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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$31,810,254
Total expenses
$36,134,105
Contributions and grants received
$28,760,314
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,311,904
Investment income
$1,746,756
Other revenue
-$8,720
Total assets, end of year
$69,890,032
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,954,221
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$66,935,811
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$27,056,832
Management and general expenses
$2,401,568
Fundraising expenses
$6,675,705
Program service expenses (Part III)
$27,056,832

Program services were 74.9% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $1,596,525

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $27,163,789

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEES

    total $1,311,904 · related or exempt $1,311,904

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $797,957 · unrelated business $145,945 · excluded $652,012

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $948,799

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

    securities $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $948,799

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $948,799 · excluded $948,799

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $589,409

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $1,596,525

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $589,409

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $12,613

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $21,333

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$8,720 · excluded -$8,720

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $3,610,023 · program services $2,602,891 · management and general $402,750 · fundraising $604,382

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $17,729,506 · program services $13,636,307 · management and general $433,263 · fundraising $3,659,936

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $1,029,235 · program services $771,926 · management and general $18,012 · fundraising $239,297

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $3,095,661 · program services $2,321,746 · management and general $54,174 · fundraising $719,741

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $1,544,617 · program services $1,172,690 · management and general $55,089 · fundraising $316,838

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $21,975 · management and general $21,975

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $79,858 · management and general $79,858

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $347,291 · management and general $347,291

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $3,352,183 · program services $2,917,729 · management and general $318,236 · fundraising $116,218

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $163,213 · program services $97,928 · management and general $27,746 · fundraising $37,539

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $961,036 · program services $576,622 · management and general $163,376 · fundraising $221,038

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $794,664 · program services $588,051 · management and general $47,680 · fundraising $158,933

  • 17 · Travel

    total $995,329 · program services $606,870 · management and general $264,640 · fundraising $123,819

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $73,432 · program services $73,432

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $258,086 · program services $258,086

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $569,645 · program services $421,537 · management and general $34,179 · fundraising $113,929

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $179,068 · program services $107,441 · management and general $30,441 · fundraising $41,186

  • 24a · Other expenses: FOOD

    total $405,001 · program services $188,630 · management and general $75,008 · fundraising $141,363

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $368,727 · program services $279,508 · management and general $6,226 · fundraising $82,993

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $270,813 · program services $233,842 · management and general $8,532 · fundraising $28,439

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $137,283 · program services $90,313 · management and general $7,206 · fundraising $39,764

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $147,459 · program services $111,283 · management and general $5,886 · fundraising $30,290

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $9,515,012 · end of year $2,763,011

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $7,094,235 · end of year $7,531,763

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $257,404 · end of year $270,887

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $51,953 · end of year $30,617

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $229,279 · end of year $816,555

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

    $4,149,334

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

    $1,389,760

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $2,746,624 · end of year $2,759,574

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,155,099 · end of year $8,051,789

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $42,379,269 · end of year $46,684,243

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,375,264 · end of year $981,593

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,649,531 · end of year $1,530,020

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $35,200 · end of year $308,720

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,540,443 · end of year $1,115,481

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $28,502,861 · end of year $23,098,783

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $38,076,104 · end of year $43,837,028

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES USES LESSONS OF HISTORY TO CHALLENGE TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS TO STAND UP TO RACISM, ANTISEMITISM, AND OTHER FORMS OF BIGOTRY AND HATE.

  • FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES PROVIDES HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND INDUSTRY-LEADING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES TO TEACHERS, SCHOOLS, AND DISTRICTS. OUR PROGRAMS TRANSFORM CLASSROOMS AND EMPOWER STUDENTS TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THROUGH SEVEN OFFICES IN THE USA, AND NUMEROUS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS, FACING HISTORY HAS A NETWORK OF MORE THAN 300,000 ACTIVE EDUCATORS.

    Expenses $22,472,476 · Revenue $1,311,904

  • FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES DESIGNS CURRICULA AND RELATED TEACHING MATERIALS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ON TOPICS INCLUDING SOCIAL STUDIES, HISTORY, CIVICS, ELA, SEL, MORAL AND ETHICAL REASONING, AND MORE. THE MATERIALS ARE USED BY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TEACHERS EVERY YEAR. EXAMPLES OF CONTENT AREAS COVERED INCLUDE THE HOLOCAUST, RECONSTRUCTION IN THE POST-CIVIL WAR ERA, US HISTORY, CIVICS, AND LITERATURE.

