Public Charity

FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION

FRIENDS OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS AND BETTER EDUCATION is a Public Charity headquartered in SEATTLE, WA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.8M revenue, $4.7M expenses, $1.5M total assets. 48 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.7M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 911216755 SEATTLE, WA Elementary & Secondary Schools NTEE: B20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.8M
Total Expenses$4.7M
Total Assets$1.5M
Grant Records48
Funding Total$2.7M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FRISBE PROMOTES AND ENCOURAGES EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT EMPHASIZE SCHOLARSHIP, SPORTSMANSHIP, MORAL CHARACTER, INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND INITIATIVE. IT SUPPORTS THE ACTIVITIES OF SUCH INSTITUTIONS PRINCIPALLY THROUGH GRANT MAKING ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE FUNDED BY CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FRISBE FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

Where $100 goes at Friends of Independent Schools and Better Education

How Friends of Independent Schools and Better Education divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$100 Programs the work itself
<$1 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $100 for programs

$100
Frisbe awarded 54 educational grants to 39 institutions, funded by the general public
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 54 grants
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR Alexander Macintosh
DIRECTOR Christopher Spicer
DIRECTOR James Rigos
DIRECTOR Patricia Parisi
PRESIDENT & TREASURER Peter Stroble
ASST. SECRETARY & ASST. TREASURER Rebecca Fountain

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Education
$1,878,284 21 grants
General Support
$785,398 26 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $3.8M $4.7M $1.5M
2024 $3.0M $1.2M $2.5M
2023 $1.9M $1.6M $592K
2022 $1.8M $2.3M $269K
2021 $1.0M $826K $772K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $1.0M to $3.8M (+270%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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