Florida · Nonprofit
THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,066,966 to it, the largest being VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $477k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $870k
What The Desoto County Education Foundation Inc does
Mission
The organization's primary purpose is to focus the private sector upon enhancing the quality of and support for public education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarships to students in desoto county - high school students are given college scholarships. The awards are based upon the criteria of the donor.
$88,738 spentof which $88,738 as grants26% of program spendingGrants to individual schools within the district including mini grants to teachers to aide in the instructional process
$123,178 spent36% of program spendingLiteracy- fund programs to improve literacy rate in the school district
All other achievements - event at year end to recognize exceptional instructional staff and non-instructional staff
$133,520 spentof which $90,405 as grants39% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $345,436.
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 $442k to $566k (+28%).
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.
89% of THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC’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.
Board chair
Heather Nedley
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $35k → $502k.
From the IRS filings of THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 58% · 2019 47% · 2020 56% · 2021 54% · 2022 58% · 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
100% of THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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 DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC holds deeper cash reserves 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 THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,066,966 to it, the largest being VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ($600,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $1,066,966 in grants to THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC?
- VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $600,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DESOTO COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.
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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 8 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