    Expenses $2,076,513

  • FACING HISTORY & OURSELVES PROVIDES TRAINING, SUPPORT, AND CLASSROOM CURRICULA TO TEACHERS THROUGH A VARIETY OF CHANNELS, INCLUDING VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON EVENTS, AND A DIGITAL PLATFORM. IN ADDITION, FACING HISTORY COMMUNICATES WITH EDUCATORS AND A BROADER COMMUNITY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, DIRECT EMAIL COMMUNICATION, AND OTHER WRITING, INCLUDING BLOGS AND WHITE PAPERS. THE ORGANIZATION ENCOURAGES A BROAD RANGE OF STAKEHOLDERS - BUT STUDENTS IN PARTICULAR - TO LEARN ABOUT AND FROM HISTORY, TO ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL AND CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE, AND TO SEE THEIR ROLE AS CIVIC PARTICIPANTS.

    Expenses $2,507,843

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Aj Janower

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abdullah T Antepli

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alan Yang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Carol Johnson-Dean

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cheryl Strauss Einhorn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Katz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debbie Pummer Bussey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Debra Engel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Edda Collins Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Leventhal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eunice Lee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fernando M Reimers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeffrey J Bussgang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Garling

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jill Ellen Karp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Josh Lipman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judy Wise

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Abrams Leff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kristyn Friske

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Conn

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lori R Fife

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcus L Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mark S Fife

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 6-7-24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mykhanh Shelton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Paul H Berz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Schwartz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rick Melvoin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Saul Pannell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shelly Saltzman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stacy Sharpe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susie Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Phillips

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tina Fockler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wendy Fischman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caretha Coleman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Madeleine Fackler

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Caren Osten Gerszberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Brooks

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $365,419
    From this org
    $332,740
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,679
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,168
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $4,572
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,179
    Filer's total
    $365,419
  • Anne Marie Fitzgerald

    VP, OPERATIONS/ADVANCEMENT

    Total calculated
    $363,987
    From this org
    $323,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,496
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,943
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $16,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,996
    Filer's total
    $363,987
  • Mariel C Gonzales

    CHIEF OFFICER, FINANCE AND TALENT

    Total calculated
    $344,671
    From this org
    $306,044
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,627
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $304,496
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $15,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,042
    Filer's total
    $344,671
  • Desmond Blackburn

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $314,485
    From this org
    $289,493
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,992
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $289,129
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $364
    Deferred
    $8,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,002
    Filer's total
    $314,485
  • Steve Becton

    CHIEF OFFICER, EQUITY & INCLUSION

    Total calculated
    $338,861
    From this org
    $300,505
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,356
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $298,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $15,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,042
    Filer's total
    $338,861
  • Abby Weiss

    SMITH FAMILY SR. VICE PRESIDENT & CPO

    Total calculated
    $344,553
    From this org
    $303,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,704
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $302,301
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $15,585
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,119
    Filer's total
    $344,553
  • Lara J James

    CHIEF OFFICER, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $341,112
    From this org
    $302,688
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,424
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,312
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $15,382
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,042
    Filer's total
    $341,112
  • Dimitry Anselme

    CHIEF OFFICER, GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $229,616
    From this org
    $194,487
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,129
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,659
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $828
    Deferred
    $10,146
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,983
    Filer's total
    $229,616
  • April Lambert

    CHIEF OFFICER, TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $334,021
    From this org
    $295,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,220
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $295,477
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $324
    Deferred
    $15,178
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,042
    Filer's total
    $334,021
  • Pamela Haas

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $259,490
    From this org
    $222,012
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,478
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,156
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $856
    Deferred
    $11,569
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,909
    Filer's total
    $259,490
  • Brooke Harvey

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, EDUCATOR PRODUCT STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $220,503
    From this org
    $187,811
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,692
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,260
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $551
    Deferred
    $9,723
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,969
    Filer's total
    $220,503
  • Elaine Guarnieri-Nunn

    MD, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & PROGRAM OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $224,441
    From this org
    $190,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,215
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $188,678
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $1,548
    Deferred
    $9,872
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,343
    Filer's total
    $224,441
  • Gentle Blyth

    MANAGING DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATION & BRAND

    Total calculated
    $198,433
    From this org
    $180,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,815
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,790
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $828
    Deferred
    $9,096
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,719
    Filer's total
    $198,433
  • Barr Dennis

    SENIOR DIRECTOR, EVALUATION

    Total calculated
    $215,507
    From this org
    $180,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,248
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $177,883
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,376
    Deferred
    $9,408
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,840
    Filer's total
    $215,507

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
24 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202541329349302034

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