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Class Matters

Financials & transparency

Open books. On purpose.

A nonprofit asking for your trust should make it easy to verify. Here’s where our money comes from, where it goes, and every document a donor, auditor, or grant officer might want β€” no email gate, no wait.

501(c)(3) Β· EIN 27-3102028  Β·  CFC #89142  Β·  [SAM.gov UEI β€” add]  Β·  [Candid profile β†— β€” claim at candid.org]  Β·  FY[2025] reviewed [date]

Where your dollar goes

[82]Β’ of every dollar reaches a student.

We keep overhead lean and say so plainly. These figures come straight from our most recent Form 990.

[82]% Programs[11]% Operations[7]% Fundraising

Source: FY[2025] Form 990, Part IX. Replace bracketed figures with audited numbers before publishing.

Where it comes from

Funding mix

Grants & foundations[42]%
Corporate sponsorship[28]%
Individual gifts[19]%
Government grants[11]%

Illustrative mix β€” replace with verified revenue figures from the most recent fiscal year.

FY[2025] at a glance

The numbers, rounded but real.

$[612,000]
Total revenue
$[503,000]
Spent on programs
$[410]
Cost per student served
[5.2]mo
Operating reserve

All figures bracketed β€” populate from reviewed statements with the fiscal year labeled. Never publish a financial number you can’t tie to a filed document.

The documents

Everything, downloadable.

No form to fill out. If it’s filed, it’s here.

IRS Form 990

Reviewed financials

Annual reports

Verify us elsewhere

Direct costs of running the seven programs β€” instructors, materials, transportation, meals, and the staff time spent delivering them. Administration and fundraising are reported separately, per IRS functional-expense rules.

Yes. Class Matters is a 501(c)(3) public charity (EIN 27-3102028). You’ll receive an itemized receipt by email immediately after giving.

Yes β€” note it at checkout. Undesignated gifts go where the need is greatest, which gives us the most flexibility to serve students.

Funders can request our full grant packet β€” budgets, indirect rate, and controls β€” at Partners, or email darron.lamkin@class-matters.org.

Trust, then give

Now that you've seen the books.

Fund a student directly, or talk with us about a larger partnership.