Usd 388 Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 742817054
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2014–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2012
Location: Ellis, KS, USA
Phone: 7856217546
Rating: 80
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Education

Reported finances

Revenue: $24,395
Expenses: $77,928
Assets: $17,026

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

GARY LUEA (President)

People named in this filing

GARY LUEA (President)
PAULINE EDMONDS (Secretary)
RANDY HONAS (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our purpose is to improve the quality of education by directing financial resources toward areas of identified need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational scholarships were awarded to four graduates of usd 388 for attendance at college/vocational programs.

Operating model

Revenue model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 82
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 14
Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 52.9%; rating input score 53

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: -219.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 12.4% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 28.7% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 52.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $41K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.