Nonprofit · EIN 45-5251954
INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE
Tax-exempt · SAN ANTONIO, TX 78246
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 31, 2025 | 990 | $28,741,661 | $28,678,932 | $62,729 | $5,999,792 | $3,674,776 | $2,325,016 |
| August 31, 2024 | 990 | $25,157,482 | $24,719,292 | $438,190 | $4,906,446 | $2,644,159 | $2,262,287 |
| August 31, 2023 | 990 | $16,763,026 | $16,782,431 | -$19,405 | $4,274,034 | $2,449,937 | $1,824,097 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $28,609,791
- of which government grants
- $26,274,543
- Program service revenue
- $41,697
- Investment income
- $62,907
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$21,079
- Other revenue
- $27,266
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $6,006
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $254,037
- Other salaries and wages
- $11,931,337
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $15,191,515
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,354
- Accounting fees
- $170,101
- Occupancy
- $2,927,528
- Travel
- $247,406
- Depreciation
- $987,861
- Program services (functional)
- $25,096,651
- Management and general (functional)
- $3,582,281
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,906,446
- Total assets, end of year
- $5,999,792
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,674,776
- Net assets, end of year
- $2,325,016
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $2,634,261
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,325,016
- Gross receipts
- $28,762,740
- Employees
- 536
- Volunteers
- 1,600
- Year formed
- 1998
- State of legal domicile
- TX
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Shetter | President Officer | 60 | $231,803 | $0 | $22,234 |
| George Cowden III | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $120,809 | $0 |
| Nicole Spenrath | Grants Director Highest-paid employee | 50 | $108,521 | $0 | $12,178 |
| Priscilla Garza | Grants Director Highest-paid employee | 50 | $101,033 | $0 | $5,649 |
| Alan Griffin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Cameron Vickrey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| David Sprouse | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Doug Browne | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Jones | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse Flores | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Karen Alexander Simmons | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Myra Starkey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Scott Sharman | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Brown | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Shetter | Executive Director Officer | 50 | $195,735 | $0 | $20,144 |
| George Cowden III | Chairman Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $124,566 | $0 |
| Nicole Spenrath | Grants Director Highest-paid employee | 50 | $103,821 | $0 | $10,880 |
| Priscilla Garza | Grants Director Highest-paid employee | 50 | $97,061 | $0 | $10,826 |
| Rebecca Wieland | Director - Quality Assurance Highest-paid employee | 50 | $85,374 | $0 | $10,807 |
| Alan Griffin | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Cameron Vickrey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| David Sprouse | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Doug Browne | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jennifer Jones | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Jesse Flores | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Myra Starkey | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Steve Brown | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended August 31, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | From related orgs | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARON SHETTER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 50 | $227,512 | $0 | $18,864 |
| GEORGE COWDEN III | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $146,784 | $0 |
| NICOLE SPENRATH | GRANT DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,771 | $0 | $10,967 |
| REBECCA WIELAND | DIRECTOR OF Q.A. Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,927 | $0 | $10,950 |
| PRISCILLA P GARZA | GRANT DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,023 | $0 | $6,691 |
| ALAN GRIFFIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| CAMERON VICKREY | director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SPROUSE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| DOUG BROWNE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| JESSE FLORES | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| MYRA STARKEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| STEVE BROWN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 461366, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78246-1366
- In care of
- % CLAUDIA OLIVEIRA
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Sharon Shetter, PO BOX 461366, San Antonio, TX 78246
- Signed the 990
- Kevin Dinnin, President
- Phone
- (210) 905-1000
- Website
- EXPLOREINK.ORG
- Return prepared by
- Forvis Mazars LLP
Mission
INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE EDUCATION AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES TO DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES THANKS TO STRONG PARTNERSHIPS WITH DISTRICTS, INNOVATIVE (AND FUN!) CURRICULUMS AND PASSIONATE FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS.
