Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,389,406

Total expenses

$3,206,947

Contributions and grants received

$2,495,062

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$845,410

Investment income

$47,196

Other revenue

$1,738

Total assets, end of year

$3,226,949

Total liabilities, end of year

$434,839

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,792,110

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,232,273

Management and general expenses

$852,251

Fundraising expenses

$122,423

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,232,273

Program services were 69.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS: THE CORE OF GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION'S WORK WITH GRANTMAKERS REMAINS IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMS AND CONVENINGS DESIGNED TO GIVE FUNDERS OPPORTUNITIES TO DELVE DEEPER INTO EDUCATIONAL ISSUES AND STRATEGIES, DISCUSS GRANTMAKING DILEMMAS, AND CONNECT WITH COLLEAGUES WORKING ON SIMILAR ISSUES. EQUITY IS INCORPORATED THROUGHOUT OUR PROGRAMMING. THIS YEAR THE ORGANIZATION OFFERED A WIDE ARRAY OF PROGRAM FORMATS COVERING A LARGE RANGE OF TOPICS OVER THE YEAR. MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO SELECT FROM ALMOST 50 OFFERINGS, IN ADDITION TO THE CONFERENCE, THAT SERVED MANY LEARNING STYLES IN A NUMBER OF VENUES. FROM TOPICAL WEBINARS, TO IN-PERSON STUDY TOURS TO ON-SITE AND VIRTUAL GATHERINGS, MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO LEARN ABOUT AND ENGAGE WITH TOPICS THAT COVERED THE EDUCATION SPECTRUM AND BEYOND.GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE REMAINS OUR LARGEST AND MOST POPULAR PROGRAM. THE CONFERENCE IS A DYNAMIC NATIONAL GATHERING FOR FUNDERS TO LEARN ABOUT EMERGING EDUCATION ISSUES AND EFFECTIVE EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY. THE 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE WAS A CELEBRATED SUCCESS, WHICH OVERALL PROVIDED A 98% SATISFACTION RATE. ALMOST 850 EDUCATION GRANTMAKERS AND EXPERTS ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS AND PROGRAMMING CENTERED ON THE PUBLIC PROMISE OF EDUCATION IN A VIBRANT AND INCLUSIVE MULTIRACIAL DEMOCRACY. ATTENDEES WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT LEARNING, MEETING IN PERSON AND CONNECTING WITH COLLEAGUES.

  Expenses $1,159,883 · Revenue $845,410

• IMPACT GROUPS: IMPACT GROUPS ARE COMMUNITIES OF MEMBERS WHO AGREE TO LEARN AND LEAD TOGETHER. GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION HOSTS IMPACT GROUPS AS MEMBER-DRIVEN SPACES IN WHICH PARTICIPANTS WITH A COMMON INTEREST CAN CONNECT AND COLLABORATE AROUND A SPECIFIC TOPIC TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, SHARE AND DEVELOP STRATEGIES AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS. FROM GRAPPLING WITH IDEAS ABOUT CRITICAL PROBLEMS TO STUDYING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO TAKING ACTION WITH OTHERS, AND MORE, IMPACT GROUPS ALLOW PARTICIPANTS TO EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND THEIR INDIVIDUAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND COLLECTIVE ROLE IN TACKLING THE LARGE AND COMPLEX ISSUES WITHIN OUR EDUCATION SYSTEMS.THE INFLUENCE AND IMPACT OF GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION IMPACT GROUPS CONTINUES TO GROW OVER THE YEARS. IN 2024, THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME IMPACT GROUP HELD OVER 20 PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, WHICH INCLUDED ALMOST 1,000 PARTICIPANTS. IN ADDITION, THEY PUBLISHED A DATABASE WITH MULTIPLE PARTNERS ON STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT A THRIVING OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME WORKFORCE. THE POSTSECONDARY ACCESS AND ATTAINMENT IMPACT GROUP MAINTAINED REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH ALMOST 300 MEMBER COLLEAGUES, STARTED A NEW WEBINAR SERIES AND RESEARCHED AND PUBLISHED A LANDSCAPE SCAN OF POSTSECONDARY COLLABORATIVES. IN ADDITION, GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION LAUNCHED A NEW IMPACT GROUP IN 2024 ON PLAYFUL LEARNING. OTHER IMPACT GROUPS CONTINUED THEIR STRONG WORK IN BRINGING TOGETHER MINDFUL LEADERS IN THEIR AREAS OF INTEREST TO LEARN, CONNECT AND ADVANCE THE FIELD.

  Expenses $475,217

• MEMBER SERVICE AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION PROVIDES INDIVIDUALIZED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE TO HELP GRANTMAKING ORGANIZATIONS REFINE THEIR STRATEGIES AND TO CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER PEER GRANTMAKING ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEER ASSISTANCE AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES.

  Expenses $468,926

• COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: THE COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS FUNCTION INCLUDES DEVELOPING REPORTS, CASE STUDIES AND NEWSLETTERS THAT PROMOTE DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING PRACTICES AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT TRENDS AND EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD. GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION HAD AN ACTIVE YEAR IN COMMUNICATIONS, LAUNCHING A FEATURE TO SHOWCASE MEMBER VOICES, RELEASING PUBLICATIONS THAT HELPED GRANTMAKERS MAKE SENSE OF AND DRIVE ACTION IN THE FIELD, AND CLOSING SEASON TWO OF OUR PODCAST.MEMBER INSIGHTSMEMBER INSIGHTS IS A NEW OFFERING THIS YEAR CREATED FOR MEMBERS TO SHARE IDEAS, SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES OR LESSONS THAT CAN BUILD KNOWLEDGE, GROW OUR COMMUNITY AND STRENGTHEN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY. THE QUARTERLY FEATURE IN OUR NEWSLETTER AND WEBSITE FEATURED FOUR MEMBERS WRITING ABOUT TOPICS THAT COVERED THE VALUE OF INVESTING IN PUBLIC EDUCATION ADVOCACY, THE POTENTIAL OF PLAYFUL LEARNING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP FOR EDUCATION EQUITY.PUBLICATIONSOVER THE YEAR, GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION PRODUCED THREE PUBLICATIONS: AFTERSCHOOL AND SUMMER WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS DATABASE LANDSCAPE SCAN OF POSTSECONDARY FUNDER COLLABORATIVES GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION'S TOP 10 OF 2024

  Expenses $128,247

As filed on the 2024 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

3 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543079349303299

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