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← COMMONLIT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMONLIT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$11,871,054
Total expenses
$10,944,081
Contributions and grants received
$8,855,365
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,015,689
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$11,445,180
Total liabilities, end of year
$3,649,230
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,795,950
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$10,299,323
Management and general expenses
$544,811
Fundraising expenses
$99,947
Program service expenses (Part III)
$10,299,323

Program services were 94.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $8,855,365

  • 2a · Program service revenue: EARNED REVENUE

    total $3,015,689 · related or exempt $3,015,689

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $951,268 · program services $925,394 · management and general $25,874

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $5,776,590 · program services $5,607,623 · management and general $86,414 · fundraising $82,553

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $745,040 · program services $692,443 · management and general $52,597

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $301,398 · program services $296,381 · management and general $5,017

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $173,697 · management and general $173,697

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $699,788 · program services $695,365 · management and general $4,269 · fundraising $154

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $68,711 · program services $51,521 · management and general $17,185 · fundraising $5

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $685,288 · program services $615,187 · management and general $68,003 · fundraising $2,098

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $932,266 · program services $920,884 · management and general $7,205 · fundraising $4,177

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $293,271 · program services $236,486 · management and general $49,674 · fundraising $7,111

  • 17 · Travel

    total $208,360 · program services $176,331 · management and general $28,535 · fundraising $3,494

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $31,128 · program services $26,760 · management and general $4,181 · fundraising $187

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $22,160 · management and general $22,160

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $55,116 · program services $54,948 · fundraising $168

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $7,099,428 · end of year $7,146,079

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,035,000 · end of year $3,502,363

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $111,500 · end of year $483,588

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $141,285 · end of year $265,568

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $24,244

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $23,338 · end of year $23,338

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $199,164 · end of year $434,155

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $1,342,410 · end of year $3,189,462

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $25,613

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,451,460 · end of year $2,360,231

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,417,517 · end of year $5,435,719

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO MAKE HIGH-QUALITY LITERACY MATERIALS ACCESSIBLE TO TEACHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.

  • EDUCATION: DELIVERY OF HIGH-QUALITY, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL TO SUPPORT LITERACY DEVELOPMENT FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-12.

    Expenses $10,299,323 · Revenue $3,015,689

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Michelle Brown

    CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $252,891
    From this org
    $241,782
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,109
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $241,782
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,109
    Filer's total
    $252,891

  • John Coyne

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Grace Tighe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sonal Tolman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kodjo Wilder

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Esther Wojcicki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ben Zhang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Patrick Brown

    TREASURER (END JUNE 22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sarah Robertson

    CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $183,808
    From this org
    $172,763
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,045
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,763
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,045
    Filer's total
    $183,808

  • Agnes Malatinszky

    COO/TREASURER (END OCT 22)

    Total calculated
    $148,688
    From this org
    $148,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Anthony Paul Viviani

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $90,881
    From this org
    $87,201
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,680
    Hours/week
    40

  • Geoffrey Harcourt

    CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $250,000
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $250,000

  • Eliza Aierstuck

    SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $178,263
    From this org
    $174,552
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,711
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,552
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,711
    Filer's total
    $178,263

  • Robert Fleisher

    CHIEF OF PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $152,716
    From this org
    $148,543
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,173
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,543
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,173
    Filer's total
    $152,716

  • Anna Hodges

    CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $144,883
    From this org
    $144,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Susanna S Kosonen

    SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $141,606
    From this org
    $135,666
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,940
    Hours/week
    40

  • Kara Pacos

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $136,096
    From this org
    $124,765
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,331
    Hours/week
    40

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 5
CHIEF OF PARTNERSHIPS ROBERT FLEISHER IS COMPENSATED A BONUS OF 1% COMMISSION OF ALL EARNED REVENUE SALES IN ADDITION TO THEIR BASE SALARY. BONUS WAS ACCRUED IN 2022 AND PAID OUT IN 2023.

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
2022
Filed
14 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343489349301339

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