Usd 428 Education Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481075567
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Great Bend, KS, USA
Phone
6207931500
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$88,072
Expenses
$25,553
Assets
$355,877

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KELSEY SCIACCA (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DAVE HOLSTE (TREASURER)
  • RACHEL THEXTON (SECRETARY)
  • KELSEY SCIACCA (PRESIDENT)

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

To provide funds for teachers to use in classrooms for special projects not covered by the normal funds of the school district. The teachers must apply for mini-grants showing the needs and benefits of the use of the grant proceeds.

What it reported doing in 2025

To provide funds for mini-grants for teachers over and above the budget of the public school district.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.7%; rating input score 38
  • Program expense ratio: 92.1%; rating input score 92

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 13.93; rating input score 94; 94th 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: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.7% of revenue deployed · 92.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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.
  • 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.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.