Excellent Education Development: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 95-4766001)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$11.3M
FY2021	$14.1M
FY2022	$12.4M
FY2023	$12.3M
FY2024	$13.0M
FY2025	$15.4M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$13.8M
FY2021	$13.1M
FY2022	$12.2M
FY2023	$13.5M
FY2024	$13.6M
FY2025	$13.5M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.7M
FY2021	$5.7M
FY2022	$5.9M
FY2023	$4.8M
FY2024	$4.2M
FY2025	$6.1M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2000.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

91%

Program services 91% · $12.6M Management & general 8% · $1.1M Fundraising 0% · $45K

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

18 people listed on the 990; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII

Anita Landecker

President & CEO

$195,746Pt VII · Sec A

Samira Estilai

Executive VP & COO

$185,237Pt VII · Sec A

Larry Tamayo

Executive VP & SD Operating Officer

$173,580Pt VII · Sec A

Tait Anderson

Executive VP

$158,919Pt VII · Sec A

Fady Habib

VP of Information Technology

$151,220Pt VII · Sec A

Irina Levkova Castillo

SVP School Finance

$143,306Pt VII · Sec A

Hrag Hamalian

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Guilbert C Hentschke

Director

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anita Landecker’s $240K as President & CEO is at the 50th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Anita Landecker	$240,000	$240,000	$236,833	$220,719	$218,533	$195,746
Samira Estilai	$221,382	$213,920	$205,720	$193,804	$188,180	$185,237
Larry Tamayo	$216,207	$208,920	$200,912	$181,074	$175,820	$173,580
Tait Anderson	$203,191	$196,884	$188,820	$169,173	$161,016	$158,919
Gihan Gunasekera	$197,939	$192,135	$185,720	—	—	—
Fady Habib	—	—	—	$173,168	$155,520	$151,220
Irina Levkova-Castillo	$171,288	$166,320	—	—	—	—
Michael Johnston	—	—	$167,087	—	—	—

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

Develops and manages business services for public charter schools.

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3 programs · $12.6M · in their own filed words · FY2019

01

During the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the organization provided services to 105 charter schools (within 59 organizations) which are attended by approximately 45,000 students.

$11.0Mprogram expense

02

The organization runs a charter school facility financing program for lower income communities.

$1.6Mprogram expense

03

The organization provides consulting services to organizations for the preparation of charter school business models and petitions. Consulting services were provided to approximately 11 organizations planning to operate new or currently operating charter schools.

$34Kprogram 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

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$10K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K

Grants paid · 1 grant · $1.6M · 2019–2019

The Seed FoundationDC · FY2019$1,629,702

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$11.3M

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$237K

Investment incomeLn 3$66K

Money outPt IX

$13.8M

Ln 25

Programscol B$12.6M

Managementcol C$1.1M

Fundraisingcol D$45K

Owns and owesPt X

$4.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$6.9M

Total assetsLn 16$12.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M

PeoplePt VI, VII

18

listed · VII A

PaidVII A6

Voting boardVI 1a12

IndependentVI 1b12

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$237K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$11.0M

Investment incomeLn 3$66K

Total revenueLn 12$11.3M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

SavingsLn 2$6.9M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$6.9M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$4K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$159K

Other assetsLn 15$63K

Total assetsLn 16$12.6M

LiabilitiesLn 26$7.9M

Net assetsLn 32$4.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5103

VolunteersI 60

Fiscal year endsHeaderJune

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

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$9.2M	$6.9M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$5K	$4K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$237K	$159K
Total assetsLn 16	$13.7M	$12.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$6.5M	$7.9M
Net assetsLn 32	$7.1M	$4.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$1.6M	$1.6M
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$8.3M	$7.5M	$792K	$42K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$559K	$503K	$53K	$3K
Legal feesLn 11b	$9K	$2K	$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$232K	$94K	$138K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$689K	$688K	$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$1K	$1K	$338
Office expensesLn 13	$366K	$348K	$18K
Information technologyLn 14	$902K	$849K	$53K	$444
OccupancyLn 16	$665K	$632K	$33K
TravelLn 17	$38K	$36K	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$55K	$33K	$22K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$174K	$169K	$5K
InsuranceLn 23	$64K	$61K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$98K	$94K	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$13.8M	$12.6M	$1.1M	$45K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$15.4M	$13.5M	$1.9M	$6.1M	990 PDF
FY2024	$13.0M	$13.6M	−$550K	$4.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$12.3M	$13.5M	−$1.3M	$4.8M	990 PDF
FY2022	$12.4M	$12.2M	$178K	$5.9M	990 PDF
FY2021	$14.1M	$13.1M	$976K	$5.7M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$11.3M	$13.8M	−$2.5M	$4.7M	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 J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $11,317,419 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $579,500$237,000

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $12,559,532$11,014,648

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $118,546$65,771

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $13,257,578$11,317,419

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$1,629,702

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,105,368$8,898,886

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,723,075$3,293,696

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,828,443$13,822,284

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,429,135−$2,504,865

Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12

VI-1b Independent voting members12

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 $11,317,419 across 5 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for $118,446 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$237,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$237,000

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,896,202$10,896,202

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $65,771$65,771

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,014,648 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $65,771$11,317,419

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,822,284 across 15 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,629,702$1,629,702

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,505,982 · Management $792,298 · Fundraising $41,700$8,339,980

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $503,015 · Management $53,096 · Fundraising $2,795$558,906

IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $2,266 · Management $7,070$9,336

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $93,680 · Management $137,888$231,568

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $687,526 · Management $1,050$688,576

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,072 · Management $338$1,410

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $347,529 · Management $18,291$365,820

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $848,642 · Management $53,270 · Fundraising $444$902,356

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $631,538 · Management $33,239$664,777

IX-17 TravelPrograms $36,149 · Management $1,903$38,052

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $33,305 · Management $21,906$55,211

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $169,308 · Management $4,805$174,113

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $60,947 · Management $3,208$64,155

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $93,631 · Management $4,691$98,322

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $12,644,292 · Management $1,133,053 · Fundraising $44,939$13,822,284

Part X · Balance sheet $12,584,366 assets, 17 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $2,555,445; see the IRS return.

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $9,187,633$6,925,948

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $250,000$0

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $710,945$1,276,748

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $280,627$274,618

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $236,839$158,890

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $5,461$3,923

X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $669,008$1,325,580

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $56,864$63,214

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,673,896$12,584,366

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $883,314$696,798

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $59,954$39,242

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$150,000

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,544,549$7,918,231

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,220,635$4,511,968

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $908,712$154,167

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,129,347$4,666,135

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,673,896$12,584,366

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,666,135 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$11,317,419

XI-2 Total expenses$13,822,284

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,504,865

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,129,347

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$41,653

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,666,135

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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