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THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC
THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,059,891 to it, the largest being Helios Education Foundation ($2,030,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $8.1M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What The Consortium of Florida Education Foundations Inc does
Mission
The cfef maximizes the impact of florida's local education foundations to facilitate their support of classroom innovation and student achievement, often serving as a conduit for public and private funders interest in impacting student achievement in geographic or programmatic areas throughout the state.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Resiliency through the community program: the consortium partnered with the florida department of education to build student resiliency through the community with local education foundation programs focused around 11 skills or characteristics that help them navigate life's challenges. Resiliency through the community was a $21.3 million grant to the consortium from the fdoe in december 2022 with the requirement that funds were encumbered by september 2024. At the close of the 2024-2025 fiscal year, $4,867,432 of the funds were expended as contracts to local education foundations for appropriate student resiliency initiatives and approved administrative expenses. During the period from july through september 2024, members completed activities associated with programs implemented over the preceding 15 months. The program concluded in september 2024.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
School district education foundation matching grant program: the consortium manages a statewide program leveraging funds appropriated by the florida legislature with a goal of increasing private-sector investment and involvement in k-12 public education with a $1 for $1 match. The majority of florida's 67 county-wide school districts leveraged state funds with 109 projects. More than 2 million k-12 students were impacted across the state with measurable outcomes reported in one of six eligible areas: stem, teaching quality, support for low performing students, increasing graduation rates and career/technical education. Real results occurred throughout florida. Examples include polk county's medical academy increasing cna certification pass rates by 10% in one year; levy county literacy initiatives increasing elementary english language arts scores by 3% in one year; and glades county college and career readiness activities helped the district achieve a 5% increase in student fafsa completion, and a 95% on-time graduation rate.
$7,000,000 spentof which $6,650,000 as grants41% of program spendingResiliency through the community program: the consortium partnered with the florida department of education to build student resiliency through the community with local education foundation programs focused around 11 skills or characteristics that help them navigate life's challenges. Resiliency through the community was a $21.3 million grant to the consortium from the fdoe in december 2022 with the requirement that funds were encumbered by september 2024. At the close of the 2024-2025 fiscal year, $4,867,432 of the funds were expended as contracts to local education foundations for appropriate student resiliency initiatives and approved administrative expenses. During the period from july through september 2024, members completed activities associated with programs implemented over the preceding 15 months. The program concluded in september 2024.
$4,867,432 spent29% of program spendingCollege & career pathways and scholarships: through 89 separate partnerships with local education foundations, the consortium is building a path to successful life after high school through career exploration and technical education, scholarships, and efforts to help economically disadvantaged students with college preparation and planning. This included the able trust helping students with disabilities access college and career options, the frederick a. Deluca foundation and hca healthcare foundations supporting 43 local education foundation programs for students to explore healthcare career pathways. A grant from bill & melinda gates foundation provided an opportunity for small, rural foundations to support students via college and career readiness programs involving peer-to-peer and partner organization support. The consortium also facilitated 92 student scholarships through 45 education foundations through a partnership with the suncoast credit union and the raymond a. James charitable foundation rhoda h. Molk memorial fund.
$1,853,858 spentof which $1,497,559 as grants11% of program spendingStem education & project-based learning for students & teachers: the consortium supports local education foundations in impacting student achievement in stem areas through private-sector grants that create real-world, hands-on learning opportunities connecting classroom curriculum to future career paths and building their life-readiness skills. This year 25,789 students were impacted through real-world projects and hands-on classroom experiences with the consortium's partnership with at&t. An additional 4,490 students engaged in financial literacy activities through local hands-on learning projects funded by wells fargo. Florida power & light company supported stem educators in 16 school districts by providing peer-to-peer learning opportunities.
$300,000 spentof which $292,500 as grants2% of program spendingOther program services
$2,910,230 spentof which $2,791,217 as grants$26,986 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,931,520.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $4.8M (+229%).
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: 2017 87% · 2018 81% · 2019 77% · 2020 83% · 2021 86% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% · 2024 82% · 2025 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (80% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Kim Jowell
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $128k → $916k.
3 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC’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
THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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
59% 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 THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 38% · 2019 38% · 2020 43% · 2021 40% · 2022 26% · 2023 65% — 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
25% of THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 84% 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
THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Florida, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC has grown faster than half of the 452 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 452 philanthropy nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC?
- THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,059,891 to it, the largest being Helios Education Foundation ($2,030,000). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $8,059,891 in grants to THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC?
- Helios Education Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $2,030,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 19 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