Florida · Nonprofit
FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC
FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,815 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($309,472). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $669k
- Net assets
- $33M
What Florida Education Fund Inc does
Mission
To strengthen the larger community by developing and implementing programs and services that lead to institutional enhancement and greater educational advancement.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mcknight doctoral fellowship program:graduation and retention ratesestablished in 1984, the florida education fund's mcknight doctoral fellowship program has increased the number of scholars who have been awarded the ph.d. In crucial disciplines and fields of study. Some 1,711 fellowships have been awarded to scholars pursuing the ph.d. Degree and the program enjoys an impressive near 87% retention rate which included 360 matriculating fellows and 1,126 graduates.(continued on schedule o)presently 81 fellows have advanced to candidacy. 55 fellows graduated in 2024. 19 fellows graduated since january 2025. 39 new mcknight fellowships and 7 dissertation fellowships were awarded for fall 2025 to students pursuing studies at one of 9 institutions in the state of florida. Each fellowship consists of tuition, fees, and stipend.professional development activityin addition, during the 2024-25 academic year, we offered fellows our own professional development workshops as well as travel grants for them to attend professional conferences to facilitate their research and publication efforts. Presenting papers at professional conferences not only promotes networking opportunities for job…
$2,745,979 spentof which $2,033,789 as grants$31,345 earned by the program78% of program spendingCenters of excellence:established in 1985, the centers of excellence (coe's or centers) are community-based initiatives whose mission is to identify and motivate elementary and secondary students and ultimately increase the pool of students motivated and qualified to enter college. This mission includes a) assuming a more proactive stance in the education of youth; b) employing the development of a group achievement model for elementary and secondary students; and c) increasing the pool of students who are prepared, motivated and qualified to enter higher education.(continued on schedule o)ten centers throughout florida have inducted approximately 24,500 high achieving students into the national achievers society. Approximately 21,800 students have competed in the annual brain bowl scholarship competitions. Approximately 12,300 have participated in sat preparation and/or computer programming courses, after school programs and summer camps.
$694,940 spentof which $208,360 as grants$5,500 earned by the program20% of program spendingMcknight junior faculty fellowship program:the mcknight junior faculty fellowship program promotes excellence in teaching and research. To improve their chances of earning tenure and promotion, fellows receive a one-year sabbatical with full salary and benefits. During the sabbatical, fellows are required to engage in research and training projects directly related to their efforts to secure tenure and promotion. While the participating university pays the fellow's salary, the fef pays the university $15,000 to assist with necessary teaching replacements and support costs. Since 1984, the fef has awarded 262 junior faculty fellowships.(continued on schedule o)this includes 6 new junior faculty fellowships for the 2025-2026 academic year. Of the 262 fellows awarded since 1984, 114 have obtained tenure or promotion or have earned doctoral degrees.
$64,096 spentof which $30,000 as grants2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,505,015.
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 2020 to 2021, from $21M to $27M (+29%).
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: 2017 82% · 2018 73% · 2019 77% · 2020 76% · 2021 71% · 2022 70% · 2023 81% · 2024 76% · 2025 73%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Dr Lawrence Moreshouse
President & CEO
Board chair
Dr Robert Lnixon
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $62k → $199k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND 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 FUND INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2021 80% · 2022 80% · 2023 50% — 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.
Where its funders are
FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC draws 60% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $309k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Against its field
FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $247 on record.
- REFUNDS - GENERAL $247
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 FUND 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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
86%
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 FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC: 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 FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC?
- FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC (Florida) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $668,815 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($309,472). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $668,815 in grants to FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND INC?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $309,472 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA EDUCATION FUND 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 6 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