The Get Schooled Foundation

“The draft form 990 is reviewed by the president/executive director and treasurer. After their review, the draft form 990 is distributed to the officers and the full board for their review and comments. Board members are asked to approve draft form 990 with any suggested corrections/revisions prior to e-filing the form 990.”

“Board members are required to complete and sign a conflict of interest statement annually. Pro bono legal services are utilized to review completed, signed conflict of interest statements and advise if there are any actions needed to address issues regarding family and business relationships.”

“The hiring and determination of the appropriate salary level for top management is important to get schooled's health. Top management employees can be invaluable to a modest-sized national nonprofit such as get schooled, and it's important that the organization's financial resources be properly managed. To determine salaries for top management and highly-compensated employees get schooled follows the approach as outlined below: *an ad hoc compensation committee consists of two board members meets at least annually. *the ad hoc compensation committee goes over the following data: *data from other similar roles in other similar national education nonprofits. *data from complimentary roles in the local (seattle) education space. *balance this data against the unemployment rate, talent pool and the opportunity costs. *the ad hoc compensation committee then take this collection of information and apply it to candidate(s) to determine a final offer range for new employees and raise for continuing employees. *bonus and other compensation for executive director is approved by the board chair and at least one additional board member.”

“The organization makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“Get schooled's efforts are anchored in supporting youth along three journeys - preparing to continue their education after high school, securing and succeeding in their first jobs, and matriculating and succeeding in educational programs (especially college) after high school. For each of these journeys, get schooled provides a combination of curated, research-based content delivered across platforms and channels, direct 1:1 support, and bundles of digital content and activities for partners. Across these three college and career journeys and using these outreach and engagement strategies, get schooled has directly supported more than one million young people. And although get schooled supports youth from all backgrounds, we prioritize support for black, brown, first-gen, immigrants, and youth from low-income families. Our efforts impact tens of thousands of youth each year; please see below for a few highlights: incredible reach more than 1.2 million unique web visits to www.getschooled.com more than 57m youth reached with our social media content more than 1.1m unique content engagements more than 8.5m video views from our youtube, tiktok, and instagram channels +/- 167k followers across social platforms 67k job searches 23k text subscribers youth reflections in our annual survey of users, we see the real impact on key milestones in each of our three journeys: getting to college: 96% found gs useful for the college application process; 98% said we were helpful on their journey to college. Succeeding in college: 97% reported gs was helpful in supporting them to complete their first year in college. Finding a job: 99% found our job resources helpful on their journey to finding a job; 100% found our job search tool useful. Notable supports provided personalized professional feedback on nearly 3,000 college application and scholarship essays and more than 500 resumes at no cost to students, schools, or partner organizations. Deepened our partnerships, outreach, and support in texas, oregon, detroit, and philadelphia. Ran eight scholarship campaigns that resulted in 8k scholarship entries, and awarded $73.5k in student scholarships. Expanded our presence to tiktok, and became a tiktok model for the college access space. Directly supported thousands of educators to provide virtual college and career support. Convened a national youth advisory council, engaging primarily black and brown first-gen students to inform our programming.”