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US nonprofit · EIN 833790451 · Peru, ILiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 833790451) - 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.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 PF), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Best in the World Teachers

Donations deductible
Total assets
$8k
IRS master file
Directors and trustees
6
6.4y av
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
4
named in Part VII
Activity
B40
Education
Filings on record
5
latest 2024
Renewal outlook
Low current likelihood
score 0 of 100
Exempt since
2019
7 years ago
How am I connected?

Best in the World Teachers' network

6 peoplei6 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.

The board

6 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.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.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Debora ScheffelDirector2020
6 yrs
Jeffrey BeardVice President2020
6 yrs
M Blouke CarusPresident2020
6 yrs
Matthew PostDirector2020
6 yrs
Michael PoliakoffDirector2020
6 yrs
Stacey ShellsDirector2020
6 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Isabella WinklerExecutive Director2020
Patrick R RiccardsExecutive Directorsince 2020
Sally BeattyExecutive Directorsince 2021
Sylvia WetzelExecutive Director2021

About

Legal name
Best in the World Teachers
EIN
833790451
Address
315 5th St, Peru, IL, 61354-2859
State
Illinois
Activity (NTEE)
B40 Education
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Education
Size band
1 (IRS master file code)
IRS ruling date
1 July 2019
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
5, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PF (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥6years on the filingsDebora Scheffel
≥6years on the filingsJeffrey Beard
≥6years on the filingsM Blouke Carus
≥6years on the filingsMatthew Post

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$0$722Deficit $722

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.