Florida · Nonprofit
FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,475,390 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($7,500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.5M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $9.5M
- Net assets
- $7.1M
What Florida Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
As a valued partner in public education and a direct support organization for the florida department of education, the florida education foundation invests in high achievement for every student to contribute to florida's globally competitive workforce. The foundation receives, holds, invests, and administers property and makes expenditures for the benefit of public pre-kindergarten through 12th grade education in florida.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The florida civics and debate initiative (fcdi) is made possible by a $5 million grant from the bernie marcus foundation. The goal of the fcdi is to improve civic literacy skills in middle and high school grade students and prepare them via programs such as speech and debate. The initiative is a three-year, multi-phase plan to ultimately incorporate civics programs in every florida school district.
$1,506,629 spentof which $436,387 as grants$7,391 earned by the program45% of program spendingThe resiliency florida initiative supports student resiliency and character education by providing public awareness materials aimed at students, parents and teachers that would educate, promote perseverance, and help connect students to available resources. The public awareness campaign should include a website, videos, social media graphics, and public service announcements that direct students, parents and teachers to the resiliency toolkit created by the department of education.
$667,369 spentof which $540,000 as grants20% of program spendingThe florida teacher of the year program honors and recognizes exceptional public school educators across the state. The program aims to celebrate outstanding teaching, foster professional growth, and elevate the teaching profession. Selected educators participate in a year-long series of professional development activities through the florida teacher lead network, engage in collaborative events such as the teacher of the year roundtable, and become part of an alumni network to continue enhancing their leadership skills.
$367,712 spentof which $43,200 as grants$11,000 earned by the program11% of program spendingVarious miscellaneous program funds.
$839,239 spentof which $184,225 as grants$725,824 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,380,949.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6.4M to $8.1M (+26%).
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.
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
Lindsey Zander
Exec dir
Board chair
Steve Crisafulli
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $12k → $1.0M.
4 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $50k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The CareSource Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC raised.
From the IRS filings of FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 59% · 2020 82% · 2021 65% · 2022 84% · 2023 71% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
30% of FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC draws 98% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Government funding FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $275k on record.
- FL$275k
- VT$165
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Florida Department of Education · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,475,390 to it, the largest being THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC ($7,500,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $9,475,390 in grants to FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- THE MARCUS FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $7,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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 18 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