Beaverton Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943076723
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone
5036437453
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$563,567
Expenses
$685,497
Assets
$777,224
Liabilities
$104,666

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KRISTINE BAGGETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24))
  • LAUREN GARRETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (STARTING 1/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • KRISTINE BAGGETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)): $103,014 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The beaverton education foundation mobilizes community resources to ensure that our students have equitable opportunities to reach their brightest future. Our vision is that every student is inspired and prepared for their brightest future.

What it reported doing in 2024

The beaverton education foundation supports programs and projects that enrich learning and actively engage students. All beaverton school district staff members - teachers, counselors, bus drivers and specialists, are encouraged to apply for support. Bef strives to fund every school and reach as many of our district's 39,000 students as possible.beaverton's choice grants of up to $2,500 are available for student-engaged projects that enrich learning and encourage classroom innovation in any content area. During the year ended june 30, 2025, bef awarded $71,113 in beaverton's choice grants and $104,734 in program directed support. (continued on schedule o.)bef middle school extended day awards: noncompetitive block grants awarded to middle schools to fund before and after-school programs for tutoring, access to technology, activities, and enrichment for students. During the year ended june 30, 2025, bef awarded $21,146 in middle school extended day awards.bef kids count grants: grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 for extended day or year programs. During the year ended june 30, 2025, bef awarded $97,033 in bef kids count grants.bef high school community awards: during the year ended june 30, 2025, bef awarded $14,286 to various beaverton school district high schools and $4,000 to the band together program.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 62% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.38 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.2% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $507K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $103K · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.