Florida · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC (Florida) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,156,916 to it, the largest being THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC ($1,850,100). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 44
- Grants received
- $8.2M
- Net assets
- $6.5M
What The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Inc does
Mission
We enhance and enrich the quality of the public education in lee county for students and educators through programs, resources and experiences made possible through corporate, individual and educational partnerships.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Take stock in children (sc) this scholarship program provides educational scholarships and mentoring to low income at-risk students.
$526,723 spentof which $184,805 as grants$493,083 earned by the program29% of program spendingGolden apple (ga) the golden apple teacher recognition program gives a high level of recognition to outstanding classroom teachers. This program presents many opportunities to lee county educators. Program also includes academy of teachers.
$240,684 spentof which $18,000 as grants$226,040 earned by the program13% of program spendingClassroom grants (cg) the classroom grants program offers educators the ability to apply for and receive funds to offer unique learning opportunities and experiences for their students.
$155,474 spentof which $129,266 as grants$135,844 earned by the program9% of program spendingSanibel school fund (ss) the sanibel school reflects contributions received and related expenditures made specifically for the sanibel school. Education resource center (rc) collect new and used donated items to benefit teachers, students and schools at no cost to them. Collegium for the advancement of education (tr) the collegium for the advancement of education is the teacher development element of the golden apple program that offers opportunities for networking as well as educational opportunities to a select group of educators. Futuremakers (fm) this program aims to inspire more high school seniors to take the next step after graduation, whether it is a university, college, or technical/vocational training through presentations and financial aid workshops. Kids tag art (op) lee county kids tag art is an educational fundraising project created in partnership with the lee county tax collectors office and designed to benefit the art classrooms in lee county district schools. This program is offered annually to each elementary school's fifth-grade students. Bonita springs high school fund (bs) the bonita springs high school reflects contributions received and related expenditures…
$897,775 spentof which $88,724 as grants$1,001,468 earned by the program49% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,820,656.
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.
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 $4.3M to $5.9M (+40%).
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 4% · 2018 23% · 2019 19% · 2020 18% · 2021 27% · 2022 19% · 2023 68% · 2024 37% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Marshall T Bower Esq
Pres/CEO
Board chair
Michael Wukitsch
Chair/direct
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 17 funders, grant income rose $584k → $1.7M.
11 of 44 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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: $614k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Southwest Florida Community Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 44 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
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 23% 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
80% 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 FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 25% · 2019 27% · 2020 24% · 2021 23% · 2022 30% · 2023 43% — 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.
How long its funders stay
48% of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 48% 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
83% of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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. $449k arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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.
Organizations like THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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
92% 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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC (Florida) receives grants from 44 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,156,916 to it, the largest being THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC ($1,850,100). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 44 organizations giving $8,156,916 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS INC?
- THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,850,100 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR LEE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 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 44 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