Florida · Nonprofit
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC
THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,005,677 to it, the largest being THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC ($799,508). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $653k
What The Foundation for Leon County Schools Inc does
Mission
To bring enriching programs and resources to leon county schools through business, individual and community engagement; increased public awareness; and dedicated fundraising. The foundation for leon county schools (foundation) was established in 1986 when forward-thinking business, community, and education leaders came together with a common goal of enhancing educational opportunities and experiences for leon county students in order to deliver a superior education.under the leadership of its volunteer board of directors, the foundation remains focused on enhancing programs that include teacher mini-grants, dropout prevention, scholarships, teachers training, science technology engineering and math(stem) development, and wellness.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
* generates financial support enhancing educational programs benefitting students and teachers in leon county public schools. * awards classroom grants to increase innovation and inspiration* provides funding to ensure at-risk students graduate from high school and move on to a career or college environment.
$794,816 spentof which $667,964 as grants$105,002 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $794,816.
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 2024 to 2025, from $514k to $692k (+35%).
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 8% · 2018 6% · 2019 4% · 2022 2% · 2023 2% · 2024 65% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Brendan Brunner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $63k → $158k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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: $24k from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Community Foundation of North Florida Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 18 of 19 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 LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 79% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
86% 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 LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 98% · 2019 98% · 2020 68% · 2021 78% · 2022 71% · 2023 88% — 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 THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
98% of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY 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. $41k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 LEON COUNTY 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY 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 LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC?
- THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC (Florida) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,005,677 to it, the largest being THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC ($799,508). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $1,005,677 in grants to THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY SCHOOLS INC?
- THE CONSORTIUM OF FLORIDA EDUCATION FOUNDATIONS INC is the largest funder on record, with $799,508 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FOUNDATION FOR LEON COUNTY 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 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