Falls Church Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 541292509
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Falls Church, VA, United States
- Phone
- 703/248-5627
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $646,989
- Expenses
- $557,367
- Assets
- $2,386,357
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARY ASEL (PRESIDENT)
- ANNALISA ALDANA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- SUZANNE HLADKY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- SUZANNE HLADKY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $79,132 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 Falls Church Education Foundation is to support wellness, belonging, and excellence across Falls Church City Public Schools, and prepare every student and educator to thrive in the dynamic global landscape. | Falls Church Education Foundation. Help Provide Food for Falls Church Families There are many ways you can support families in our community this winter. Donate money to the FCEF Family Assistance Fund, or give food or funds to a local food pantry: Falls Church Community Service Council or Food for Others. You can also volunteer with your friends, church, or neighborhood to adopt a family, or purchase a Better Together T-shirt or sweatshirt to raise funds for the effort. | | --- | --- |.
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024-2025, the falls church education foundation fundraising campaigns were successful with increased proceeds from our "annual gala & auction", "run for the schools", "the little city scramble event and our falls church "home & garden tour event" combined with strong support from our community. The foundation was able to disburse funds through our super grants innovation program, our advanced training grants staff educational support program, wellness grants, esol, special education programs, support for pta/teacher grants and student scholarships.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.9%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $482K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $79K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 14 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 8 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.