Brevard Schools Foundation Inc.

“The foundation's bylaws were revised 5/21/2020. Changes include 1) addition of up to 2 student board members, 2) addition of voting rights for past teacher of the year position, 3) establishment of emeritus member category (non-voting), and 4) change to definition of expected financial contributions of members.”

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

“A copy 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 director of accounting/comptroller 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.”

“Bsf has 3 ex-officio members of the board of directors, without voting privileges. At june 30, 2020, they were: mark mullins, superintendent of brevard public schools, cheryl mcdougall, school board liaison, and shannon kraeling, teacher of the year.”

“Part iii, line 1 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. The foundation has been ranked nationally for its support of public education and is designated as a "distinguished" foundation of excellence by the consortium of florida education foundations. The foundation has provided more than 56 million in benefit since 1987.”

“Volunteers are made up of 22 board members; 210 volunteers for office, classroom grants and scholarships; 19 special events volunteers, 23 take stock in children (tsic) leadership council, 207 tsic mentors, 75 tsic events volunteers, and 459 supply zone/back to school volunteers.”

“Classroom study grants - 45 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 52,904 special events expenses -52,904”