Program accomplishments
- The JVLCDG grant provided educational services to 317 children during the 2024-2025 school year. The locations included Victoria ISD, Waelder ISD, Yoakum ISD, Nixon-Smiley ISD, Victoria HS and EHS, Cuero EHS, Edna HS, and Port Lavaca EHS. During the 2024-2025 academic year, the EHS CCP grant had a total of 120 children served. The centers that were open were Victoria, Boerne, Edna, Cuero, Port Lavaca, Yoakum under this grant. Partnerships with local libraries were made. Center managers partnered with the libraries in their areas and had a literacy program established where parents could get library cards and join events. The libraries donated backpacks and books to our center locations. Parents were involved with committees, events, and parent meetings at each center. Our Policy Council was established by a parent at every location, and many new ideas were suggested and implemented. Parades in this area are exciting and families participate by creating floats and dressing up. Toys for Tots is a big event, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)Expenses $10,059,629 · grants $2,407 · revenue $1,880
- The Innovative Network of Knowledge OPLA grant provided educational services to 475 children during the 2024-25 Year. The locations included Monroe, West Monroe, Sterlington, Richwood, Franklin Parish, Richland and Lincoln parish. The program had 7 EHS childcare partners. The program opened EHS/HS program in Lincoln parish. This has been very exciting for this parish. The program also landed 3 classrooms in the local school system. This partnership has made it a smooth transition for our Head Start students. Parents were involved in the parent committee and policy councils. The program also had local college interns to do speech and language services for the children. The program had a total of 289 volunteers for the year. Parent involvement has increased with the implementation of Ready Rosie.Expenses $6,765,577 · grants $1,619 · revenue $3,059
- The Alabama grant provided educational services to 80 children during the 2024-2025 school year. These children were Early Head Start ages birth to 3. Alabama served these children in 5 locations in Walker County: Jasper, Cordova, Dora, Curry, Townley. Partnerships with our local Capstone Clinic and Child Dentistry allowed us to provide medical and dental checkups for the children. We were able to form partnerships with our local school districts, Adam Bishop Center, and ARC of Walker County to provide speech, OT, and mental health services to our children and families. We partnered with The City of Lights, a recovery program for females and have been able to serve their children in our program while the mothers are learning a workforce skill. The policy council has been very involved in our program and voted to allow an expansion which added 6 more classrooms for this upcoming year for ages 3-5. Our family specialists provided recruiting activities each month and worked with our education coaches to provide, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)Expenses $4,253,077 · grants $1,018 · revenue $36,759
- During the 2024-2025 academic school year, the AKW Grant continued to serve children. Our Early Head Start program enrolled 80 children in our 3 standalone sites and our Head Start program continued serving 134 children through our partnerships with Floresville ISD and Charlotte ISD. We wanted to make sure our families continued to feel involved in their child's education by providing monthly parent meetings followed by family engagement activities. During the family engagement activities, families are invited to come to the center and join their child for a creative activity. During this time, families can see what the children have been learning about in the classroom as well. This year AKW added a by-monthly Father Engagement classroom activity to have more father and/or father figures involved in the children's education. AKW also added the Let's Read Together take-home activities to enhance reading at home with a family member. Parents also continued to volunteer and attend Policy Council meetings via zoom. Teachers continue to send home educational activities daily; this gives parents the opportunity to spend some time with their child at home extending on what they are learning at school. This school year we had 214 parent volunteers. AKW grant continues to implement the parent curriculum called Ready Rosie. Ready Rosie delivers parenting curriculum videos via text. The City of Poteet continued to provide volunteers services each month by mowing the yard, paying for water and trash services. The City of Poteet included in their yearly donations the opportunity to house AKW's mains office, training room and storage shed while donating the rental cost, water and trash services. Our stand-alone sites continue working with the local community partnerships to provide resources and referrals to our families on as needed basis.Expenses $4,018,368 · grants $962
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in August, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | August 31, 2026 | January 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | August 31, 2025 | January 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | August 31, 2024 | January 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 45-5251954
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2012
- Accounting year ends
- August
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Youth development (O50)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $5,999,792
- Income (IRS master file)
- $28,762,740
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | August 2025 | $28,741,661 | $28,678,932 | $5,999,792 | XML |
| 990-T | August 2025 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2024 | $25,157,482 | $24,719,292 | $4,906,446 | XML |
| 990-T | August 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2023 | $16,763,026 | $16,782,431 | $4,274,034 | XML |
| 990-T | August 2023 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2022 | $13,804,336 | $13,874,902 | $2,820,092 | IRS |
| 990-T | August 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-T | August 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | August 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 45-5251954).
Questions about INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE
- What is the EIN of INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE is 45-5251954.
- Is INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2012.
- Are donations to INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending August 31, 2026) is due January 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended August 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 names Sharon Shetter.
- Who are the officers and directors of INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE?
- The 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 lists 14 people; 3 received compensation from the organization, the highest $231,803 (Sharon Shetter, President).
- How much revenue does INNOVATIVE NETWORK OF KNOWLEDGE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended August 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $28,741,661, expenses of $28,678,932 and total assets of $5,999,792 at year end.
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