South Carolina · Nonprofit
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $61,370 to it, the largest being The Pegasus Springs Foundation ($61,370). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $743k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $61k
- Net assets
- $424k
What Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence does
Mission
Promoting educational excellence activities including education advancement conferences and school assessments.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education Conferences: This national professional development conference serves as a rigorous forum for the examination and dissemination of evidence-based models of excellence and exemplary practices in education.The conference addresses critical dimensions of school effectiveness, including Student Focus and Support; School Organization and Culture; Challenging Standards and Curriculum; Active Teaching and Learning; Technology Integration; Professional Learning Communities; Leadership and Organizational Vitality; School, Family, and Community Partnerships; and Indicators of Success. Annually, the conference convenes educators, school leaders, and policymakers from more than 40 states and multiple countries, fostering cross-regional and national perspectives on educational improvement. This distinctive national gathering supports both recognized, high-performing schools and institutions engaged in continuous improvement efforts...See Schedule O Item 9
$317,035 spent$384,389 earned by the program51% of program spendingEducational Assessment: The Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (BRSE) assessment assessment is a validated evaluative instrument designed to measure school performance across nine core domains associated with high-performing educational organizations. The assessment provides a comprehensive analysis of institutional effectiveness and supports schools and districts in embedding continuous improvement within their organizational culture. BRSE collaborates annually with hundreds of schools nationwide, applying a validated national framework that defines and benchmarks exemplary school practices. Since enhancements to the assessment process, BRSE has completed 580 formal assessments, with 670,559 stakeholders participating in survey administration. Collectively, these efforts represent a substantial national impact on school improvement initiatives. Since its inception, ...See Schedule O Item 9.
$297,920 spent$356,900 earned by the program48% of program spendingStrategic Partnerships BRSE Strategic Partnerships BRSE established the Strategic Partnership Marketplace to expand collaborative engagement around evidence-based educational solutions for schools and districts. As a recognized leader in the education sector, BRSE strategically partners with mission-aligned organizations and companies committed to advancing equitable outcomes for all schools and students. Central to this initiative is the BRSE Assessment Action Plan Blueprint, which serves as a structured framework for aligning school-identified improvement priorities with the expertise, services, and solutions offered by strategic partners. This intentional alignment enables schools to access targeted supports that directly address assessed needs while fostering coherent, sustainable improvement efforts. Through strategic partnerships, BRSE aligns its brand, services, and improvement methodologies with complementary organizations, ...See Schedle O Item 9
$6,659 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $621,614.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $145k to $284k (+96%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 6% · 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Judith Fields
CEO
Board chair
Scott Stewart
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $12k.
From the IRS filings of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence is better cushioned than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
83%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence?
- Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence (South Carolina) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $61,370 to it, the largest being The Pegasus Springs Foundation ($61,370). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $61,370 in grants to Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence?
- The Pegasus Springs Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $61,370 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing