Tennessee · Nonprofit
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $677k
What Hamilton County Schools Fund for Excellence does
Mission
To improve the quality of the educational experience in the hamilton county schools by providing support in the form of fundraising opportunities, recognition awards, and other charitable programs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Kids first coupon book - the largest fundraiser in the hamilton county school system generated $211,800 in direct revenue for elementary schools.
$900,303 spentof which $211,800 as grants$392,620 earned by the program100% of program spendingUnited schools athletic council (usac) - funds provided to local schools athletic programs to assist with capital purchases for athletic teams.
of which $10,916 as grants$59,942 earned by the program
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $900,303.
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 $586k to $3.7M (+528%).
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.
49% of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE’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. 6 of the last 8 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
Kris Humber
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Against its field
HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR 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 Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Hamilton County Department of Education · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR 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 HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE?
- HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE.
- Who is the largest funder of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE?
- WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. 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 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