World Explorers Foundation INC FY2024 filing

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World Explorers Foundation has the dedicated mission to offer expert family education services including preschool, camp, learning workshops, after-school services, and community events to children across the world no matter their familys ability to pay for services through a robust scholarship program and endowment fund. The foundation to our mission stems from:- Our dedication to building community in the staff, families, and children we serve.- Our dedication to the whole child experience including attention to healthy eating, physical fitness, access to math, science, and technology, and an appreciation for literature and art that reflects children in their own unique image.- Our dedication to ensuring that our team is valued, has access to opportunities for growth, development, and success, and are able to benefit from the success of the company.- Our dedication to remain leaders in creative educational programming including direct services, curriculum development, and product dev

Form 990 Part I, line 1, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 92-3713206) · Dispute this line
501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
87¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$140K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2024 · 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
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $443K a year · 27% of revenue · last 2 filings
A surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Spent on programs
87%
of spending
87% of spending went to programs.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$140K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending.
Part VII, Section A
<0.1 mo
of spending, in cash
<0.1 months of spending in cash.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$14K
20% of total assets
Liabilities are 20% of assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
1
of 3 voting members
1 of 3 voting members are independent.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Revenue
$1.0M
+515% vs prior year
Spent
$983K
To programs
87%
Net assets
$56K
By yearFY2023–FY2025
Revenue
$1.0M
FY2024▲ +515%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2023$165K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$2.2M
Expenses
$983K
FY2024
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2023Not on file
FY2024$983K
FY2025$1.4M
Net assets
$56K
FY2024▲ +120%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2023$25K
FY2024$56K
FY2025$911K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jan 2024.

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

Where the money goes

87 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 87% · $851K Management & general 11% · $109K Fundraising 2% · $22K

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

3 people listed on the 990; $140K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$69,906Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Dir.
$69,604Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kisha Edwards-Gandsy’s $125K as Executive Dir. is at the 49th 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024
Kisha Edwards-Gandsy$125,000—
Keyanna Murrill—$69,906
Kisha Edwards Gandsy—$69,604

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

Provides diverse educational programs and community events for children globally, regardless of family income.

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1 program · $851K · in their own filed words · FY2024
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After school Programs

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2024. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 92-3713206) · Dispute this line
$851Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · this organization's grantmaking
Grants paid · 2 grants · $108K · 2025–2025
Unitemized GrantFY2025$97,561
Unitemized GrantFY2025$10,453

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.0M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Money outPt IX
$983K
Ln 25
Programscol B$851K
Managementcol C$109K
Fundraisingcol D$22K
Owns and owesPt X
$56K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2K
Total assetsLn 16$69K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a3
IndependentVI 1b1
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.0M
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$2K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2K
Other assetsLn 15$68K
Total assetsLn 16$69K
LiabilitiesLn 26$14K
Net assetsLn 32$56K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13$2K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$25K$69K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$14K
Net assetsLn 32$25K$56K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$575K$489K$72K$14K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$31K$26K$4K$763
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$3K$2K$337$67
Accounting feesLn 11c$19K$16K$2K$481
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$36K$30K$4K$889
Advertising and promotionLn 12$2K$2K$227$45
Office expensesLn 13$20K$19K$324$65
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$0
TravelLn 17$15K$13K$2K$369
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$37K$37K$109$22
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$133K$113K$17K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$97K$90K$6K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$16K$15K$913$182
Total functional expensesLn 25$983K$851K$109K$22K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Jun 15, 2026 $2.2M$1.4M$856K$911K 990 PDF
FY2024 ViewingFiled with the IRS May 28, 2025 $1.0M$983K$30K$56K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 28, 2025 $165K$25K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $1,012,840 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grants$0
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $164,704$1,012,840
I-10 Investment income$0
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $164,704$1,012,840
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $106,097$605,835
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $33,317$376,688
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $139,414$982,523
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $25,290$30,317
Part VI · Governance 1 of 3 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body3
VI-1b Independent voting members1
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 $1,012,840 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$0
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,012,840$1,012,840
VIII-3 Investment income$0
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,012,840$1,012,840
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $982,523 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $489,031 · Management $71,916 · Fundraising $14,384$575,331
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefits$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $25,928 · Management $3,813 · Fundraising $763$30,504
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,290 · Management $337 · Fundraising $67$2,694
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $16,373 · Management $2,408 · Fundraising $481$19,262
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $30,234 · Management $4,446 · Fundraising $889$35,569
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,544 · Management $227 · Fundraising $45$1,816
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $19,220 · Management $324 · Fundraising $65$19,609
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 Occupancy$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $12,567 · Management $1,848 · Fundraising $369$14,784
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $36,567 · Management $109 · Fundraising $22$36,698
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $113,163 · Management $16,642 · Fundraising $3,328$133,133
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $89,580 · Management $6,234 · Fundraising $1,246$97,060
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $14,968 · Management $913 · Fundraising $182$16,063
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $851,465 · Management $109,217 · Fundraising $21,841$982,523
Part X · Balance sheet $69,299 assets, 21 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13$1,599
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$0
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivable$0
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $25,277$67,700
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $25,290$69,299
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expenses$13,692
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$13,692
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $25,290$55,607
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,290$55,607
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $25,290$69,299
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $55,607 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,012,840
XI-2 Total expenses$982,523
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$30,317
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,290
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$55,607

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