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US nonprofit · EIN 650481047 · Miami Beach, FLiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 650481047) - 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, grants paid (Schedule I).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.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Friends of Public Education Inc

Donations deductible
Revenue
$89k
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$149k
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$89k
$0 liabilities
Net assets
$89k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
2.6y av
Staff
0
15 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
18
named in Part VII
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Friends of Public Education Inc's network

5 people1 organisationi5 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (1) 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.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 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Faye WestVice Preside2024
2 yrs
Jaqueline LibermanPresident2024
2 yrs
Lindsey NorrisVP of Fundra2024
2 yrs
Melissa HegeCompany secretary2024
2 yrs
Sara GrassiTreasurer2023
3 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

18 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Alexis CollinsVice Presidesince 2019
Andrea SmojeMarketing2020
Betina MarioCompany secretarysince 2020
Bill HernandezVP Technologsince 2019
Carl LinderVice Presidesince 2019
Dara JaffePresident2019
Diana RosenCompany secretary2019
Fernanda SandelinMarketing2019
Grisel C Fernandez-Vega MartinezSec./VP Give2023
Heather CherringtonVP Give Miam2021
Jessica PerezVP Liaison2020
Joelle FriedheimPresident2021
Kristen JurnVP Fundraisi2021
Mareilys SoriaVP Fundraisisince 2019
Mary KeinithPresident2020
Natalie HernandezVP Liaison2019
Shannon KooninVP Give Miamsince 2019
Sheila A SimpsonPresident2023

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
Sara GrassiTreasurer5$0
Jacqueline LibermanPresident5$0
Faye WestVice Preside5$0
Melissa HegeSecretary5$0
Lindsey NorrisVP of Fundra5$0

No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.

About

Legal name
Friends of Public Education Inc
EIN
650481047
Address
4100 Prairie Ave, Miami Beach, FL, 33140-3515
State
Florida
Mission
To lower ratio of students to teaching professionals in public schools. (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
B90Z Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
3 (IRS master file code)
Formed
1993
Principal officer
Sara Grassi (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 June 1994
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
2, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥3years on the filingsSara Grassi
≥2years on the filingsFaye West
≥2years on the filingsJaqueline Liberman
≥2years on the filingsLindsey Norris

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
$89k
Total liabilities
$0
Net assets or fund balances
$89k
Contributions and grants received
$77k
Program service revenue
$0
Grants and similar paid out
$139k
Employees
0
Volunteers
15

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$143k$163kDeficit $20k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.

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
Miami Dade County Public SchoolsEnhance public educa$139k