STUDER COMMUNITY INSTITUTE INC
EIN 47-5657008 · Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis (S05)
What they do
THE STUDER COMMUNITY INSTITUTE, INC. is DEDICATED to HELPING PEOPLE UNDERSTAND and IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITYS QUALITY of LIFE. OUR GOAL is to CREATE A NONPARTISAN PROCESS THAT ALLOWS CITIZENS to IDENTIFY THE CRITICAL ISSUES NEEDED to BE ADDRESSED and to MOVE FORWARD. THESE ISSUES INCLUDE EDUCATION, THE ECONOMY, GOVERNMENT, ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, CULTURE, and ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE INSTITUTE is A LOCAL SOURCE for RESEARCH, EDUCATION, and THE USE of DASHBOARDS to HELP BUILD A BETTER PENSACOLA METROPOLITAN AREA. THE STUDER COMMUNITY INSTITUTE is FOCUSED ON IMPROVING OUR COMMUNITYS QUALITY of LIFE. WE DO THAT BY FOCUSING ON SKILL BUILDING for EMPLOYEES and BUSINESSES and CREATING TOOLS and INTERVENTIONS to HELP PARENTS UNDERSTAND THE POWER and IMPORTANCE of EARLY BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.
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Money report from 2024The charity has a recent tax report to read.
They explain their jobThe charity tells us what it is trying to do.
They name their leaders13 people are listed in the latest report.
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KATHLEEN BALLARDEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BERT THORNTONDIRECTOR
BRUCE WATSONDIRECTOR
J MORT OSULLIVAN IIITREASURER
JOY POWELLDIRECTOR
KATHY SANDSTROMBOARD CHAIR
KATIE CRAWFORDDIRECTOR
LAURA JACKSONDIRECTOR
LINDA MOORERDIRECTOR
QUINT STUDERCEO
SENA MADDISONDIRECTOR
SHANNON LIBBERTDIRECTOR
WILL DUNNAWAYDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- 350 WEST CEDAR STREET 300, PENSACOLA, FL 32502
- County
- Escambia
- In care of
- KATHY SANDSTROM
- Primary officer
- KATHY SANDSTROM, BOARD CHAIR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WARREN AVERETT LLC
- NTEE classification
- Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis (S05)
- IRS tax category
- Research Institutes & Public Policy Analysis