Brevard Schools Foundation Inc.

“Bylaws were revised in june 2018 to 1) change the ex-officio position of the past teacher of the year to a non-voting member, and 2) change the president's title to president & ceo.”

“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 upon request.”

“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 nationally for its support of public education, the foundation has provided more than 50 million in benefit since 1987.”

“Volunteers are made up of 23 board members, 98 volunteers for office and classroom grant & scholarship reviewers, 53 special events volunteers, 15 take stock in children (tsic) leadership council, 219 tsic mentors, 49 tsic events volunteers, and 367 supply zone/back to school volunteers.”

“Classroom study grants - 35 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. Teacher appreciation critical needs grants - 6 awarded”

“Special events expenses 40,644 special events expenses -40,644”