Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,773,935

Total expenses

$5,120,294

Contributions and grants received

$4,770,092

Grants paid

$175,000

Program service revenue

$725,522

Investment income

$278,321

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$12,932,668

Total liabilities, end of year

$235,896

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$12,696,772

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,441,508

Management and general expenses

$591,854

Fundraising expenses

$86,932

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,441,508

Program services were 86.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• NETWORK: EDLOC RECRUITS AND SELECTS LEADERS OF COLOR IN KEY DECISION-MAKING ROLES TO JOIN OUR MULTIRACIAL, MULTI-SECTOR NETWORK, BUILDING COLLECTIVE POWER AND EXPANDING MEMBERS' PROFESSIONAL NETWORKS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL. ONCE MEMBERS JOIN, EDLOC OFFERS YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMING TO STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP, FOSTER BELONGING, AND SUPPORT MEMBERS' IMPACT ACROSS SECTORS. OUR NATIONAL CONVENING, WHICH CONSISTENTLY SELLS OUT AND DREW OVER 500 PARTICIPANTS IN 2024, REMAINS A FLAGSHIP EXPERIENCE. IT BRINGS MEMBERS TOGETHER TO DEEPEN KNOWLEDGE OF OUR POLICY PLATFORM, ENGAGE IN PEER LEARNING, AND ALIGN AROUND SHARED VALUES AND PRIORITIES. THE CONVENING FILLS A CRITICAL GAP IN THE FIELD BY CREATING SPACE FOR VALUES-ALIGNED, DIVERSE LEADERS IN EDUCATION AND RELATED FIELDS. IN ADDITION, MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN CURATED PROGRAMMING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING BOOK TALK TALKS, REGIONAL GATHERINGS MEMBER-LED EVENTS AND POLICY-FOCUSED FORUMS THAT CENTER THE LEADERSHIP AND LIVED EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE OF COLOR. THESE SPACES GROW AND CONNECT THE MEMBERSHIP, ELEVATE SHARED VALUES, BUILD SKILLS, BRIDGE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE, AND ALIGN ON OUR GOALS AND PRIORITIES.

  Expenses $2,090,101 · Revenue $702,272

• IN 2024, EDLOC AWARDED $175,000 IN GRANTS TO CAMPAIGN FOR OUR SHARED FUTURE AND BECAME THE HOME OF THIS TIME-BOUND NATIONAL INITIATIVE, WHICH WORKS TO SHIFT THE PUBLIC NARRATIVE AND CENTER THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN BY BUILDING GRASSROOTS SUPPORT TO STOP HARMFUL POLICIES LIKE BOOK BANS AND CURRICULUM CENSORSHIP. THE SOCIAL STUDIES ACCELERATOR IS AN ONGOING INITIATIVE THAT ADVANCES THE ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HIGH-QUALITY, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULA IN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE. THROUGH A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH RECONSTRUCTIONUS, EDLOC HELPS EXPAND ACCESS TO CULTURALLY AFFIRMING COURSES AND LEARNING EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, ENSURING THEY SEE THEMSELVES REFLECTED IN WHAT AND HOW THEY LEARN.

  Expenses $1,785,801 · Grants $175,000 · Revenue $23,250

• POLICY & ADVOCACY: EDLOC ACTIVATES THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF ITS MEMBERS TO ADVANCE BOLD, EQUITY-DRIVEN POLICY SOLUTIONS. THROUGH REGIONAL NETWORKS AND AFFINITY GROUPS, EDLOC MEMBERS CONVENE TO STRATEGIZE AROUND ADVANCING POLICIES THAT PROTECT AND SUPPORT STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES, WHILE BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS THAT STRENGTHEN CROSS-SECTOR, MULTIRACIAL COALITIONS. IN 2024, AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS, MEMBERS ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH POLICYMAKERS DURING ADVOCACY DAY EVENTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND IN THEIR HOME DISTRICTS TO ELEVATE PRIORITIES THAT REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.

  Expenses $429,036

• GRANTMAKING: THE BOULDER FUND GRANTS SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES OF INNOVATIVE AND DIVERSE LEADERS WORKING TO ADVANCE EDLOC'S VALUES AND POLICY PRIORITIES. THE FUND IS INTEGRAL TO EDLOC'S STRATEGY OF ADVANCING VALUES-ALIGNED LEADERS OF COLOR COMMITTED TO DEMONSTRATING THE IMPACT OF CROSS-SECTOR APPROACHES. EDLOC INVESTS IN LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE TAKING VALUE-ALIGNED APPROACHES TO SOLVING THE MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES IN EDUCATION AND ARE INSPIRED BY BEING PART OF A NETWORK THAT COLLECTIVELY SEEKS TO BUILD GENERATIONAL WEALTH. IN ADDITION TO DIRECT GRANT SUPPORT, EDLOC PROVIDES COACHING AND THOUGHT PARTNERSHIP TO GRANTEES. THE GRANT RECIPIENTS LEAD ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING LIFE OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN OF COLOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

  Expenses $136,570

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• 482FORWARD

  $40,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• IDRA - INTERCULTURAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH ASSOCIATION

  $35,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• SAVE OUR SCHOOLS ARIZONA NETWORK

  $35,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• EDUCATION JUSTICE ALLIANCE

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• THE EXPECTATIONS PROJECT INC

  $25,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• PASTORS FOR TEXAS CHILDREN

  $15,000

  GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202512909349301301

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