Kentucky · Nonprofit
PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC
PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,409,558 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,200,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $4.4M
- Net assets
- $5.4M
What Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence Inc does
Mission
To promote vastly improved education for all kentuckians.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Center for best practices and innovation. The center for best practices and innovation is a hub for research, knowledge and local learning that advances practice and policies to improve education outcomes and economic well-being of kentuckians. This program encompasses the following initiatives: strong start kentucky early childhood-making high-quality early childhood available to every kentucky child. Supporting equity & excellence in ky schools- the prichard committee is strengthening its focus on closing the achievement gap by developing recommendations, highlighting the data and developing an action plan to create a sense of urgency and follow through to close these gaps. Meaningful diploma- the prichard committee is dedicated to transforming education in kentucky by emphasizing meaningful and durable skills.
$1,118,121 spent40% of program spendingKentucky collaborative for families and schools. The collaborative for families and schools is a network of families, schools, and community partners supporting local innovation and collaboration to meet the unique needs of each and every kentucky child to improve learning outcomes and student success. This program encompasses the following initiatives: commonwealth institute for parent leadership- cipl offers a variety of programs aimed at bringing together parents, teachers, community members, and school administrators for training, information, and experiences that help them work as partners to raise student achievement. Kentucky community schools initiative- this initiative integrates the four pillars of community schools: integrated student supports; expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities; active family and community engagement; collaborative leadership and practices. Family friendly schools-this initiative is focused on family engagement, defined as a productive, equitable and inclusive partnership about families, educators and the community to promote children's learning and development from birth through college and career, and across home, school and…
$1,700,312 spent60% of program spendingGroundswell summit & annual meeting
$17,239 earned by the program
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,818,433.
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 $4.7M to $5.9M (+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.
Government-grant reliance: 2019 57% · 2020 58% · 2021 68% · 2022 76% · 2023 89% · 2024 90%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (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.
Board chair
W Clay H Ford
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $126k → $710k.
10 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 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
PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 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
46% 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 PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 63% · 2018 62% · 2019 52% · 2020 60% · 2021 36% · 2022 37% · 2023 35% — 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
43% of PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
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
PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC draws 79% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $294k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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.
Against its field
PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33.6M on record.
- Department of Education$33.6M
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 PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE 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 PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC?
- PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,409,558 to it, the largest being WK Kellogg Foundation ($1,200,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $4,409,558 in grants to PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC?
- WK Kellogg Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PRICHARD COMMITTEE FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 36 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