Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 2017.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
4 people listed on the 990-EZ; $108K paid to officers and key staff.
Rachel Pickett’s $108K as President is at the 95th percentile of top reported officer pay among 146 <$100K 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
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel Pickett | $108,400 | $107,933 | $94,188 | $98,586 | $72,667 | $68,333 |
| Korrine Akridge | — | — | — | $58,854 | $40,500 | $16,667 |
| Natasha Blitz-Jones | — | $46,493 | $10,885 | — | — | — |
| Kathleen Bullock | — | — | $915 | — | — | — |
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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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990-EZ, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 15, 2026 | $81K | $155K | −$75K | $20K | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS May 19, 2025 | $249K | $213K | $36K | $95K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Jun 4, 2024 | $221K | $200K | $21K | $59K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Mar 9, 2023 | $273K | $229K | $44K | $38K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 28, 2022 | $218K | $236K | −$18K | −$6K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Jun 15, 2021 | $242K | $188K | $54K | $62K | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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