Kansas · Nonprofit
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,718 to it, the largest being COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION ($11,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $296k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $21k
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Partners in Education Foundation does
Mission
The organization's mission is to provide resources to help enhance the quality of education in el dorado public schools; to support and stimulate innovation which fosters efforts to enhance the learning environment, encourage effective instruction, challenge students, and support faculty; and to nurture interaction between the schools and the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Grants are provided to usd 490 for use by teachers and school adminstrators, allowing them to do class projects or provide education materials that they otherwise would have been unable to obtain, thus enhancing the curriculum throughout the el dorado public school district.
$30,536 spentof which $27,518 as grants27% of program spendingSupport is provided to usd 490 and its students through higher educational scholarships and local needs awards; 22 scholarships were paid during the fiscal year.
$19,724 spentof which $17,521 as grants17% of program spendingGrants are awarded to usd 490 to purchase supplies, equipment, and facility improvements, including the k9 program, musical instruments, cte equipment and supplies, athletic equipment, and electronics. These programs benefit users of the field track, applied mathematics, cte program, and elementary e-book availability.
$48,561 spentof which $43,761 as grants43% of program spendingSupport is given to usd 490 to fund the 'I can read program and various other programs to benefit students throughout the district.
$14,112 spentof which $12,801 as grants12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $112,933.
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 $1.7M to $2.2M (+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.
72% of PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
Rod Blackburn
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $4k → $7k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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: $70k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The United Way of El Dorado Kansas Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 93%; 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: 2019 35% · 2020 73% · 2021 97% · 2022 99% · 2023 75% — growing more concentrated.
“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
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Kansas, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $113 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
PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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 Kansas
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION (Kansas) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $20,718 to it, the largest being COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION ($11,200). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $20,718 in grants to PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- COMMERCE BANCSHARES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kansas. 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