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US nonprofit · EIN 460930264 · Bradenton, FLiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 460930264) - 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 time served.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 30 June 2025: 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. Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Visible MEN Academy Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$2.3m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$2.2m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$1.3m
$288k liabilities
Net assets
$1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
4.4 years on average
Staff
19
10 volunteers
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Naiema Frieson
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
How am I connected?

Visible MEN Academy Inc's network

5 people5 organisationsi5 people and 5 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (5) 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

5 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.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 5 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Naiema Frieson ChairBoard Chair2021
5 yrs
Dr Janet TaylorMember2024
2 yrs
Marilyn KlineMember2021
5 yrs
Melissa DunlapMember2021
5 yrs
Wilitone PetitMember2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

8 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
A Louis ParkerCo-Founder/CEOsince 2019
Cindy DayOfficersince 2019
Dr Janjay GehndyuPrincipalsince 2021
Dr Tami V StearnsPrincipal2025
Jay LockabyVP of Development & Community Engagement2025
Neil P PhillipsCEO/Head of Schoolsince 2019
Shannon Rohrer-PhillipsOfficersince 2019
Tiffany MickensAssistant Head of Schoolsince 2019

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
Jay LockabyVP of Development & Community Engagement40$111k
Naiema FriesonBoard Chair1$0
Melissa DunlapMember1$0
Marilyn KlineMember1$0
Wilitone PetitMember1$0
Dr Janet TaylorMember1$0
Dr Tami V StearnsPrincipal40$0

About

Legal name
Visible Men Academy Inc
EIN
460930264
Address
1007 21st St E, Bradenton, FL, 34208-2927
State
Florida
Mission
The mission of VMA is to provide boys, from low-income communities, with outstanding academic, character, and social education in a nurturing school environment. The purpose is to deliver a high-quality educational experience that meets the specific needs of at-risk elementary school aged boys through the collaborative efforts of administrators, teachers, parents, the broader community, and... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B29 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
2012
Principal officer
Dr Tami V Stearns (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 February 2013
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2025
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥5years on the filingsNaiema Frieson
≥5years on the filingsMarilyn Kline
≥5years on the filingsMelissa Dunlap
≥3years on the filingsWilitone Petit

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
$1.3m
Total liabilities
$288k
Net assets or fund balances
$1m
Contributions and grants received
$1.1m
Program service revenue
$545k
Employees
19
Volunteers
10

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$2.3m$2m$322k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.