Founded in 1980 by a group of passionate parents, South Pasadena Educational Foundation (spef) is dedicated to promoting Educational excellence in the South Pasadena unified school district through various fundraising and enrichment programs. Administered by a volunteer board of directors composed of parents, community members and business leaders, spef provides much needed support to the students in South Pasadena in all Educational areas including academics, curriculum and technology, library services and support, visual and performing arts, science, character building education, counseling services, and athletics. Donations to spef support South pasadena's five public schools: arroyo vista elementary, marengo elementary, monterey hills elementary, South Pasadena middle school, and South Pasadena high school. Since its inception, spef has raised close to ten million dollars to restore and enrich Educational programs beyond that which the school district is able to fund.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
86¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$90K 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
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $222K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 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
$90K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
12
named funders · $66K
Looks good: 12 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$646K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
29
of 29 voting members
Looks good: 29 of 29 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.6M
+6% vs prior year
Spent
$2.3M
To programs
86%
Net assets
$2.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.6M
FY2024▲ +6%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$2.3M
FY2023$2.5M
FY2024$2.6M
FY2025$3.0M
Expenses
$2.3M
FY2024▲ +2%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.8M
FY2023$2.2M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.6M
Net assets
$2.3M
FY2024▲ +18%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$1.3M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$2.3M
FY2025$2.6M

From the FY2024 Form 990 (year ending July 2024) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Oct 1980.

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Where the money goes

86 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 86% · $2.0M Management & general 8% · $175K Fundraising 6% · $147K

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

29 people listed on the 990; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2023); the FY2024 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$89,900Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Summer Programs VP
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Development VP
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Stacey Peterson$92,279$89,900$87,398$81,000$81,000$67,846

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves public education in South Pasadena Unified School District.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Spef runs afterschool enrichment classes, the annual 5TH grade musical, summer school and summer camps. The spef summer school serves over 2,000 children from kindergarten to 12TH grade. Our annual 5TH grade musical brings 5TH graders from all three elementary schools together to learn about and perform a musical for the entire…

$1.1Mprogram expense
02

Grants to the south pasadena unified school district provide additional equipment and materials for the benefit of all students enrolled in the district. Through spef's major grants committee, spef will continue to help fund the district's initiative to improve campus-wide student socio-emotional health through teacher training on…

$720Kprogram expense
03

The teacher direct grants allow teachers and support staff to apply for grants up to $4,500 to implement unique programs in their classrooms, helping them enhance the curriculum to meet the needs of all students, and to ignite curiosity.

$116Kprogram expense

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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 · FY2024
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Grants paid · 6 grants · $4.6M · 2019–2024
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2024$1,039,530
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2023$836,135
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2022$877,295
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2021$723,036
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2020$488,693
South Pasadena Unified School DistrictFY2019$666,016

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$486K
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Money outPt IX
$2.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$175K
Fundraisingcol D$147K
Owns and owesPt X
$2.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.6M
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$646K
PeoplePt VI, VII
29
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a29
IndependentVI 1b29
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$486K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$116K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$32K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$27
Total revenueLn 12$2.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.8M
SavingsLn 2$830K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$300K
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$646K
Net assetsLn 32$2.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5158
VolunteersI 6300
Fiscal year endsHeaderJuly
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$2.3M$2.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$281K$300K
Total assetsLn 16$2.6M$2.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$638K$646K
Net assetsLn 32$1.9M$2.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$836K$836K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$113K$28K$28K$57K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$663K$580K$49K$34K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$52K$35K$10K$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10$16K$13K$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$14K$14K
Investment management feesLn 11f$24$24
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$324K$314K$5K$5K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$20K$12K$8K
Office expensesLn 13$93K$3K$62K$28K
Information technologyLn 14$9K$4K$2K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$11K$5K$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$13K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$119K$119K$385$429
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.3M$2.0M$175K$147K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.0M$2.6M$319K$2.6M 990 PDF
FY2024 Viewing $2.6M$2.3M$341K$2.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $2.5M$2.2M$229K$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.3M$1.8M$445K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.4M$1.4M$958$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.5M$1.6M−$5K$1.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,623,023 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $570,859$486,465
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,897,768$2,104,467
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $8,663$32,091
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,477,290$2,623,023
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $877,295$836,135
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $724,177$844,293
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $646,359$602,030
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,247,831$2,282,458
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $229,459$340,565
Part VI · Governance 29 of 29 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body29
VI-1b Independent voting members29
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 $2,623,023 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$116,264
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$370,201
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$486,465
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,104,467$2,104,467
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $32,118$32,118
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$27−$27
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,104,467 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $32,091$2,623,023
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,282,458 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $836,135$836,135
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $28,338 · Management $28,338 · Fundraising $56,676$113,352
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $580,008 · Management $48,890 · Fundraising $34,120$663,018
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,627 · Management $10,329 · Fundraising $6,842$51,798
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $12,612 · Management $1,661 · Fundraising $1,852$16,125
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $14,052$14,052
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $24$24
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $313,698 · Management $4,724 · Fundraising $5,268$323,690
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,632 · Fundraising $7,873$19,505
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $3,412 · Management $61,622 · Fundraising $27,744$92,778
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $4,027 · Management $2,282 · Fundraising $2,545$8,854
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,004 · Management $2,835 · Fundraising $3,162$11,001
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $12,730$12,730
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $118,582 · Management $385 · Fundraising $429$119,396
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,960,805 · Management $175,142 · Fundraising $146,511$2,282,458
Part X · Balance sheet $2,920,315 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,703,153$1,776,643
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $558,226$829,835
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $11,983$8,110
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $280,586$300,491
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,920$5,236
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,561,868$2,920,315
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $28,783$35,803
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $600,000$600,000
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,664$5,080
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $7,920$5,236
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $638,367$646,119
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,849,023$2,198,686
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $74,478$75,510
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,923,501$2,274,196
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,561,868$2,920,315
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,274,196 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,623,023
XI-2 Total expenses$2,282,458
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$340,565
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,923,501
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,130
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,274,196

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