Southeast Seattle Education Coalition
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The mission of SESEC is to convene and resource communities of color to advocate for an equitable education system.
- Income
- $1.6 million
- Spending
- $2.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 77%
- Reserves
- 2.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 73%
- Employees
- 10
- Volunteers
- 15
- Highest pay
- $146,813, associate 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
Fair: 51 out of 100. Higher than 31% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.2 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 28% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 21% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 9% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1577% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 14 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
Good: 70 out of 100. Higher than 26% of charities in its peer group (education, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no 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
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed 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 (4)
- $975,457 spent. Fiscally Sponsored ProgramsSESEC fiscally sponsored the following projects Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity SEED SEED partners with communities, organizations, and institutions in bringing people together to learn through self reflection, built relationships through structured dialogue, and create change through systemic analysis. As the core of SEED, the staff team trains new leaders to facilitate seminars in their own communities, organizations, and institutions. The SEED staff continues to lead their own seminars and further their own learning while providing ongoing support and guidance to traned SEED leaders across the country and around the world. SESSFA is a cooperative of Southeast Seattle public school PTAs and PTOs that believe in the power of sharing resources and strengthening relationships across our Southeast Seattle education community and beyond. Serving more than 6,700 students at 17 elementary, K-8 and middle schools.
- $352,386 spent. Our coalition meetings are the heartbeat of SESEC work. consistent, strategic convenings where community leaders, educators, and advocates come together every month to build trust, align goals, and drive meaningful change for Southeast Seattle youth of color. The power of these gatherings lies in their depth and cosistency. These gatherings offer Consistency, Trusted, regular space for long term relationship building, Depth, Grounded conversations on root causes and solutions, Action, Concrete steps toward policy and practice change. Every meeting centers the lived experiences of Southeast Seattle communities of color and brings education equity into sharper focus. Investing in these meetings means fueling a proven platform where equity in education moves from conversation to action.
- $74,335 spent. Youth Participatory Grantmaking Project YGMPStudents are often the target for funding decisions but rarely have a democratic say in how funding allocations or decisions are made. YGMP seeks to flip these power dynamics by creating a framework for students, and especially students of color in SE Seattle, to make funding decisions and support their leadership in this arena.By creating a pool of resources and mentoring youth of color in making decisions around how to bring those resources to their own schools and communities, this project provides them a voice in shaping their own educational and life experiences This is also a trust building exercise between young people and systems, where we learn together and alongside each other how to re-shape and create new ways of being in community together. Participants meet regularly and receive supportive training and mentoring in the areas of local education policy, social justice-focused philanthropy, and advocacy skills development. At the end of each cohort, youth participants collaboratively allocate grant funding
- Program Service Expenses 112,733, Grants and allocations 31,079, Revenue 0 Other Program Services include Data Cohorts Project, a data literacy workshop series. Family Navigator Project, a collaboration between SESEC and community-based family leaders to support the leadership of historically marginalized families in public education advocacy. SEED Local SESECs local SEED Project focuses on emerging community leaders, nonprofit professionals, parents and guardians, and SESEC allies who are working towards educational equity.
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 November 6, 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 November 2017.
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 November 4, 2026.
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