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Fund for Student Success

Organization Details
Purpose
The Fund for Student Success will work with like-minded organizations to educate the public about the need to elect pro-public education officials.
Email
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Related Organizations
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Leadership

Last updated 2022

David Taylor
Chair
Phyllis Heverly Flesher
Treasurer
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Financial Overview
All-Time Contributions
$4.7M
All-Time Expenditures
$4.6M
Top Contributors

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

Largest Recipients

Aggregation is done by name and will not account for significant variations in reported names.

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Contributions & Expenditures

Explore all contributions to and expenditures by Fund for Student Success since 2018.

All time Last 5 years
Contributions (All time)
$4.72M
Expenditures (All time)
$4.57M

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IRS disclosures

All electronic form 8872s that Fund for Student Success has filed with the IRS. Organizations may file monthly or quarterly during general-election (even-numbered) years, and monthly or semiannually during nonelection (odd-numbered) years.

Data only includes electronic filings. To look for paper reports, try the IRS’ search function.

2024

  • $400,000 in contributions
  • $675,000 in expenditures
Pre-election report (PA)
October 1, 2024 to October 16, 2024
(General election: November 5, 2024)
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
July 1, 2024 to September 30, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$375,000
April 1, 2024 to June 30, 2024
Total contributions
$400,000
Total expenditures
$250,000
January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$50,000

2023

  • $750,000 in contributions
  • $325,000 in expenditures
July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$325,000
January 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023
Total contributions
$250,000
Total expenditures
$0

2022

  • $850,000 in contributions
  • $1.8M in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 29, 2022 to December 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Post-election report (PA)
October 20, 2022 to November 28, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
October 1, 2022 to October 19, 2022
(General election: November 8, 2022)
Total contributions
$50,000
Total expenditures
$50,000
July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Total contributions
$250,000
Total expenditures
$250,000
April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Total contributions
$550,000
Total expenditures
$1.48M
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2021

  • $925,000 in contributions
  • $0 in expenditures
End-of-year report
July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021
Total contributions
$925,000
Total expenditures
$0

2020

  • $800,000 in contributions
  • $1.2M in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 24, 2020 to December 31, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Post-election report (PA)
October 15, 2020 to November 23, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
October 1, 2020 to October 14, 2020
(General election: November 3, 2020)
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$200,000
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$750,000
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed October 15, 2020 at 12:03PM). Expand to see 3 other reports that overlap in this date range.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$750,000
3rd report
This report was processed October 13, 2020 at 01:21PM.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$750,000
2nd report
This report was processed October 13, 2020 at 01:19PM.
Quarter 3 report
July 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$750,000
1st report
This report was processed October 13, 2020 at 01:14PM.
April 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Total contributions
$800,000
Total expenditures
$250,000
Quarter 1 report
January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2019

  • $500,000 in contributions
  • $100,000 in expenditures
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$100,000
Previous reports available
This is the last report submitted for this period (processed January 27, 2020 at 11:39AM). Expand to see 1 other report that overlaps in this date range.
End-of-year report
July 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$0
1st report
This report was processed January 17, 2020 at 09:50AM.
Mid-year report
January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0

2018

  • $500,000 in contributions
  • $500,000 in expenditures
End-of-year report
November 27, 2018 to December 31, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Post-election report (PA)
October 18, 2018 to November 26, 2018
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
Pre-election report (PA)
October 1, 2018 to October 17, 2018
(General election: November 6, 2018)
Total contributions
$0
Total expenditures
$0
July 24, 2018 to September 30, 2018
Total contributions
$500,000
Total expenditures
$500,000

Tax-exempt political organizations that report receiving $25,000 or more a year must file Form 990, unless they meet certain criteria.

ProPublica found 1 form 990 on the IRS website filed by Fund for Student Success. To search for additional Form 990s, try the IRS’ search function.

Date Created
June 7, 2019 View form

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About This Data


What is a 527?

A 527 is a nonprofit formed under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code, which grants tax-exempt status to organizations whose primary purpose is attempting to influence the election of one or more people to public office at the national, state or local level. But contributions to these organizations are not considered tax-deductible, unlike gifts to charities.

What organizations are in the 527 Explorer?

This database covers tax-exempt political organizations organized under Section 527, excluding organizations that are regulated by the Federal Election Commission (like federal PACs are); that expect to receive less than $25,000 in annual contributions; that are nonpolitical nonprofits, like charities; or that are political committees for a state or local candidate or a political party. An organization’s state is taken from the address reported on its most recent form 8871.

What organizations report itemized contributions and expenditures?

Tax-exempt political organizations, other than qualified state or local political organizations, that have filed for tax-exempt status with the IRS under Section 527 must file Form 8872 to disclose any expenditures made or contributions received. A qualified state or local political organization is one whose political activities relate solely to state or local public office and that routinely files publicly available reports with one or more states. For state-by-state information on tax-exempt political organizations and their filings, see the IRS’ listings.

Note: Only electronic filings are included in this data. While many organizations filed electronically before 2020, electronic filing for all organizations was only required beginning in January 2020. Therefore, some contributions and expenditures made prior to 2020 may not be reflected in this data.

Note: We make a best-effort attempt to not display street-level addresses for payments labeled as "salary."

How are the totals calculated?

An organization’s total contributions and expenditures are calculated by summing up the most recent report filed for each reporting period. However, organizations sometimes file reports for overlapping dates or reports that duplicate data. For any date range, the most recently filed report is marked. Duplicate contributions or expenditures (ones that have the exact same name, amount and date but show up in multiple reports) have been removed from the calculated totals.

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