Copiah Educational Foundation INC

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Education of children from preschool to high school.

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2025. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 64-0444163) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 250 volunteers and 139 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
Listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
The IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
The latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $535K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
A surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
91% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$114K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
2.9 mo
of spending, in cash
2.9 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $61
1 funder names it on their filings.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$356K
6% of total assets
Liabilities are 6% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
14 of 14 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$6.9M
+12% vs prior year
Spent
$4.9M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$5.9M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$6.9M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$4.3M
FY2021$5.0M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$4.4M
FY2024$6.1M
FY2025$6.9M
Expenses
$4.9M
FY2025▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$4.5M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$5.2M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$5.3M
FY2025$4.9M
Net assets
$5.9M
FY2025▲ +51%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$3.3M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$3.1M
FY2024$3.9M
FY2025$5.9M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1968.

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

Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $4.4M Management & general 9% · $444K Fundraising 0% · $1K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $114K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Headmaster
$114,190Pt VII · Sec A
Attorney
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Preside
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mitch Mitchell$114,190$107,940———$80,470
Macky Mitchell——$102,820$100,320$98,653—
Paul Hayles—————$102,018

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

Educates children from preschool through high school.

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1 program · $4.4M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

The operation of a school, including academic and extracurricular activities.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 64-0444163) · Dispute this line
$4.4Mprogram expense

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 · FY2023
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$61
Grants paid · 5 grants · $139K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$9,600
Unitemized GrantFY2022$31,650
Unitemized GrantFY2021$29,265
Unitemized GrantFY2020$33,411
Unitemized GrantFY2019$35,250

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$257K
Money outPt IX
$4.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$4.4M
Managementcol C$444K
Fundraisingcol D$1K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.9M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.2M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$356K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$257K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$26K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2.6M
Total revenueLn 12$6.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$311K
SavingsLn 2$847K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.2M
Accounts receivableLn 4$125K
Inventories for sale or useLn 8$4K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$2K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.0M
Total assetsLn 16$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$356K
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5139
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.1M$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.1M$5.0M
Total assetsLn 16$6.4M$6.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.5M$356K
Net assetsLn 32$3.9M$5.9M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10K$10K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$2.9M$2.7M$224K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$50K$46K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$101K$93K$8K
Payroll taxesLn 10$216K$199K$16K
Accounting feesLn 11c$46K$46K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$6K$6K
Office expensesLn 13$136K$99K$37K
Information technologyLn 14$98K$66K$32K
OccupancyLn 16$340K$318K$22K
InterestLn 20$574$528$46
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$318K$292K$25K
InsuranceLn 23$287K$264K$23K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$321K$321K$763
All other expensesLn 24e$1K$473$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$4.9M$4.4M$444K$1K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 2, 2026 $6.9M$4.9M$2.0M$5.9M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 7, 2025 $6.1M$5.3M$813K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Feb 23, 2024 $4.4M$4.6M−$191K$3.1M 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 20, 2023 $5.2M$5.2M$33K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 12, 2022 $5.0M$4.3M$690K$3.3M 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Mar 29, 2021 $4.3M$4.5M−$116K$2.6M 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990
Part I · Summary $6,857,091 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $235,570$256,770
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,107,413$3,983,586
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $81,491$26,360
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,677,217$2,590,375
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $6,101,691$6,857,091
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $500$9,600
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,248,530$3,310,246
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,039,635$1,552,856
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $5,288,665$4,872,702
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $813,026$1,984,389
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 3 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,857,091 across 6 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $184,473 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$256,770
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$256,770
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,905,856 · Excluded from tax $77,730$3,983,586
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $26,360$26,360
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $2,405,902$2,405,902
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $6,496,231 · Excluded from tax $104,090$6,857,091
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $4,872,702 across 15 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $9,600$9,600
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,719,690 · Management $223,874$2,943,564
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $46,081 · Management $4,007$50,088
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $92,995 · Management $8,087$101,082
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $199,036 · Management $16,476$215,512
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $45,675$45,675
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $6,371$6,371
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $98,834 · Management $36,692$135,526
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $66,137 · Management $31,727$97,864
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $317,908 · Management $21,765$339,673
IX-20 InterestPrograms $528 · Management $46$574
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $292,129 · Management $25,403$317,532
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $263,727 · Management $22,932$286,659
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $320,726 · Management $763$321,489
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $473 · Fundraising $1,020$1,493
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $4,427,864 · Management $443,818 · Fundraising $1,020$4,872,702
Part X · Balance sheet $6,268,634 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,033,047$311,063
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,078,117$846,741
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $156,230$125,192
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,607$3,607
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,375$2,375
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,132,603$4,979,656
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $6,405,979$6,268,634
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $57,240$49,757
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $2,420,699$306,448
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,477,939$356,205
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,928,040$5,912,429
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,928,040$5,912,429
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $6,405,979$6,268,634
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,912,429 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,857,091
XI-2 Total expenses$4,872,702
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$1,984,389
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,928,040
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,912,429

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