QUEST ACADEMICS

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2024 · Form 990EZ · revenue $58K · expenses $56K · assets $3K

EIN
83-3580927
Address
409 CANNINGS LN, CHARLOTTE, NC 28262-1554
NTEE code
G48
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
August 2019 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Fred T Balbuena (its 2025 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2025 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

Quest Academics provides efficient solutions to learning challenges Many people struggle to learn or help their children learn whether its reading developing organizational skills or developing cognitive functions Quest Academics offers two cutting edge programs to overcome these struggles

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 2 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

2 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Fred Balbuena Treasurer2023-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Lori Balbuena (former) Director2022 20 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Fred Balbuena Treasurer2 $0-$0 $01
2023 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Fred Balbuena Treasurer5 $0-$0 $01
2022 · 1 person listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
Lori Balbuena Director20 $0-$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990EZ period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$58,425$55,575 $2,850$2,850 $0$58,425 ---
2023 · Form 990EZ period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$59,219$55,030 $4,189$4,189 $0$59,219 ---
2022 · Form 990EZ period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$66,357$66,205 $152$152 $0$66,357 ---

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $20,061 in all, tax years 2020 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS DAF sponsor Exact 2020 1$20,000 2020$20,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “QUEST ACADEMICS” 2020-2023 4$61 2023$20
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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990EZ · $55,575 spent · pay $22,297 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $22,297 40.1%
Fees to independent contractors $17,671 31.8%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $8,800 15.8%
Benefits paid to members $4,275 7.7%
Printing, publications, postage $2,532 4.6%
Total$55,575100%

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2023 · Form 990EZ · $55,030 spent · pay $25,953 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $25,953 47.2%
Fees to independent contractors $23,710 43.1%
Benefits paid to members $2,016 3.7%
Printing, publications, postage $1,689 3.1%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $1,662 3.0%
Total$55,030100%

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2022 · Form 990EZ · $66,205 spent · pay $27,637 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalShare
Salaries, other pay and benefits $27,637 41.7%
Fees to independent contractors $23,527 35.5%
Printing, publications, postage $4,799 7.2%
Occupancy, rent, utilities, maintenance $3,840 5.8%
Other expenses (detail on Schedule O) $3,564 5.4%
Benefits paid to members $2,838 4.3%
Total$66,205100%

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