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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE CORPORATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$861,264
Total expenses
$871,848
Contributions and grants received
$775,000
Grants paid
$23,775
Program service revenue
$83,000
Investment income
$3,264
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$68,218
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,475
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$66,743
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$848,757
Management and general expenses
$23,091
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$848,757

Program services were 97.4% 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

    $775,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE REVENUE

    total $83,000 · related or exempt $83,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,264 · related or exempt $3,264

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $21,275 · program services $21,275

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $2,500 · program services $2,500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $329,682 · program services $329,682

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $16,493 · program services $16,493

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $81,280 · program services $81,280

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $300 · management and general $300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,765 · management and general $8,765

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,956 · program services $16,956

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $4,722 · program services $4,722

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,361 · management and general $2,361

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM CONTRACTOR

    total $333,526 · program services $333,526

  • 24b · Other expenses: OUTSIDE COMPUTER SERVICE

    total $40,150 · program services $33,636 · management and general $6,514

  • 24c · Other expenses: MERCHANDISE & FULFILLMENT

    total $3,967 · program services $3,967

  • 24d · Other expenses: PODCAST EXPENSE

    total $3,391 · program services $3,391

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,480 · program services $1,329 · management and general $5,151

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $80,979 · end of year $59,531

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $24,687 · end of year $8,687

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,339 · end of year $1,475

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $77,327 · end of year $66,743

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO CREATE AND DISSEMINATE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS TO THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, MATERIAL RELATING TO SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FOR EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY/SCHOOL CONNECTIONS. THE MEANS OF PROVIDING SUCH EDUCATION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, MAINTAINING ONLINE RESOURCES AND TOOLS AND ASSISTING WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF RELEVANT STRATEGIES.

  • THE WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE ONLINE COMMUNITY: THE WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE ONLINE COMMUNITY IS HOUSED ON A PLATFORM CALLED MIGHTY NETWORKS. OVER THE COURSE OF 2024 WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE DID A STRATEGIC DOWNSIZING OF THIS COMMUNITY, ARCHIVING 9000 INACTIVE ACCOUNTS AND ENERGIZING THE REMAINING MEMBERS. THE MISSION OF THIS COMMUNITY REMAINS THE SAME: IT DIRECTLY FURTHERS WHAT SCHOOL COULD BES EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING A GLOBAL ONLINE SPACE WHERE EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION LEADERS EXPLORE THE FIVE THEMES OF THE WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE CORPORATION: MOBILIZING YOUR COMMUNITY, STUDENT-DRIVEN LEARNING, REAL WORLD CHALLENGES, ASSESSMENTS FOR DEEPER LEARNING AND CARING AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES. BEING A MEMBER OF THIS ONLINE COMMUNITY MEANS ACCESS TO AN INFINITE WEALTH OF SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE.

    Expenses $311,204

  • LIBRARY OF MEDIA RESOURCES AND SPOTLIGHTS: IN JULY OF 2024 WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY ALL CONSULTING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IT THEN TURNED ITS FULL ATTENTION TO DEVELOPING A MISSION THAT BRINGS TO ACTION ITS EMERGING VISION: WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE ENVISIONS A WORLD WHERE EVERY LEARNER, EVERY DAY, FINDS MEANING, PURPOSE AND JOY IN THE GREAT JOURNEY OF LEARNING, EQUIPPED WITH THE SKILLS TO LIVE A SUCCESSFUL, COMPASSIONATE, AND EMPATHETHIC LIFE. BETWEEN JULY AND DECEMBER, 2024, WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE FOCUSED ON WHAT IT HAS BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, BEFORE IT WAS EVEN ENCORPORATED: DEVELOPING ITSELF INTO A MEDIA RESOURCE LIBRARY FOR ALL EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION LEADERS, WORLDWIDE. THAT MEDIA LIBRARY, WHICH CONTINUES TO GROW, HIGHLIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION IN EDUCATION.

  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES: IN 2024 WHAT SCHOOL COULD BE EMBARKED ON A MAJOR PROGRAM TO BUILD AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT WOULD SERVE AS A LIBRARIAN, GUIDE AND COACH OF ALL OF ITS GROWING MEDIA RESOURCES. WORKING WITH A CONTRACTED AI DEVELOPER, THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AT THE END OF 2024, WAS BROUGHT ON LINE AND TESTED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH EDUCATORS AT CONFERENCES AND ONLINE GATHERINGS. THIS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT RESOURCE IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD AS AI BECOMES AN EVERYDAY TOOL FOR EDUCATORS AND LEARNERS.

    Expenses $3,000

  • OTHER SUPPORT PROVIDED TO SCHOOLS AND EDUCATORS.

    Expenses $534,553 · Grants $23,775 · Revenue $83,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Ted Dintersmith

    PRESIDENT &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Elizabeth Hazard

    VP & DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25

  • Kapono Ciotti

    SECRETARY-TR

    Total calculated
    $166,500
    From this org
    $166,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $166,500

  • Melanie Ching

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $120,000
    From this org
    $120,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

None.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
25 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202513299349301361

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