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US nonprofit · EIN 205690042 · Grambling, LAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 205690042) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2015.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Grambling High Foundation's network

9 people7 organisationsi9 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (9). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

9 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 9 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Barbara McIntyreSecretary/Treas2019
7 yrs
Clara LewisVice President2019
7 yrs
Daphne GallotDirector2024
2 yrs
Eddie Robinson IIIDirector2018
8 yrs
Elizabeth SmithDirector2021
5 yrs
Hollis H DownsDirector2018
8 yrs
Pamela StewartDirector2021
5 yrs
Robert WileyPresident2018
8 yrs
Willie WashingtonDirector2024
2 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Birdex Copeland JrPresidentsince 2018
Clara LewisVice Presidentsince 2021
Gordan D FordExecutive Directorsince 2020
Gordon FordExecutive Directorsince 2018
Robert WileyPresidentsince 2021

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Gordan D FordExec. Director40$142k$41k
Robert WileyPresident0$0
Clara LewisVice President0$0
Hollis H DownsDirector0$0
Barbara McIntyreSecretary/Treas0$0
Pamela StewartDirector0$0
Eddie Robinson IIIDirector0$0
Elizabeth SmithDirector0$0
Daphne GallotDirector0$0
Willie WashingtonDirector0$0

About

Legal name
Grambling High Foundation
EIN
205690042
Address
1453 Martin Luther King Jr Ave, Grambling, LA, 71245-2318
State
Louisiana
Mission
The primary activity of the Grambling High Foundation is to provide fundraising and financial support to Grambling Laboratory Schools for the benefit of the State funded public school. The Foundation has successfully completed the state charter application process and is now the operator of the Lincoln Preparatory School. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B11 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
9 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2016
IRS ruling date
1 August 2007
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)
Principal officer
Gordan Ford (Form 990-N, tax year 2015)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsEddie Robinson III
≥8years on the filingsHollis H Downs
≥8years on the filingsRobert Wiley
≥7years on the filingsBarbara McIntyre

Latest return

year to 30 June 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$52.6m
Total liabilities
$48.4m
Net assets or fund balances
$4.2m
Contributions and grants received
$2.6m
Program service revenue
$9.8m
Employees
200

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$13.1m$14.3mDeficit $1.2m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.