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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by RENNIE CENTER FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH & POLICY INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,566,546
Total expenses
$3,157,003
Contributions and grants received
$1,840,772
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$692,882
Investment income
$32,892
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$3,171,665
Total liabilities, end of year
$487,746
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,683,919
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,785,947
Management and general expenses
$371,056
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,785,947

Program services were 88.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,221,181

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $619,591

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES FOR SERVICE

    total $692,882 · related or exempt $692,882

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,892 · excluded $32,892

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $266,075 · program services $90,465 · management and general $175,610

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,013,551 · program services $888,950 · management and general $124,601

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $36,151 · program services $32,152 · management and general $3,999

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $41,104 · program services $41,085 · management and general $19

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $97,226 · program services $75,427 · management and general $21,799

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $41,647 · program services $35,011 · management and general $6,636

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,304,347 · program services $1,303,485 · management and general $862

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $18,378 · program services $15,180 · management and general $3,198

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,164 · program services $9,317 · management and general $2,847

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,876 · program services $53,868 · management and general $16,008

  • 17 · Travel

    total $29,643 · program services $29,479 · management and general $164

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $108,626 · program services $108,536 · management and general $90

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,413 · program services $5,751 · management and general $1,662

  • 24a · Other expenses: RESEARCH SUPPORT

    total $38,248 · program services $38,248

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $37,129 · program services $28,804 · management and general $8,325

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $18,300 · program services $16,170 · management and general $2,130

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,147 · program services $12,041 · management and general $3,106

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,978 · program services $1,978

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $443,140 · end of year $754,475

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $504,454 · end of year $304,531

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,674,635 · end of year $964,167

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $333,087 · end of year $184,345

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $12,162 · end of year $12,498

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $79,492

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $79,492

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,000 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $701,441 · end of year $734,256

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $266,397 · end of year $217,393

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $395,543 · end of year $268,993

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $266,397 · end of year $218,753

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,967,956 · end of year $2,023,292

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,306,420 · end of year $660,627

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC AGENDA THAT PROMOTES SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN MASSACHUSETTS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO DEVELOP A PUBLIC AGENDA THAT PROMOTES SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION

  • PRACTICE: WITH A MISSION TO IMPROVE EDUCATION FOR ALL STUDENTS, THE RENNIE CENTER'S WORK DOES NOT END WITH RESEARCH. WE PUT WHAT WE LEARN INTO ACTION BY TEAMING UP WITH SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE REFORMS. THROUGH A SERIES OF PROJECTS, WE ARE HELPING DISTRICTS BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO DESIGN, IMPLEMENT, AND EVALUATE THE USE OF EVIDENCE-BASED REFORMS.

    Expenses $1,757,238 · Revenue $533,091

  • RESEARCH: THE RENNIE CENTER PRODUCES ORIGINAL RESEARCH TO PROMOTE PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT AND TO INFORM POLICY DISCUSSIONS OF KEY DECISION MAKERS AND OPINION LEADERS. OUR RESEARCH REPORTS AND POLICY BRIEFS FOCUS ON ISSUES OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION.

    Expenses $608,400 · Revenue $75,916

  • DISCOURSE: THE RENNIE CENTER IS COMMITTED TO ENGAGING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND VOICES IN A CONSTRUCTIVE POLICY DISCUSSION. BY CONVENING CONFERENCES, FORUMS, MEETINGS, POLICY BRIEFINGS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, TOWN MEETINGS AND OTHER EVENTS, THE RENNIE CENTER PROMOTES CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND SEEKS TO MINIMIZE POLARIZED, PARTISAN COMMUNICATION AND TO PROMOTE AN INVIGORATED, INCLUSIVE POLICY DEBATE WITH DIVERSE STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION.

    Expenses $420,309 · Revenue $83,875

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHAD D'ENTREMONT

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $255,444
    From this org
    $225,880
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,564
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,880
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,035
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,529
    Filer's total
    $255,444

  • LAURIE BRENNAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTONIYA MARINOVA

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAM EDDINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROGER KRAKOFF

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JESSICA BOSTON DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY LUCAS

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOAN WASSER GISH

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 7/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TOM WEBER

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 5/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL REVILLE

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 5/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LAURA CINELLI

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $148,625
    From this org
    $141,513
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,112
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • ANNELISE BUZAID

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $130,170
    From this org
    $125,163
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,007
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • ELISE JANSEN

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $112,799
    From this org
    $103,265
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,534
    Hours/week
    37.5

  • ALEXIS R LIAN

    DIRECTOR OF POLICY

    Total calculated
    $122,363
    From this org
    $117,657
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,706
    Hours/week
    37.5

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202630809349300813

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