Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 1983.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 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
32 people listed on the 990; $113K paid to officers and key staff.
Keith Poston’s $169K as President is at the 73rd 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Poston | $168,860 | $162,199 | $148,687 | $137,546 | $112,781 |
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 Wake Education Partnership 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
Connects businesses and communities to create excellent schools in Wake County.
Questions for Wake Education Partnership
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Programs
Wakeed partnership works closely with the school district, business partners, and community leaders to help coordinate efforts and provide resources to improve early literacy skills. The organization helps teachers expand their horizons and be better equipped to prepare students for careers of tomorrow.
Grants
Grants recognize, honor and award funding that incentivizes innovative classroom instruction and collaboration among and across subject areas and grade levels. These grants provide a foundation for establishing best educational practices that can be replicated systemically in wake county.
Communications & Community Outreach
A significant role of wakeed is to inform the public, business leaders and elected officials about what works in schools and classrooms to promote academic growth. We also provide clear, independent commentary and review of education policy issues.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | FY21 | FY20 | FY19 | FY18 | FY17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| End of yearLn 1g | $2.9M | $2.9M | $2.5M | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| Given inLn 1b | $414K | $2.5M |
| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $103K | $271K |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $2.7M | $3.1M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $13K | $9K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.8M | $3.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $239K | $187K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.6M | $3.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $162K | $162K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $113K | $62K | $23K | $28K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $157K | $112K | $41K | $5K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $50K | $32K | $12K | $6K |
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $14K | $14K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $41K | $30K | $4K | $7K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $6K | $2K | $938 |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $52K | $34K | $12K | $6K |
| TravelLn 17 | $295 | $288 | $5 | $2 |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $280 | $276 | $3 | $1 |
| InterestLn 20 | $363 | $363 | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $3K | $2K | $725 | $375 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $3K | $2K | $587 | $304 |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $52K | $43K | $5K | $4K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $658K | $486K | $114K | $58K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS May 5, 2026 | $1.8M | $2.0M | −$135K | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Aug 5, 2025 | $2.0M | $1.6M | $347K | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS May 13, 2024 | $1.2M | $1.3M | −$86K | $2.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS May 9, 2023 | $589K | $849K | −$260K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 ViewingFiled with the IRS Dec 8, 2021 | $538K | $658K | −$121K | $3.3M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $537,630 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 30 of 31 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $537,630 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $658,404 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $3,463,245 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,276,530 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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