Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$58,156,466

Total expenses

$60,916,808

Contributions and grants received

$48,807,547

Grants paid

$19,580,479

Program service revenue

$4,549,438

Investment income

$4,799,481

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$138,603,497

Total liabilities, end of year

$94,000,077

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$44,603,420

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$54,868,560

Management and general expenses

$5,519,842

Fundraising expenses

$528,406

Program service expenses (Part III)

$54,868,560

Program services were 90.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• DIGITAL EQUITY: THE DIGITAL EQUITY TEAM WORKS TO ADVANCE POWERFUL LEARNING IN SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS ACROSS THE U.S. BY ADVOCATING AGAINST AND SOLVING FOR INEQUITIES IN BROADBAND ACCESS AND THE INEQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION AND USE OF POWERFUL TECHNOLOGY IN SCHOOLS, AND BY CREATING INITIATIVES, ESTABLISHING PARTNERSHIPS, AND INFLUENCING POLICY AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS THAT ADDRESS THE DIGITAL LEARNING GAP AT SCALE. ITS FLAGSHIP PROGRAM IS VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS. IN 2023, VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS LAUNCHED ITS 10TH COHORT OF SCHOOLS, EXPANDING THE PROGRAM TO A TOTAL OF 592 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS IN 104 DISTRICTS NATIONWIDE WITH COLLECTIVELY MORE THAN 620,000 STUDENTS. DIGITAL PROMISE ALSO RELEASED WHITE PAPERS ON DIGITAL EQUITY AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN 2023.

  Expenses $28,031,434 · Grants $17,122,354 · Revenue $28,526

• POWERFUL LEARNING: POWERFUL LEARNING IS ROOTED IN PRINCIPLES THAT EMPOWER BOTH EDUCATORS AND LEARNERS, EMPHASIZING COLLABORATION, AGENCY AND THE USE OF INNOVATIVE TOOLS AND STRATEGIES TO CREATE IMPACTFUL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES. IN 2023, THE HP TEACHING FELLOWS CONTINUED TO ADVANCE POWERFUL LEARNING THROUGH REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, LEADING DISCUSSIONS THAT ENRICHED THE LEARNING COMMUNITY WITH INSIGHTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES. THROUGH THE CIENA SOLUTIONS CHALLENGE, DIGITAL PROMISE AND CIENA AWARDED 20 PROJECT TEAMS $2,500 TO SUSTAIN AND SCALE STUDENT-LED PROJECTS. STUDENTS ALSO SHARED THEIR WORK WITH A GLOBAL AUDIENCE AT THE 2023 YOUTHMADE FESTIVAL, DIGITAL PROMISE'S GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF YOUTH CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION. THE LEARNER VARIABILITY PROJECT (LVP) LEVERAGES EMERGING RESEARCH TO UNCOVER STRATEGIES THAT MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF LEARNERS. IN 2023, THE LVP UPDATED ITS LEARNER VARIABILITY NAVIGATOR TO INCLUDE NEW RESEARCH-BASED STRATEGIES, FURTHER SUPPORTING EDUCATORS IN MEETING THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES.

  Expenses $8,827,641 · Grants $257,571 · Revenue $1,440,325

• GLOBAL NETWORKS: THROUGH DIGITAL PROMISE'S NETWORKS, WE SURFACE AND SPREAD INSIGHTS AND INNOVATIONS AMONG EDUCATION PARTICIPANTS. THE LEAGUE OF INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS CONNECTS FORWARD-THINKING LEADERS ACROSS MORE THAN 150 DISTRICTS IN 38 STATES AND HAS CUMULATIVELY SERVED MORE THAN 4.4 MILLION STUDENTS SINCE ITS FOUNDING. IN 2023, DIGITAL PROMISE CO-HOSTED A CONVENING FOR LEAGUE MEMBERS IN TALLADEGA, ALABAMA, ALONGSIDE TALLADEGA COUNTY SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS AN ADVOCACY-FOCUSED EVENT, LEAGUE ON THE HILL, IN WHICH LEAGUE LEADERS MET WITH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR INCREASED FEDERAL INVESTMENT IN EDUCATION R&D. DIGITAL PROMISE ALSO CONTINUED ITS SUPPORT OF HELPING EDUCATORS AND EDUCATION LEADERS AROUND THE COUNTRY TO ORGANIZE AND ATTEND EDCAMPS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, WHICH ARE FREE PUBLIC EVENTS THAT ARE EDUCATOR DESIGNED AND LED. IN 2023, DIGITAL PROMISE CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS GLOBAL WORK. THE GLOBAL CITIES EDUCATION NETWORK IS A NETWORK OF INTERNATIONAL CITY EDUCATION SYSTEMS DESIGNED TO COLLABORATIVELY IDENTIFY, EXAMINE, AND ADAPT INTERNATIONALLY BENCHMARKED SOLUTIONS TO COMMON PROBLEMS OF PRACTICE. IN 2023, GCEN MEMBERS CONVENED IN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, FOR ITS ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM TO DISCUSS AND SHARE PROMISING SOLUTIONS TO EDUCATION CHALLENGES WITH GLOBAL APPLICATIONS. FINALLY, DIGITAL PROMISE COMPLETED THE FIRST YEAR AND CONTINUED INTO A SECOND YEAR OF PILOT IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE HAITI BLENDED LEARNING PILOT, WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER A CONSORTIUM OF PARTNERS TO ADDRESS SOME OF HAITI'S EDUCATION CHALLENGES THROUGH THE COMBINATION OF DIGITAL AND FACE-TO-FACE INSTRUCTION.

