Wakefield Educational Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043052276
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Wakefield, MA, USA
- Phone
- 7812460768
- Rating
- 97
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $113,148
- Expenses
- $119,050
- Assets
- $178,304
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Jamee Paolillo (President)
People named in this filing
- Jamee Paolillo (President)
- Mary Letchford (Treasurer)
- Shellie Kerrigan (Co-Clerk)
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
The foundation solicits grant proposals from teachers working within the Wakefield Public Schools. A committee of Foundation members selects proposals, which appear to have benefit for the largest number of public school students possible. Grant monies are contributed to the Wakefield Public Schools for implementation of the selected proposals. Grant monies received from corporate organizations may be earmarked for specific programs such as health and environmental education. Such grants are contributed to the Wakefield Public Schools for expenditure on the specific program.
What it reported doing in 2025
Grants to members of Wakefield, Massachusetts Public School Programs
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.5%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.2%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $119K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 19/100.