Future Focused Education

“The return is reviewed by management and, once approved, it then goes to the board finance committee for their approval prior to filing.”

“In connection with any actual or possible conflict of interest, and interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement.”

“An outside consulting agency is used to conduct a salary review for the organization's officers, including the executive director and operations director. The agency benchmarks their compensation against similar organizations across the u.s. Documentation of the results are provided to the organization's top officials for deliberation and decisions. This process was last completed in 2023”

“Governing documents and financial statements are made available upon written request.”

“Future focused education's mission is to co-create systems of equity to sustain healthier and more prosperous communities for those who need it the most. We envision schools as sites of innovation and opportunity, where young people become the creators of healthy and prosperous communities.”

“Future focused education continues to build on the infrastructure created in the prior years. The organization maintains the paid internship program, providing in-person and virtual internships for young people living in communities across the state, with distinct hubs in albuquerque and santa fe (as a hub for northern new mexico). The internship program has increased support for youth transitioning from high school into college and career by differentiating support for this specific population in addition to high school students.this is facilitated via partnerships with districts, schools, employers, and community-based organizations. The organization increased the scale of the annual statewide conference called eduprising and continues to partner with nm ped on an ongoing, assessment-focused professional development community of practice for educators across the state. Future focused (ffe) has been an active collaborator with legislative, ped, and executive staff over the past four years and helped inform the innovation zone and graduation requirements legislation. Ffe is seen as knowledgeable and effective experts in both areas and has been contracted by ped to support implementation of the innovation zone grants across the state. The organization has a wide reach of influence throughout "public will building" activities that include high functioning communications planning and implementation as well as conducting site visits to innovative schools and districts throughout the state to gather community input that informs the policy making strategies of the organization. Future focused education has also provided contracted services that support schools in carrying out our mission of providing the best education to students who need it the most. In the past year ffe has become a grantor to other nonprofit organizations in connection with school programming for community and civic infrastructure projects. Ffe convenes local community members, school leaders and youth to select an important civic issue to focus on during the grant project with 3 years of funding awarded.”

“Consultants and subcontractors: program service expenses 1,616,202. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 1,616,202.”