Brevard Schools Foundation Inc.

“Bylaws were revised in august 2016 to: 1) reduce the maximum number of board members, 2) increase the quorum from one-third to a majority of the membership, 3) change the title of executive director to president as well as officer titles to chairman, etc, 4) add finance and development committees with descriptions, and 5) add a section to reflect adherence to florida law.”

“Per state statute, the board of directors of the organization is approved by the district school board.”

“A draft of the form 990 is provided to all board members prior to filing. The draft form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer, the president and the accountant at a finance committee meeting with the return preparer and approved before filing.”

“Any violations of the conflict of interest policy are handled by the executive committee of the board of directors.”

“This past year, the board of directors only approved cost of living adjustments for the president and all staff members. As needed, the finance committee conducts a pay comparability study using the central florida nonprofit compensation and benefits report as a basis with the board's strategic goal of compensating the president and all staff members at no less than the 75th percentile. Approval of the salaries was included in the finance committee discussion of the budget, which was approved by the board of directors.”

“The process described above for compensation of the president also included consideration of the compensation for all other staff positions.”

“The foundation's organizing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are available to the public at its office.”

“Brevard schools foundation is the direct-support, non-profit organization which matches community resources with the needs of brevard public schools in order to enhance public education k-12. Ranked in the top ten nationally for its support of public education, the foundation has provided more than 47 million in benefit since 1987.”

“Volunteers are made up of 26 board members, 5 office volunteers, 82 special event/classroom grant & scholarship reviewers, 22 take stock in children (tsic) leadership council, 195 tsic mentors, 46 tsic events volunteers, and 337 supply zone/back to school volunteers.”

“During the 2016-2017 school year, the supply zone hosted 755 teachers for 1,094 teacher shopping visits that benefited an estimated 17,718 students. With an average shopping trip worth 443 (retail value), teachers received more than 484,382 in distributed product - a 19% increase from the previous year. The supply zone also held special events. The shop from the heart event supported homeless student liaison teachers throughout the entire district with 14,000 worth of school supplies, 16,000 worth of clothing, and 33,000 worth of hygiene products. At the annual back to school giveaway event, approximately 1,700 low-income students received 78,000 worth of school supplies, backpacks, books, and hot lunches. The supply zone also celebrated the milestone of distributing 1 million worth of free school supplies. The supply zone is an affiliate of the kids in need foundation and received from them 677,431 worth of donated school supplies during this fiscal year.”

“Classroom study grants - 48 awarded classroom grants are awarded each semester in a competitive application process to support strategic initiatives and programs in support of improving student achievement and teaching quality. Classroom awards up to 500 or grade-level/schoolwide awards up to 1,500 encourage teachers to bring their innovative and creative projects to the classroom in areas of need where school budgets fall short or tax dollars cannot be used. The classroom grant program engages communities, allowing donors the opportunity to support the focus area that best matches their interest.”

“Special events expenses 144,916 special events expenses -144,916”