2024-05-14T13:11:31-05:00 2023-06-30 570902671 MUNN & ASSOCIATES PC 1461 WEST EVANS STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 990 2022-07-01 571092759 THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC SCHO 8436629996 320 WEST CHEVES STREET 175 FLORENCE SC 29501 JEFF HELTON CHAIRMAN 8436629996 2024-05-14 1 JEFF HELTON 999009999 0 ALBERT A MUNN IV CPA P00354493 8436789544 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z JEFF HELTON 320 WEST CHEVES STREET 175 FLORENCE SC 29501 880563 0 X THESCHOOLFOUNDATION.ORG X 2000 SC THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION, INC. ("ASSOCIATION") IS A VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS OPERATED COLLECTIVELY TO SERVE THE NEEDS AND INTERESTS AND ADVANCE THE GENERAL WELFARE TO FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS.THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN FLORENCE, SC SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 THROUGH GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND THROUGH HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO PREPARE ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS.THE ORGANIZATION ACHIEVES ITS GOALS BY CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOOLS, SCHOOL PROGRAMS AND ADVOCACY OF QUALITY PUBLIC EDUCATION.THE ASSOCIATION WELCOMES EVERYONE IN FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS WHICH IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, REGARDLESS OF AGE, RACE, SEX, ETHNICITY, ABILITY OR RELIGION. 23 23 2 0 -21368 0 133212 63758 0 0 229102 27990 163897 121102 526211 212850 130000 175940 0 0 106587 109783 0 0 42395 58130 60146 294717 345869 231494 -133019 2232206 2351569 443 45130 2231763 2306439 X THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROMOTES EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS THROUGH GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE LEARNING AND THROUGH HIGH IMPACT INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO PREPARE ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS. 0 0 204352 175940 PASS-THROUGH GRANTS RECEIVED FROM A FOUNDATION PROVIDED FOR THE FOLLOWING:BRINGING VIRTUAL REALITY TO THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM - SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOLTHIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE PURCHASE OF VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) HEADSETS FOR A CLASSROOM OF 30 STUDENTS, AS WELL AS THE ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE ACCESS, THAT CAN BE SHARED AMONGST THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT AT SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL (6TH-8TH GRADE). THIS PROJECT WILL IN TOTAL REACH A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 1200 STUDENTS ACROSS THE THREE GRADE LEVELS HOUSED AT OUR SCHOOL. THE VR HEADSETS AND SOFTWARE WOULD BE USED TO FURTHER EXPLORE A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN SCIENCE, INCLUDING BIOLOGY, GENETICS AND HEREDITY, CHEMISTRY, ASTRONOMY, PHYSICS, AND EARTH SCIENCE. FOR EXAMPLE, DURING A UNIT ON ASTRONOMY, THE VR HEADSETS AND SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW STUDENTS TO TRAVEL TO AND EXPLORE THE SURFACE OF MARS, THE MOON, AND OTHER CELESTIAL BODIES, AS WELL AS TO SEE AND EXPLORE WHAT LIVING IN OUTER SPACE MIGHT BE LIKE.FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS STAR LAB THE STAR LAB IS A MOBILE PLANETARIUM THAT WILL ALLOW F1S STUDENTS TO LEARN ALL ABOUT THE STARS, PLANETS, CONSTELLATIONS AND MANY OTHER FASCINATING S.T.E.M. TOPICS. THE STAR LAB WILL BE USED TO TEACH ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY CELLS, PLATE TECTONICS, OCEAN CURRENTS AND EVEN WEATHER. THE LAB IS AN INFLATABLE DOME THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO GATHER INSIDE FOR AN IMMERSIVE LESSON, WHICH TRANSPORTS THEM INTO ENGAGING AND MESMERIZING VISUAL EXPERIENCES. STUDENTS IN GRADES K-12 WILL BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS LEARNING ENVIRONMENT RIGHT IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR SCHOOL, WITH A PORTABLE LAB THAT INFLATES. THE LAB COMES WITH A DOMED SEATING AREA, THE COMPUTER WITH ALL OF THE PRE-LOADED CURRICULUM, AND A PROJECTOR THAT BRINGS ALL OF THE IMAGES TO LIFE INSIDE THIS CUTTING-EDGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION TO SCHOOL AVAILABILITY, IT WILL BECOME A PART OF THE STEM BUS EXPERIENCE, SO SCHOOLS CAN EXPAND ON THEIR STEM ENGAGEMENT TO INCLUDE THE MOBILE LAB. IMMERSED IN INNOVATION WITH CLASSVR! - MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOLIT IS THE GOAL OF JOHN W. MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO EXPAND THE STEAM PROGRAM THROUGH THE USE OF CLASS VIRTUAL REALITY HEADSETS OR CLASSVR. SINCE TRANSITIONING FROM A STEM TO STEAM SCHOOL DURING THE 2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR, TEACHERS HAVE BEEN SEEKING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY AND CREATIVELY TEACH STATE STANDARDS ACROSS ALL CONTENT AREAS. WITH THE GROWING POPULARITY OF TECHNOLOGY AMONG STUDENTS, IT IS THE GOAL OF SEVERAL TEACHERS AT JOHN W. MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL TO INTEGRATE VIRTUAL REALITY IN THEIR CURRENT CURRICULUM. THIS PROJECT WILL ALSO ALLOW TEACHERS THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE TECHNOLOGY BEYOND THE CHROMEBOOKS. MOVING BEYOND THE CHROMEBOOKS TO INCLUDE A MORE INNOVATIVE PLATFORM, STUDENTS WILL HAVE NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR TRADITIONAL READING AND WRITING SKILLS. TEACHERS WANT STUDENTS TO EXPLORE AND CREATE VIRTUAL SETTINGS FOR THEIR WRITTEN STORIES. THEY WANT STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN WAYS THEY NEVER COULD BEFORE. EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS, TRAVELING THE WORLD, AND BEING EXPOSED TO CONCEPTS BEYOND OUR UNIVERSE ARE JUST A FEW OPPORTUNITIES OUR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WILL HAVE WITH CLASSVR.MAKERSPACES FOR TOMORROW'S INNOVATORS - F1S REACH PROGRAMTHE FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS REACH PROGRAM FOR THE ACADEMICALLY GIFTED AND TALENTED WAS GRANTED TWELVE MAKERSPACE CARTS FOR EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT HOUSES A REACH CLASSROOM. MAKERSPACE CARTS ARE PORTABLE, READY-TO-GO CARTS THAT ARE FULLY EQUIPPED WITH THE MATERIALS NEEDED TO COMPLETE HANDS-ON, COLLABORATIVE STEM ACTIVITIES. THESE MAKERSPACE CARTS WILL SERVICE OVER 750 STUDENTS SPREAD ACROSS TWELVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.EMPOWERING INSTRUCTION - BRIGGS ELEMENTARYIN 2019, BRIGGS WAS AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THEIR JOURNEY IN IMPLEMENTING FRANKLIN COVEY'S THE LEADER IN ME PROGRAM (LIM). BY SUPPORTING BRIGGS ELEMENTARY IN 2019, THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION ENABLED THEM TO CONTINUE THEIR JOURNEY WITH LEADER IN ME. SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE FULLY EMBRACED THE CORE PARADIGMS OF THE PROGRAM: EVERYONE CAN BE A LEADER, EVERYONE HAS GENIUS, CHANGE STARTS WITH ME, EDUCATORS EMPOWER STUDENTS TO LEAD THEIR OWN LEARNING, AND DEVELOP THE WHOLE PERSON. THIS PROGRAM ALLOWED THEIR TEACHERS AND STAFF TO SHIFT THEIR MINDSET FROM THINKING THAT LEADERSHIP IS FOR A SELECT FEW TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND INSTEAD RECOGNIZED THAT EVERYONE CAN BE A LEADER. WITH THIS GRANT, THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION WILL BE PROVIDING THE POSSIBILITY FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN LIFELONG SKILLS THAT WILL SUPPORT THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ABILITY TO WORK ALONGSIDE PEERS. THE STUDENTS AT BRIGGS WILL FEED INTO ALL OF THE FLORENCE 1 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. THE SKILLS THAT STUDENTS LEARN WILL NOT ONLY SUPPORT THEM WHILE THEY ARE ENROLLED AT BRIGGS ELEMENTARY BUT WILL CONTINUE TO EMPOWER THEM IN THE FUTURE AND WILL IN TURN SUPPORT GROWTH IN ALL FLORENCE 1 MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOLS. FURTHERMORE, THIS WILL ALLOW THE GRADUATES OF FLORENCE 1 SCHOOLS TO HAVE A TOOL KIT OF RESOURCES THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO SHOWCASE THEIR WORLD-CLASS SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS AS THEY ENTER THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THEIR LIVES. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME A POSITIVE IMPACT ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY AND FLORENCE 1. 204352 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 23 23 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 SC X X JEFF HELTON CHAIRMAN 8436629996 320 WEST CHEVES STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 JEFF HELTON CHAIRMAN 15.00 X X 0 0 0 ED A LOVE VICE CHAIRMAN 15.00 X X 0 0 0 COURTNEY CRIBB TREASURER 15.00 X X 0 0 0 MARION FORD SECRETARY 15.00 X X 0 0 0 DEBBIE HYLER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 40.00 X X 74108 0 0 DR ANNIE BROWN BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 TRISHA CAULDER BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 MEGGIE DANIEL BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JUDITH KAMMER BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JEAN LEATHERMAN BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT LEMASTER BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD O'MALLEY BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 TAMMY PAWLOSKI BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JAMES SHEEHY BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JEFF STEVENS BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 MINDY TAYLOR BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 BRENT TILLER BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 CARLOS WASHINGTON BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 PORTER STEWART BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 SARAH DUBY BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 JOY HIGGS BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 CHAQUEZ MCCALL BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 HEATHER PAGE BOARD MEMBER 5.00 X 0 0 0 74108 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42058 21700 63758 49358 49358 545107 566475 -21368 -21368 -21368 222340 42058 101238 121102 121102 212850 49358 -21368 121102 175940 175940 101933 22701 39850 39382 7850 1737 3100 3013 4650 4650 24308 24308 5840 3974 1866 246 246 10081 10081 6348 6348 190 190 1920 1920 MISCELLANEOUS 4101 4101 DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS 1374 1374 SUPPLIES 1088 1088 345869 204352 99122 42395 80288 22451 819 835 12888 9830 3248 3058 2147851 2319225 0 6000 2232206 2351569 43 6630 400 32500 0 6000 443 45130 X 2214703 2288954 17060 17485 2231763 2306439 2232206 2351569 -133019 207695 0 X 1 X 0 0 0 X 137996 63533 162407 253491 205549 822976 137996 63533 162407 253491 205549 822976 822976 57823 134946 171087 229102 49358 642316 20618 20618 1485910 469057 0.55390 0.54300 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 12888 9830 3058 3058 PUBLICALLY TRADED MARKETABLE SECURITIES (MUTUAL FUNDS) 2319225 F 2319225 OPERATING LEASE LIABILITY 6000 6000 ANNUAL CELEBRATION GALA 85275 42058 43217 3791 22769 2100 14557 DANCE WITH OUR FUTURE STARS 179123 179123 10247 30958 14054 2762 264398 42058 222340 14038 53727 16154 17319 101238 121102 1 BRIGGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 319 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 576000231 12350 0 EMPOWERING INSTRUCTION REACH - ALL F1S ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS 319 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 576000231 68553 0 MAKERSPACES FOR TOMORROW' INNOVATORS ALL F1S SCHOOLS 319 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 576000231 45831 0 STAR LAB MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL 319 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 576000231 32585 0 IMMERSED IN INNOVATION WITH CLASSVR! SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL 319 SOUTH DARGAN STREET FLORENCE SC 29501 576000231 16621 0 BRINGING VIRTUAL REALITY TO THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM PART I, LINE 2: TSF RECEIVES GRANT REQUESTS. THESE REQUESTS ARE EVALUATED BY A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD. ONCE THIS EVALUATION IS COMPLETED, THE REQUESTS ARE VOTED ON BY THE COMPLETE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION A, LINE 2 THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TWO BOARD MEMBERS UTILIZES A BOARD MEMBER'S ACCOUNTING FIRM. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE RETURN WAS PREPARED BY AN INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT WITH THE ASSISTANCE AND OVERSIGHT BY MANAGEMENT. MANAGEMENT PRESENTED THE PREPARED FORM 990 TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR FIRST-LEVEL APPROVAL. FOLLOWING THAT, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESENTED THE PREPARED FORM 990 TO THE FULL BOARD AT THE FIRST SCHEDULED BOARD MEETING AFTER ITS COMPLETION AND PRIOR TO FILING THE FORM WITH THE IRS. DISCUSSION OF THE FORM 990 WITH THE FULL BOARD WAS RECORDED IN THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WERE ADDRESSED BY MANAGEMENT AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THIS IS QUESTIONED AT THE BOARD MEETINGS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A EVERY THREE YEARS (OR MORE FREQUENTLY IF NECESSARY), THE COMPENSATION FOR EACH SCHOOL FOUNDATION POSITION AND EMPLOYEE WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND/OR SUPERVISOR. THE COMPENSATION REVIEW IS BASED ON A VARIETY OF FACTORS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND PRIOR PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEE; THE EXPERTISE REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION; THE COMPENSATION PAID TO SIMILARY-QUALIFIED PERSONS IN FUNCTIONALLY-COMPARABLE POSITIONS; AND THE COMPENSATION OFFERED BY ORGANIZATIONS SIMILAR TO THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION. COMPARABLE SALARY INFORMATION IS OBTAINED FROM COMPENSATION STUDIES CONDUCTED BY EMPLOYER AND HUMAN RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS OTHER SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION MAKES ITS FORM 990, GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON ITS WEBSITE AND BY EMAILING IT TO THE SPECIFIC REQUESTS, AS WELL AS PHOTOCOPIES OF RECENT FILINGS OF THE FORM 990 ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST AT THE ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE ORGANIZATION.