National Association for Family School and Community Engagement
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement envisions a world where effective family engagement practices are universally practiced as a strategy to improve childrens learning, and advance equity.
- Income
- $5.0 million
- Spending
- $2.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- 1.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 76%
- Employees
- 11
- Volunteers
- 93
- Highest pay
- $195,776, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 75 out of 100. Higher than 58% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 10% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 47% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 634% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 74% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2515 of 15 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (2)
- $2.1 million spent. Family, School, and Community Engagement - See Schedule O.
- Part III Line 4a - First AccomplishmentsFamily, School, and Community EngagementThe importance of well-designed Family, School, and Community Engagement (FSCE) in supporting childrens learning from cradle to career is well documented by a growing body of research. Not only does FSCE lead to improved student achievement, it strengthens our schools and communities. Yet the current climate of school reform continues to de-prioritize, if not disregard the importance of engaging families and community. Professionals responsible for this important work frequently are isolated and wear multiple hats. Teachers, who bear a primary responsibility for contact with families, reveal that reaching families is their number one challenge and the area where they feel least prepared. Few national organizations have FSCE as a priority, and those that do, are not designed or positioned to build and strengthen the field.Despite the obstacles, FSCE is increasingly recognized as an essential element of child development programs and a significant lever for school improvement and efforts to reduce the achievement gap. Taking the next step to broad acceptance and implementation, however, requires a coordinated effort dedicated to transforming the conversation of FSCE, as well as linking and supporting various stakeholders, including parents, teachers, administrators, researchers, and policymakers who are committed to developing effective policies, programs, and practices. The National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), founded in September 2014, provides the necessary platform for advancing research, high impact practices, promoting evidence-based policies, building capacity and leadership in the field, and upholding family, school and community engagement as a core strategy for supporting child development, student achievement, and school improvement. It achieves its goals through a professional membership program, a member online community, various Communities of Practice, 12 webinars annually, robust websites (nafsce.org, famengage.org and family math.org), a resource center containing best practices and policies, as well as virtual and on-site convenings and special events including its annual hybrid conference entitled the National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education. NAFSCE also convenes various stakeholder groups to advance initiatives in educator preparation, family math, parent voice and father engagement, as well as within the planning of its National Assembly. In 2021, NAFSCE established its national Center for Family Math. Based on its 2017-2023 Strategic Framework, as well as its current 2024-2028 Strategic Framework, NAFSCE is pursuing strategic initiatives that address the systemic obstacles to the advancement of FSCE policy and practice. These strategic initiatives partner with some of the premier national education organizations. NAFSCEs State Capacity Building Initiative in partnership with the Council for Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), supported 18 State Education Agencies (SEAs) in the development of birth through grade 12 family engagement frameworks, including establishment of statewide coalitions to support and sustain the effort. NAFSCE has advanced educator preparation in family engagement through first establishing national education association partnerships with the National Education Association (NEA), Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) and MAEC. Together they convened SEAs and Educator Preparation Programs which resulted in the development and launch of an Educator Preparation Framework for Family and Community Partnerships; followed by a grant initiative nationally to implement and innovate select strands within the framework; and followed by publishing its first book entitled Family and Community Partnerships: Promising Practices for Teachers and Teacher Educators. Most recently and with support of a newly secured National Science Foundation grant, NAFSCE convened targeted stakeholders at its 2025 National Assembly for Family Engagement in Education in New Orleans to better understand how to prepare teachers to advance the engagement of families in math.NAFSCE developed and advances a narrative focused on aligning experts, policy makers, practitioners and the general public around effectively communicating the essence of FSCE, through conducting research with FrameWorks Institute regarding current messaging, as well as providing recommendations for new messaging that supports better understanding by the general public, leading to policy advancement. In advancing this work, in 2019 NAFSCE established the National Alliance for Family Engagement, comprised of 22 national organizations with a focus on advancing family engagement. In 2020, it began conducting Reframing Institutes, primarily within states and in 2021 developed and currently implements online Reframing Academies for states, communities, and its members, to build capacity of stakeholders around effective FSCE messaging. NAFSCE advances Family Math (FM) thru its 2020 establishment of its national Center for Family Math (CFM). It hired its inaugural Director in 2021 (with a new Director hired in 2023), completed a strategic plan and branding for the center in 2022 and has convened new stakeholder groups including its FM National Alliance, FM Parent Advisory Committee, FM Research Consortium and FM Fellows Network. It currently engages stakeholders nationally through collaborations with Statewide Family Engagement Centers, and through a new pilot implementation in California, integrating family math practices into best practice programs including Raising a Reader, and Power My Learning. Through all of these programs and initiatives, NAFSCE made significant progress in its goal for sustained impact and growth as a young organization now approaching its eleventh year (in September 2025). Over t
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2015.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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