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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HIGH RESOLVES AMERICA.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,884,023
Total expenses
$1,197,655
Contributions and grants received
$973,507
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$638,248
Investment income
$2,192
Other revenue
$270,076
Total assets, end of year
$172,488
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,095,237
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$1,922,749
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$725,893
Management and general expenses
$443,609
Fundraising expenses
$28,153
Program service expenses (Part III)
$725,893

Program services were 60.6% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $700,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $273,507

  • 2a · Program service revenue: VIDEOS FOR CHANGE

    total $304,167 · related or exempt $304,167

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONSULTING FEES

    total $237,411 · related or exempt $237,411

  • 2c · Program service revenue: DEVELOP IN PERSON PEAK

    total $96,670 · related or exempt $96,670

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $2,192

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $2,192

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $2,192 · excluded $2,192

  • 11a · Other revenue: INSURANCE PROCEEDS

    total $270,076 · excluded $270,076

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $270,076

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $218,200 · program services $130,920 · management and general $87,280

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $352,662 · program services $212,655 · management and general $115,391 · fundraising $24,616

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $11,448 · program services $6,903 · management and general $3,746 · fundraising $799

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $2,934 · program services $1,769 · management and general $960 · fundraising $205

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $27,244 · program services $16,428 · management and general $8,914 · fundraising $1,902

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $119,500 · management and general $119,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,000 · management and general $6,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $258,248 · program services $169,024 · management and general $88,915 · fundraising $309

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $663 · management and general $663

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,571 · program services $10,414 · management and general $1,157

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,408 · program services $2,780 · management and general $9,306 · fundraising $322

  • 24a · Other expenses: CHALLENGE FEES

    total $175,000 · program services $175,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: STATE TAXES

    total $1,466 · management and general $1,466

  • 24c · Other expenses: EXCISE TAXES

    total $311 · management and general $311

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $23,914 · end of year $34,080

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $326 · end of year $375

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $123,883 · end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $186 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,127 · end of year $137,923

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

    $15,635

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

    $15,635

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $172 · end of year $110

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $130,548 · end of year $63

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $96,250 · end of year $202,083

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $2,541,332 · end of year $1,893,091

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$2,615,522 · end of year -$1,922,749

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS "CITIZENS" (I.E., INDIVIDUALS THAT ACT IN THE LONG-TERM, COLLECTIVE INTEREST OF HUMANITY) AND LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CULTIVATE ENGAGED FUTURE GLOBAL LEADERS FROM MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

  • HIGH RESOLVES IS RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN THE DESIGN AND DELIVERY OF CAPACITY-BUILDING EXPERIENCES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. OUR PROGRAMS ARE HIGHLY ENGAGING AND HIGH IMPACT. THEY ARE INTERACTIVE AND FUN AND ACADEMICALLY RIGOROUS. OUR PROGRAMS ARE CONTINUALLY EVOLVING TO MAKE SURE WE ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICE IN EDUCATION. OUR PROGRAMS ARE VERY SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO GO BEYOND CORE COGNITIVE LEARNING AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS ON ENGAGING STUDENTS AT THE EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL LEVELS TOO. HIGHLY INTERACTIVE SIMULATIONS THAT IMMERSE STUDENTS IN EXPERIENCES TO REACH LEARNING OUTCOMES ARE CENTRAL TO THIS. WE ALSO BELIEVE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE TO DEVELOP NEW MINDSETS, AS WELL AS THEIR SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE, IS THROUGH PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. THIS IS WHY WE ALSO FACILITATE THE STUDENT-RUN VIDEOS FOR CHANGE INITIATIVE. WE ARE A NATIONAL PROGRAM. HIGH RESOLVES HAS WORKED WITH MORE THAN 300,000 STUDENTS GLOBALLY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ACROSS ALL SCHOOL SECTORS AND THE FULL RANGE OF STUDENT PROFILES.

    Expenses $725,893 · Revenue $638,248

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KAREN MURPHY

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $218,200
    From this org
    $204,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,200
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,000
    Filer's total
    $218,200

  • MEHRDAD BAGHAI

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROYA BAGHAI

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL KELSEY

    COO

    Total calculated
    $260,000
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $260,000
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $260,000 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $260,000 related

  • ALEX LOGAN

    HEAD OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS

    Total calculated
    $119,500
    From this org
    $110,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,500
    Hours/week
    40

  • JOHN ENGLADER

    CURRICULUM MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $112,150
    From this org
    $103,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,150
    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 · Written employment contract

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.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • HIGH RESOLVES

    EDUCATION · AS

  • HIGH RESOLVES CANADA

    EDUCATION · CA

    Directly controlled by HIGH RESOLVES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
16 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523219349307742

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