  Expenses $7,909,041 · Grants $1,604,767 · Revenue $2,059,535

• CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE INNOVATION: DIGITAL PROMISE'S CENTER FOR INCLUSIVE INNOVATION (CII) PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO REIMAGINE EDUCATION BY BUILDING THEIR CAPACITY TO CREATE EQUITABLE AND POWERFUL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ALONGSIDE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES. IN 2023, CII SUPPORTED A NATIONAL COHORT OF 10 DISTRICTS IN IMPLEMENTING THE SECOND YEAR OF OUR CYBERSECURITY PATHWAYS INITIATIVE, A THREE-YEAR PROGRAM THAT WILL CREATE PATHWAYS TO GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT FOR HISTORICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY EXCLUDED HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH. ADDITIONALLY, CII RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE WILLIAM AND FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION TO SCALE OUR SOCRATIC CIRCLES MODEL DESIGNED BY REYNOLDSBURG CITY SCHOOLS (OH) WHICH SUPPORTS TEACHERS IN GUIDING CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE DISCUSSIONS IN THE CLASSROOM AND IN BRISTOL TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT (PA), WHICH RESULTED IN STUDENTS CO-DESIGNING A STUDENT-LED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR TEACHERS ON THE EFFECTS OF RACIAL INEQUITY ON LEARNERS. THROUGHOUT 2023, CII CONTINUED TO LEVERAGE RESEARCH AS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR EQUITY AND IMPROVEMENT THROUGH EVALUATION PARTNERSHIPS WITH VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS, VERIZON STEM ACHIEVERS, ILLINOIS EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, AND EDUCATORS LEADING THE PROFESSION.

  Expenses $3,941,284 · Revenue $340,197

• CENTER FOR LEARNING SCIENCES RESEARCH: LEARNING SCIENCES RESEARCH (LSR) FOCUSES ON THE WHY, WHAT, AND HOW OF LEARNING, IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL. IN 2023, THE LSR TEAM TOOK INITIAL STEPS TO ESTABLISH DIGITAL PROMISE AS A LEADER IN THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN EDUCATION SECTOR. THIS INCLUDED SUPPORTING THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IN DEVELOPING THEIR FIRST AI POLICY REPORT, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE FUTURE OF TEACHING AND LEARNING: INSIGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH GUIDES EDUCATORS IN UNDERSTANDING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. DIGITAL PROMISE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE ITS WORK ON EARLY LEARNING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPED PRESCHOOL STEM RESOURCES WITH THE EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. IN ADDITION, THE LSR TEAM CONTINUED TO FOSTER COMMUNITIES OF RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND PRACTITIONERS THROUGH GRANTS AWARDED BY ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION, AND CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

  Expenses $6,159,160 · Grants $595,787 · Revenue $680,855

As filed on the 2023 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

• CHICAGO BOARD OF EDUCATION

  $741,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI

  $390,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• ROSELLE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  $379,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $326,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• ORANGE TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION

  $289,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL SYSTEM

  $225,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• MEMPHIS SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE

  $210,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• MIDDLESBORO INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS

  $200,000

  TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN U.S. MIDDLE SCHOOLS WITH ALWAYS-AVAILABLE ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGY AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BE CONTENT CREATORS, ADEPT PROBLEM-SOLVERS, AND RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS OF DIGITAL MEDIA AND LEARNING RESOURCES.

• MDRC

  $188,856

  SUBAWARD UNDER THE ED/UNITED 2 READ PROJECT

• MINDPRINT LEARNING INC

  $188,337

  SUBAWARD UNDER THE WALTON/LVP-MINDPRINT PROJECT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

12 November 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.1

Source object

202413189349307201

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