2025-07-29T13:03:38-07:00 2024-12-31 453841539 Ellen Fontana CPA LLC 2451 Mcmullen Booth Road 309 Clearwater FL 33759 990 2024-01-01 464930592 Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation Inc SHIR 7274908687 4133 Cortez Way South Saint Petersburg FL 33712 Bridgette Heller CEO 7274908687 2025-04-04 true true Ellen Fontana P01327163 7274310354 2025-07-29 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Bridgette Heller 4133 Cortez Way S Saint Petersburg FL 33712 2888279 false X www.sppf.org X 2014 FL The mission is to advance literacy and help close the achievement gap for students in South St.Petersburg. The vision is a fully engaged, highly literate youth population who have achieved excellence in reading, math science, resulting in unlimited postgraduate opportunities. 10 10 88 30 0 0 1981240 2854468 18736 26170 1011 7638 -3858 3 1997129 2888279 6704 0 1128575 1350868 0 2582 538723 793715 1667298 2151287 329831 736992 1038642 1791368 23050 38784 1015592 1752584 The mission is to advance literacy and help close the achievement gap for students in South St.Petersburg. 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Description: Payroll tax credit 2022: 73112. Description: Insurance proceeds on car repair 2022: 1124. Description: Miscellaneous 2022: 281. 2023: 2. 2024: 3. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 199860 57149 142711 4751 0 4751 464907 199293 265614 413076 None 0 0 X 3134566 246287 246287 2888279 2888279 2397574 246287 246287 2151287 2151287 Pt X, Line 2 SPPF is a nonprofit organization as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and therefore has made no provision for federal income taxes in the accompanying financial statements. SPPFs evaluation on December 31, 2024 and 2023, revealed no uncertain tax positions that would have a material impact on the financial statements. SPPF does not believe that any reasonably possible changes in tax positions will occur within the next twelve months that will have a material impact on the financial statements. true financial incentives 32 6704 Pt I Line 2 These are financial incentives paid to our middle and high school students for achieving personal and academic goals they set for themselves. X 999 13725 fair market value X Software 999 22657 fair market value X Various goods 999 2348 fair market value false true false Pt VI, Line 2 Board member William Puller is the father of CEO Bridgette Heller. Board member Cosey Proctor, Jr. is the brother of CEO Bridgette Heller and son of board member William Puller. Pt VI, Line 11b Form 990 is emailed to all Board Members for review prior to filing. Pt VI, Line 12c The CEO monitors all spending to stay below level of materiality with any organization. The CEO informs the Board of any sizable new vendor or relationship (e.g. banks, food providers, etc.) to enable conflict of interest disclosure. At each Board meeting, all potential conflicts of interest are addressed by the Board with appropriate action taken in accordance with policy. Pt VI, Line 15a No key employees or compensated officers. Pt VI, Line 15b No key employees or compensated officers. Pt VI, Line 18 Form 1023 and Form 990 available upon request. 990 also available on Guidestar. Pt VI, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Other Part III - Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Improving academic achievement contributes to breaking the cycle of generational poverty and economic immobility, which in turn leads to better long-term health outcomes. The Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation offers a continuum of educational interventions designed to ensure that students in the at-risk community of south St. Petersburg reach grade level reading and math proficiency, successfully navigate the transition from middle school to high school and learn critical career, financial literacy and life skills. These academic supports are offered in a safe environment that benefits both the students and their families and includes healthy meals and snacks, transportation, connections to community resources and health/wellness programming. SPPF has a measurable history of success helping students improve literacy and in 2023 launched a new initiative, the High School M.A.S.T.R. Plan to further support middle school students as they prepare for the challenges of high school and beyond. SPPF has proven expertise and success in securing academic improvements among the diverse students in the community. Since inception, 65%-80% of SPPF M.A.S.T.R. Kids Program scholars have avoided the summer slide each summer. For the academic year ending July 2024, 137 scholars completed pre- and post- i-Ready assessments, with the following results: Total population: 42% improved by 1 grade level and 18% improved by 2 or more grade levels - Scholars starting below grade level (n=110): 42% increased by 1 grade level and 21% increased by 2 or more grade levels Scholars in the program for 12 months (n=73): grade-level reading increased from 27% to 70% (i-Ready pre- and post-assessments) 70% of scholars avoided summer learning loss (i-Ready pre-and post-assessments) In addition, all middle school students participating regularly in the SPPF High School M.A.S.T.R. Plan program remained actively engaged in school with an average GPA of 3.4 From 1/1/24 - 12/31/24: SPPF provided academically focused out-of-school time programming to 233 scholars across two program locations in After School and Summer sessions. Those 233 scholars collectively attended 23,271 days and were present for 34,824 hours of instructional time. Approximately 150 unduplicated scholars and families participated in group mental health activities facilitated by our partner Great Reach Alliance of Counselors and Educators (GRACE), with 840 interactions. We provided transportation from more than 20 community schools. Our academic enrichment services were provided to students in the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area, with a focus on the 33705, 33711 and 33712 zip codes. In our most recent academic year: 83% of students resided in the 3 target zip codes 51% Female, 49% Male - 86% ages 5 - 12, 14% ages 13 - 16 - 69% of scholars were from Female Single Parent Households - 36% of households reported income at or below the poverty level, 52% were within ALICE thresholds, meaning they are working families who do not earn enough to cover basic necessities in our region. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Training and conferences 29775. 8418. 21098. 259. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Participant transportation 16348. 16348. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Printing and postage 5352. 4477. 437. 438. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Website 1557. 0. 1557. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Curriculum 98688. 98688. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Food & snacks 25791. 25791. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Other supplies 26064. 23760. 1492. 812. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e In-kind food 13725. 13725. 0. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e In-kind software 22657. 19633. 3024. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e In-kind other 2348. 630. 1718. 0. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24e Other 33. 0. 33. 0.