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US nonprofit · EIN 270748749 · Atlanta, GAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 270748749) - 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 2025: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay, related organisations (Schedule R), grants paid (Schedule I).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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code SOUNK), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Golden Key International Honour Society Foundation Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$156k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$481k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$3.6m
$4k liabilities
Net assets
$3.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.7y av
Staff
0
3 volunteers
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Gail Cole-Avent
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Golden Key International Honour Society Foundation Inc's network

4 people5 organisationsi4 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). 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

4 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 4 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Gail Cole-Avent ChairChair2020
6 yrs
Benjamin BuckinghamBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Melissa LeitzellExecutive Director2019
7 yrs
Sean FerrellBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

1 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Derrick BrownCFOsince 2022

Pay and hours

year to 30 June 2025iFrom 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
Melissa LeitzellCEO1$0$180k$16k
Gail Cole-AventChair0.25$0
Sean FerrellBoard Member0.25$0
Benjamin BuckinghamBoard Member0.25$0
Derrick BrownCFO1$0$100k$12k

About

Legal name
Golden Key International Honour Society Foundation Inc
EIN
270748749
Address
2302 Parklake Drive, Atlanta, GA, 30345-2896
State
Georgia
Mission
The mission of the foundation is to operate exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and/or to carry out the charitable, educational and scientific purposes of the golden key international honour society, inc. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B129 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
6 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2009
Principal officer
Melissa Leitzell (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 October 2009
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
SOUNK (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Related organisations (Schedule R)

RelatedSUPPORT GOLDEN KEY SOCIETYGolden Key International Honour Society

Longest observed on the filings

≥7years on the filingsMelissa Leitzell
≥6years on the filingsGail Cole-Avent
≥4years on the filingsBenjamin Buckingham
≥4years on the filingsSean Ferrell

Latest return

year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$3.6m
Total liabilities
$4k
Net assets or fund balances
$3.6m
Contributions and grants received
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$462k
Employees
0
Volunteers
3

Grants paid

1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.
RecipientPurposeAmount
Golden Key International Honour Society IncGeneral contribution$462k