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FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC

FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,212,932 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($15,018,010). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$7.0M
Funders on record
73
Grants received
$55M
Net assets
$20M
45/73 repeat fundersgrants exceed reported revenue in one year
01What it does

What Foundation for Excellence in Education Inc does

Mission

Transforming education to unlock lifelong opportunity and success for each and every child.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Policyexcelined's education policy programs ensure that more students have educational choice, more children are reading on grade level, students are better prepared for college and career, and academic achievement is rising.

    $7,189,000 spentof which $12,500 as grants$840,387 earned by the program
    77% of program spending
  2. National summit on educationexcelined hosted the 2023 national summit on education, which convened nearly 1,000 state and national leaders to exchange results-based policy solutions and strategies that are shaping public policy and transforming education systems across the country.

    $2,044,383 spent$427,348 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  3. Arts for lifearts for life awarded scholarships to graduating florida high school seniors who excelled in visual arts, music, dance, drama or creative writing to support their goal of higher education.

    $101,144 spentof which $27,763 as grants
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,334,527.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($12M) Expenses 100 ($10M) Net assets 100 ($11M)2018 Revenue 82 ($9.5M) Expenses 92 ($9.4M) Net assets 97 ($10M)2019 Revenue 84 ($9.8M) Expenses 90 ($9.2M) Net assets 107 ($11M)2020 Revenue 111 ($13M) Expenses 79 ($8.1M) Net assets 154 ($16M)2021 Revenue 71 ($8.3M) Expenses 88 ($9.0M) Net assets 144 ($15M)2022 Revenue 189 ($22M) Expenses 93 ($9.6M) Net assets 239 ($25M)2023 Revenue 94 ($11M) Expenses 110 ($11M) Net assets 245 ($26M)2024 Revenue 60 ($7.0M) Expenses 125 ($13M) Net assets 191 ($20M)
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Revenue (60)Expenses (125)Net assets (191)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $16M to $27M (+66%).

$11M
$11M
$13M
$17M
$16M
$27M
$27M
$21M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

78% of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,360 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1.3M
’17
$115k
’18
$582k
’19
$4.8M
’20
−$751k
’21
$12M
’22
−$429k
’23
−$5.9M
’24
0.3
months of
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

Patricianna Levesque

CEO

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24
Listed2021202121212020
Joined·+2+4+2+1+2+1+0
No longer listed·1511220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $2.8M → $11M.

14 of 73 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 73 funders by total. 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

FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

27%
largest funder
50%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 32% · 2019 37% · 2020 35% · 2021 35% · 2022 35% · 2023 28% — 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

45% of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC draws 93% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 19 states in all.

WA
IL
MI
NY
MA
IN
OH
CA
CO
MO
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
OK
TX
FL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Florida out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $9.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC's funding base is broadening — from 10 funders to 30 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin−85% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve0.3mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−7% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 13%Fundraising 4%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

53%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 27 states

NH
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
NJ
RI
CA
KY
WV
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
HI
MS
AL
GA
FL

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Excellence in Education National Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC?
FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 73 organizations whose IRS filings report $55,212,932 to it, the largest being Walton Family Foundation Inc ($15,018,010). 45 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC have?
IRS filings report 73 organizations giving $55,212,932 in grants to FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC, 45 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION INC?
Walton Family Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $15,018,010 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 73 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing