2024-11-15T09:19:26-08:00 2023-12-31 204006441 Wallace and Nordan LLP 3737 Glenwood Ave Ste 260 Raleigh NC 27612 990 2023-01-01 824082527 HIGHER ED WORKS HIGH 9197829322 PO BOX 12065 RALEIGH NC 27605 DAVID RICE Executive Dir. 2024-11-15 true true Richard P Nordan Attny P01222520 9197829322 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z DAVID RICE PO BOX 12065 RALEIGH NC 27605 678568 false X publicedworks.com X 2017 NC To encourage citizen support for public education at all levels,emphasizing the link between an educated citizenry and economic prosperity. 25 22 3 0 653600 647916 0 668 26507 0 654268 674423 0 0 355231 325084 23200 151064 386511 269632 741742 617916 -87474 56507 440655 497162 0 440655 497162 X To encourage citizen support for public education at all levels,emphasizing the link between an educated citizenry and economic prosperity. true false 422651 In 2023, Higher Ed Works moved fully into its expanded mission to embrace expanded support for public education from pre-school to graduate school. Though initially launched as a higher-education organization, the organization began doing business as Public Ed Works.Very few education advocacy organizations focus on the entire education continuum. But the organization accentuated its development efforts and saw both financial support and its audience grow as it expanded its mission.With substantial reach through its newsletter subscribers and social media followers, the organization focused messaging on lagging state support for public education, noting that North Carolina ranked 50th among the states in the percentage of its GDP it devoted to K-12 public education. Raises for teachers did not keep pace with inflation. The state ranked 46th in the country in starting teacher pay next-to-last in the Southeast which helped explain why North Carolina started the 2023-24 school year with 3,500 teacher vacancies, an increasing reliance on uncertified teachers, and shortages of bus drivers and early-childhood teachers.The organization conducted and advertised interviews with the Chair of the State Board of Education and former UNC basketball coach Roy Williams on the need to increase pay for teachers and invest more in public schools.The Organization focused on a dramatic expansion by the NC General Assembly in use of public funds to expand vouchers for students to attend private schools removing any limits on household income for students to qualify which only diverts funds from public schools. It also collaborated with Spectrum News and the NC Institute of Political Leadership on a series of televised debates on such issues as affirmative action in college admissions, the expansion of vouchers, spending on public education and teacher pay.The organization did not relinquish its attention to issues in higher education, however. It continued to focus on the politicization of public higher education, from the U.S. Supreme Courts ban on consideration of race in college admissions to micro-management by university boards to manipulation of the search process for university chancellors to the political factors that drove an accomplished chancellor away from UNC-Chapel Hill. The organization extensively covered the deliberations and recommendations of a bipartisan Commission on University Governance appointed by North Carolinas governor, which recommended expanded representation to better reflect the gender, race, political identity and geography on university governing boards. And it covered the installation of a new president for the NC Community College System.It also covered development of the state budget, which allocated additional dollars for nursing instructors to try to alleviate the states ongoing shortage of nurses that Higher Ed Works highlighted in a 2021 series on nursing education. The Organization covered developments in state courts in the 29-year-old Leandro litigation over state support for public education.The organization completed the year with 135,136 newsletter subscribers and 164,593 followers on social media for an audience of nearly 300,000. Through its weekly newsletter and social media posts, Higher Ed Works reached 3,351,958 people in 2023.All in all, 2023 was a year of expansion for Higher Ed Works in mission, in the issues on which it chooses to focus, in audience and in fundraising efforts to support the enterprise. 422651 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 5 0 true 3 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 25 22 false true false false false false false true false false false true true true true false false true false false NC X X DAVID RICE 9196100718 3737 GLENWOOD AVE SUITE 260 RALEIGH NC 27612 DAVID RICE Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 143528 0 0 DEBRA REZELI Secretary 36.00 0.00 X 97367 0 0 MELISSA DAVIS Director 25.00 0.00 X 61882 0 0 PAUL FULTON Chairman 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EMMA BATTLE CEO & DIRECTOR 19.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 JAN CAPPS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 EDEN BLOSS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 RUSTY CARTER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 DEAN CASTALDO Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 HEATHER CHANDLER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA COMINOLE Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JIM DEAL Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 WILLIAM DUDLEY Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 GARY GREEN Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 RAY PECK DIRECT & TREAS 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 KING PRATHER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL ROGERS Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANDREA ROYSTER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELAINE TOWNSEND UTIN Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAMON WADE Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT WELCH Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN WESTER Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOUG SHACKLEFORD Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 BRAD WILSON Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TATE Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 MELISSA HLAVAC Director 0.50 0.00 X 0 0 0 302777 1 false false false MARKET VIGOR 7709 AMESBURY DRIVE CHAPEL HILL NC 27514 ADMIN & DIGITAL ADVER 122438 1 647916 647916 0 7554 7554 0 0 0 23098 4145 18953 18953 18953 0 0 0 0 674423 26507 0 0 0 0 278911 177444 16606 84861 0 0 23866 21765 1003 1098 0 22307 14191 1328 6788 0 6358 5881 477 0 0 23200 23200 0 0 0 0 0 0 1225 1225 11294 6216 1215 3863 0 47 47 0 0 0 3482 3482 DIGITAL MEDIA/ADVERTISING 159808 119707 9818 30283 SUBSCRIPTIONS 45790 45790 PROGRAM COMMUNICATIONS 35876 35876 BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES 1757 1757 3995 1615 1886 494 617916 422651 44201 151064 440655 158826 338336 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 440655 497162 0 0 X 440655 497162 440655 497162 440655 497162 56507 X false false false X 176250 806135 746400 653600 647916 3030301 0 0 176250 806135 746400 653600 647916 3030301 189030 2841271 860 1304 38 669 26506 29377 0 0 3059678 0.92860 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false 125189 125801 250990 376485 31297 31450 62747 94121 674423 674423 674423 617916 617916 617916 X X X X true Tricia Daisley 12 Rogerson Drive Chapel Hill NC 27517 solicitation of donations false 23200 23200 NC Part I, Line 2b - Fundraiser Additional Information The Agent who assists in solicitation activities is paid a flat fee per month for her activities on behalf of The Organizaion.The agent does not receive or otherwise handle the funds generated asa result of her efforts. The agent devotes approximately one day per week to her efforts to generate contributions to The Organization. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 In 2023, The Corporation registered a D/B/A (trade name) in the name Public Ed Works.The additional trade name was recorded to reflect the fact that the Corporation made the decision to expand the scope of its emphasis from the connection between public higher education and the general welfare to public education at all levels, and the general welfare. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 1a NONE Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 3 The CEO of The Organization, Emma Battle is the principal of Market Vigor,LLC.The Organization compensates Emma Battle by paying Market Vigor,LLC a monthly amount that varied based upon the number of days each month that Emma Battle worked for The Organization.That set amount each month was $7250 per month for 7 months and $10,875 per month for five months..In addition, The Organization pays Market Vigor,LLC the greater of (1) Five hundred dollars ($500) per month OR(2) 15% of the digital advertising that Market Vigor places on behalf of The Organization each month. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b A DRAFT COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS DISSEMINATED TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR COMMENT, PRIOR TO FILING FORM 990 WITH THE IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PERIODICALLY REVIEWS THE WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WITH ITS MEMBERS AND OFFICERS . Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THE COMPENSATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE SECRETARY ,IN PART, BY REVIEWING THE COMPENSATION LEVEL OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS AND SECRETARIES OF OTHER NON PROFIT ENTITIES OF COMPARABLE SIZE. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, BYLAWS (WHICH INCLUDE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY),APPLICATION FOR EXEMPT STATUS (FORM 1023) AND ALL INCOME TAX RETURNS (FORM 990) ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST FOR EXAMINATION BY ANY MEMBER OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The Articles of incorporation, bylaws, Application for tax exempt status (form 1023) are all available for review by members of the public, upon request.