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Southern Education Foundation INC

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
DBA: % LEIGHTON OSULLIVAN
Other · ATLANTA, GA · EIN 13-5562388

About

The southern education foundation's mission is to advance equity and excellence in education for ALL students in the south, particularly low-income students and students of color. SEF uses collaboration, advocacy, and research to improve outcomes from early childhood to adulthood. Our CORE belief is that education is the vehicle by which ALL students get fair chances to develop their talents and contribute to the common good. SEF strives to fulfill its mission through the following CORE program areas: expanding early learning opportunities, advancing public education and improving college access and completion. SEF executes five primary strategies across our programs: leveraging knowledge of the field: by establishing and operating task forces, work groups, and learning communities to organize knowledge and advance new solutions to long standing problems; putting good ideas to a fair test: promoting, conducting, and using demonstrations, pilots, and evaluations to shape policy and PRAC

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Category
Other
Employees
37
Volunteers
8

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$14.7M
Expenses
$10.8M
Assets
$36.4M
Liabilities
$1.2M

Financial history

$14.7M$7.3M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $14.7M · Avg: $6.1M

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) has NOT elected 501(h) — lobbying is permitted but limited under the vaguer "no substantial part of activities" test.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
Grants Given
$60K
SOUTHERN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC
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Address

101 Marietta ST NW STE 1650
Atlanta, GA, 30303-279

Governance

Voting board members8
Independent members8
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Board-designated %33.5%
Permanent endowment %5.1%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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