Learning & Educational Solutions INC

Tell your story. Claim this org

Providing at risk youth with learning & educational solutions and support through New York.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$92K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

Before you give

FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
Download 990
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
3 of 7
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $13K a year · 2% of revenue · last 7 filings
Concern: a surplus in 3 of the last 7 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 7 filings
Spent on programs
86%
of spending
Looks good: 86% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$92K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
1 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.2 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 8 voting members
Looks good: 6 of 8 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$756K
-54% vs prior year
Spent
$780K
To programs
86%
Net assets
$77K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$756K
FY2025▼ -54%
Tap a bar for its year
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$154K
FY2020$117K
FY2021$212K
FY2022$250K
FY2023$714K
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$756K
Expenses
$780K
FY2025▼ -49%
Tap a bar for its year
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$153K
FY2020$177K
FY2021$193K
FY2022$305K
FY2023$776K
FY2024$1.5M
FY2025$780K
Net assets
$77K
FY2025▼ -23%
Tap a bar for its year
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$1K
FY2020−$58K
FY2021$18K
FY2022−$37K
FY2023−$16K
FY2024$100K
FY2025$77K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

Give Claim

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jul 2018.

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

Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $670K Management & general 14% · $110K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Something off? Claim to fix it

Who runs it and what they're paid

8 people listed on the 990; $92K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$46,000Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance/Treasurer
$46,000Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Tawana Butler’s $46K as President & CEO is at the 6th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Tawana Butler$46,000$80,000$72,900$74,800$57,813$46,090
Tiffany Wall$46,000$80,000—$14,600$45,564$34,000
Tiffany Law——$72,900———
Isabel Vabre————$9,990$14,017
Erhi Mathurin———$9,347$2,158—
Chenoa Petties———$9,125——
Monique Green—————$6,530
Samantha Brandon————$6,562$4,013

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 Learning & Educational Solutions INC executive salaries →

On this list? Claim this org

Something off? Claim to fix it

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

Offers at-risk youth learning and educational support in New York.

Questions for Learning & Educational Solutions INC

Tap to ask. Learning & Educational Solutions INC sees how many people are interested.

Your first name shows with your question. Learning & Educational Solutions INC answers here, for everyone.

Provided by the organization

Know this org? Add your story

1 program · $670K · in their own filed words · FY2025
01

Roads Program assists with Educational Crisis Management, Student Reengagement, Family & community resources & Dropout Prevention Learning & Educational Solutions, Inc. (LES) provided comprehensive educational crisis management, student reengagement, attendance improvement, and dropout prevention services to students attending New York…

$670Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$756K
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$504K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$252K
Money outPt IX
$780K
Ln 25
Programscol B$670K
Managementcol C$110K
Owns and owesPt X
$77K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$77K
Total assetsLn 16$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a8
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$252K
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$504K
Total revenueLn 12$756K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$77K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$77K
Total assetsLn 16$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$77K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$100K$77K
Total assetsLn 16$100K$77K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$100K$77K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$92K$46K$46K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$94K$94K
Payroll taxesLn 10$61K$46K$15K
Management feesLn 11a$206$206
Accounting feesLn 11c$6K$245$6K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$414K$414K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$61K$42K$20K
Information technologyLn 14$2K$2K
OccupancyLn 16$21K$21K
TravelLn 17$4K$2K$3K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InsuranceLn 23$12K$12K
Total functional expensesLn 25$780K$670K$110K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $756K$780K−$23K$77K 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.6M$1.5M$88K$100K 990 PDF
FY2023 $714K$776K−$63K−$16K 990 PDF
FY2022 $250K$305K−$55K−$37K 990 PDF
FY2021 $212K$193K$18K$18K 990 PDF
FY2020 $117K$177K−$59K−$58K 990 PDF
FY2019 $154K$153K$1K$1K 990 PDF

More to add? Claim this org

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $756,232 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $405,666$252,000
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,225,000$504,232
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$0
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,630,666$756,232
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,494,592$246,844
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $47,771$532,781
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,542,363$779,625
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $88,303−$23,393
Part VI · Governance 6 of 8 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body8
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
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 $756,232 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$252,000
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$252,000
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $504,232 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$504,232
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $504,232 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$756,232
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $779,625 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $46,000 · Management $46,000$92,000
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $94,247$94,247
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $45,631 · Management $14,966$60,597
IX-11a Management feesManagement $206$206
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $245 · Management $6,049$6,294
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $414,470$414,470
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $9,275$9,275
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $41,892 · Management $19,527$61,419
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,097$2,097
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $20,701$20,701
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,640 · Management $2,605$4,245
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,794$1,794
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,280$12,280
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $669,571 · Management $110,054 · Fundraising $0$779,625
Part X · Balance sheet $76,511 assets, 11 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $99,904$76,511
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $99,904$76,511
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-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $99,904$76,511
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $99,904$76,511
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $99,904$76,511
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $76,511 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$756,232
XI-2 Total expenses$779,625
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$23,393
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$99,904
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$76,511

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

Similar organizations you could support · Compare with another nonprofit

Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

Your org? Add context

Made it to the end? Claim this org

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the pay comparisons above.