The Beacon Network Schools Innovation Zone will empower Beacon Schools with collective flexibilities and resources; support for teachers and leaders to learn together, grow, and excel; and community ownership and involvement, in order to codify the Beacon Model and sustain it to improve outcomes for students.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 8 volunteers.
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
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 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $39K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$5K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $175K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$6K
-53% vs prior year
Spent
$90K
To programs
70%
Net assets
$128K
By yearFY2019–FY2025
Revenue
$6K
FY2025▼ -53%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2019$356K
FY2020$220K
FY2021$711K
FY2022$485K
FY2023$688K
FY2024$14K
FY2025$6K
Expenses
$90K
FY2025▼ -89%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2019$37K
FY2020$510K
FY2021$290K
FY2022$457K
FY2023$846K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$90K
Net assets
$128K
FY2025▼ -37%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2019$319K
FY2020$30K
FY2021$454K
FY2022$482K
FY2023$324K
FY2024$202K
FY2025$128K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2019.

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

Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $64K

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; $5K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$5,000Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alex Magana’s $5K as Executive Director is at the 21st 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Alex Magana$5,000$4,000

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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Programs and updates

Empowers schools with resources and support to improve student outcomes through shared learning and community involvement.

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1 program · $671K · in their own filed words · FY2022
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The Beacon Network Schools Innovation Zone received contributions related to program service revenue of $472,784 during its fifth year of operations to empower Beacon Schools with collective flexibilities and resources; support for teachers and leaders to learn together, grow, and excel; and provide community ownership and involvement…

$671Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
RootedFY2022$175K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$175K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$6K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$922
Money outPt IX
$90K
Ln 25
Programscol B$64K
Owns and owesPt X
$128K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$128K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
4
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5K
Other incomeLn 4–11$922
Total revenueLn 12$6K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$128K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$128K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 68
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $6K$90K−$84K$128K 990 PDF
FY2024 $14K$202K 990 PDF
FY2023 $688K$846K−$158K$324K 990 PDF
FY2022 $485K$457K$28K$482K 990 PDF
FY2021 $711K$290K$422K$454K 990 PDF
FY2020 $220K$510K−$290K$30K 990 PDF
FY2019 $356K$37K$319K$319K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

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

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