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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
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

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

  1. 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 program
    100% of program spending
  2. United 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.

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 ($606k) Expenses 100 ($610k) Net assets 100 ($698k)2018 Revenue 95 ($579k) Expenses 97 ($590k) Net assets 94 ($654k)2019 Revenue 93 ($563k) Expenses 99 ($602k) Net assets 97 ($676k)2020 Revenue 53 ($323k) Expenses 64 ($390k) Net assets 94 ($655k)2021 Revenue 78 ($473k) Expenses 84 ($514k) Net assets 92 ($640k)2022 Revenue 57 ($348k) Expenses 84 ($512k) Net assets 68 ($476k)2023 Revenue 91 ($554k) Expenses 83 ($509k) Net assets 75 ($521k)2024 Revenue 180 ($1.1M) Expenses 153 ($932k) Net assets 97 ($677k)
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Revenue (180)Expenses (153)Net assets (97)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 2022 to 2023, from $586k to $3.7M (+528%).

$778k
$736k
$760k
$743k
$741k
$586k
$3.7M
$1.3M
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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

49% of HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
−$11k
’18
−$39k
’19
−$66k
’20
−$40k
’21
−$164k
’22
$45k
’23
$157k
’24
1.2
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

Kris Humber

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1313162017171717
Joined·+4+3+5+1+3+4+2
No longer listed·4014342
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin14% · above the median
Months of reserve1.2mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOLS FUND FOR EXCELLENCE

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

97% of spending goes to programs.

Program 97%Management 3%Fundraising 0%

Governance

19
board members
68%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention–Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Hamilton County Department of Education · exempt

Screen this organization

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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