Education Foundation of Collier County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650230582
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Naples, FL, USA
Phone
2396434755
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,199,604
Expenses
$2,874,214
Assets
$10,847,717
Liabilities
$62,583

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA EVANS (CEO/PRESIDENT THROUGH 04/25)

Highest reported compensation

  • BARBARA EVANS (CEO/PRESIDENT THROUGH 04/25): $190,528 total reported compensation
  • CYNTHIA NELSON (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $141,455 total reported compensation
  • STEPHANIE VIVIANO (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $125,207 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 mission of the education foundation of collier county, also known as champions for learning, is to serve as a catalyst for educational success by investing in collier's students and educators. This mission is reflected (continued on schedule o)in their commitment to creating life-changing earning experiences for every student and supporting educators to ensure the highest impact learning experiences for every child. They focus on empowering students to choose and navigate their own paths to success and providing educators with the support and resources to experience professional success

What it reported doing in 2024

Community engagement: recognized as the education foundation serving collier county by the consortium of Florida education foundations, champions for learning serves as a unifying force within the community by driving collective action towards the common goal of student and educator success. To carry out our work, champions for learning partners with several state-wide networks, along with countless local community nonprofits, businesses, and volunteers. Champions for learning is committed to working closely with collier county public schools, ensuring that we are meeting the unique needs of our school district through our programming. We help facilitate collier county public school's high school entrepreneurship program, (continued on schedule o)which offers unique classes where students collaborate in teams to develop a viable and marketable product or servicechampions for learning recruits, trains, and retains volunteers, many of whom are either current or retired business professionals in the community, as mentors, coaches, and judges for the program. As a volunteer-driven organization, we rely on nearly 450 individuals who give their time, dedicating over 6,700 hours to support students and educators.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 80% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 96
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 79.2%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.24 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 71.9%; rating input score 72; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 53.6%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.77; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38% of revenue deployed · 79.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $191K · 19 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.