The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools Inc.

“After a draft of the tax return was prepared, it was reviewed with the chairman, the finance committee and the executive director. Each board member was given notice that the form 990 was available to each board member.”

“Each officer and board member will recuse themselves from any discussion and vote for which a conflict for themselves or their family may exist. Determination of whether a conflict may exist is made at a managment, board member, officer, and individual level. Actual conflicts are reviewed by the board, without the presence of the interested party.”

“The foundation follows the process described in treas. Reg. 4958(6)(c) for establishing the rebuttable presumption of reasonableness in the review, approval, and documentation of officer and key employee compensation. As part of the annual budgeting process, the entire governing board reviews and approves the entire compensation package of each person based on comparability factors including but not limited to the size of the foundation, the geographical location of the foundation, and the employee's length of service.”

“Refer to form 990, page 6, part vi, section b answer to 15a.”

“Form 990 is available on request during normal business hours.”

“Volunteers by program benefited by our heartfelt gratitude. 81 take stock in children 20 futuremakers 40 stamp 14 resource center 18 classroom grants 18 golden apple 2 collegium 1 dancing classrooms 7 a-team --- 201 total volunteers ===”

“Sanibel school fund (ss) the sanibel school reflects contributions received and related expenditures made specifically for the sanibel school. Dancing classrooms (dc) art-in-education program teaching ballroom dance to 5th grade students of participating schools. Instills self-esteem, confidence and social skills. Neaf grant (ne) closing the achievement gaps initiative. Education resource center (rc) collect new and used donated items to benefit teachers, students and schools at no cost to them. Collegium for the advancement of education (tr) the collegium for the advancement of education is the teacher development element of the golden apple program that offers opportunities for networking as well as educational opportunities to a select group of educators. Futuremakers (fm) this program aims to inspire more high school seniors to take the next step after graduation, whether it is a university, college, or technical/vocational training through presentations and financial aid workshops. A-team (at) the a-team challenge is a televised academic competition created to honor academic excellence and achievement and to foster pride and spirit of competition among high school students, teachers and coaches. Kids tag art (op) lee county kids tag art is an educational fundraising project created in partnership with the lee county tax collectors office and designed to benefit the art classrooms in lee county district schools. This program is offered annually to each elementary school's fifth-grade students. Bonita springs high school fund (bs) the bonita springs high school reflects contributions received and related expenditures made specifically for the bonita springs high school. Other programs (op) at this time, includes discretionary fund, access homeless fund, environmental education (edison fairs), rotary golf fundraiser, erik babatz memorial fishing tournament, welcome back to education 5k, rising star scholarship fund, fort myers technical college revenue, food for thought, hurricane irma relief fund, new teachers social, healthy me, kids tag art, partners in education academy, jeff sommer memorial scholarships, suncoast c. U. Scholarships, red sox scholarships, allegretti foundation scholarships & richard hagy memorial scholarships. College & career initiatives (cc) in collaboration with local lee county businesses, we offer various opportunities to educate students and educators in the district. Our programs give them the opportunity to learn about local career fields focused on stem and educational requirements for those careers. Our college and career center prepares lee county public school students for post-secondary education, technical training, or entering the workforce. This is accomplished through scholarship search, act prep, financial literacy, and career exploration student advocacy & mentoring program (sa) this program works with at-risk, low-income students in the district by offering resources and volunteer mentors to assist students completing their high school education and continuing post-secondary education. Bonita springs high school fund (bs) the bonita springs high school reflects contributions received and related expenditures made specifically for the bonita springs high school. Administration (ad) administration includes fund-raisers, business partners/state of our schools, and other activities and special events not specifically identified in other programs.”

“Direct expenses 65,146 direct expenses -65,146”