · Fundraising $2,377$23,649
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $52,729 · Management $3,379 · Fundraising $55,936$112,044
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,703 · Management $4,121 · Fundraising $2,483$20,307
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $19,612 · Fundraising $1,076$20,688
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $85,901 · Management $19,652 · Fundraising $10,297$115,850
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $27,367 · Management $16,775 · Fundraising $6,284$50,426
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,913,364 · Management $597,117 · Fundraising $618,552$5,129,033
Part X · Balance sheet $68,748,416 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,198,916$2,575,066
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,327,480$7,105,859
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $552,540$226,829
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $0$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $0$27,250
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $82,609$73,991
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $15,922,015$10,851,043
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $40,442,495$47,888,378
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $62,526,055$68,748,416
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $333,903$308,766
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $333,903$308,766
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,272,956$5,359,788
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $58,919,196$63,079,862
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $62,192,152$68,439,650
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $62,526,055$68,748,416
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $68,439,650 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$8,084,908
XI-2 Total expenses$5,129,033
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,955,875
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$62,192,152
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$3,291,623
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$68,439,650

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