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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$262,315
Total expenses
$166,785
Contributions and grants received
$100,125
Grants paid
$25,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$162,144
Other revenue
$46
Total assets, end of year
$5,264,358
Total liabilities, end of year
$123,742
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$5,140,616
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$157,382
Management and general expenses
$9,403
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$157,382

Program services were 94.4% 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.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $100,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $125

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $131,283 · excluded $131,283

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $46 · excluded $46

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,611,874

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

    securities $1,581,013

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $30,861

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $30,861 · excluded $30,861

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $4,020 · management and general $4,020

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $3,324 · management and general $3,324

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,059 · management and general $2,059

  • 17 · Travel

    total $201 · program services $201

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENTCAM COMPETITION

    total $119,681 · program services $119,681

  • 24b · Other expenses: STIPENDS

    total $12,500 · program services $12,500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $82,944 · end of year $95,836

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $152,448 · end of year $81,107

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,182

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $25,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,414,770 · end of year $5,062,415

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $98,742 · end of year $119,722

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $4,020

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,256,602 · end of year $4,844,616

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $296,000 · end of year $296,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CONDUCT AND PROMOTE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO HIGH SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • C-SPAN STUDENTCAM COMPETITION: THE FOUNDATION FUNDS PRIZE MONEY FOR AN ANNUAL STUDENT DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION.

    Expenses $119,681

  • RESEARCH CONFERENCE: GRANT TO THE CENTER FOR C-SPAN SCHOLARSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT ANNUAL ACADEMIC CONFERENCE TO SHARE RESEARCH CONNECTED WITH C-SPAN VIDEO.

    Expenses $25,000 · Grants $25,000

  • LAMB FELLOWSHIPS: THE FOUNDATION FUNDS EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH "TEACHERS-IN-RESIDENCE" WHO WORK ALONGSIDE C-SPAN STAFF DURING THE SUMMER, ASSISTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LESSON PLANS AND OTHER RESOURCES.

    Expenses $12,701

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Brian Lamb

    PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $482,560
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $446,262
    Other
    $36,298
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $91,062 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $355,200 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $10,501 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $25,797 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $482,560 related
  • Robert Kennedy

    VICE-PRESIDENT AND CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $703,627
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $636,963
    Other
    $66,664
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $546,263 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $90,700 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $36,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,414 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $703,627 related
  • Susan Swain

    VICE-PRESIDENT AND CO-CEO

    Total calculated
    $669,488
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $618,590
    Other
    $50,898
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $550,390 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $68,200 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $36,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,648 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $669,488 related
  • Julie Laulis

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 2 related

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

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
C-SPAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION DID NOT COMPENSATE ANY CURRENT OFFICER, DIRECTOR, OR TRUSTEE. A RELATED ORGANIZATION (SEE SCHEDULE R) PAYS CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS LISTED ON PART VII, SECTION A AND SCHEDULE J, PART II FOR WORK PERFORMED FOR THAT ORGANIZATION. NO COMPENSATION IS PAID BY THE RELATED ORGANIZATION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR WORK PERFORMED FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
PART I, LINE 4B
(RELATED ORGANIZATION) CERTAIN OFFICERS OR TRUSTEES ARE PARTICIPANTS (AS EMPLOYEES OF A RELATED ORGANIZATION) IN INELIGIBLE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS AS DESCRIBED IN IRC SECTION 457(F) WHICH ARE MAINTAINED BY THE RELATED ORGANIZATION AS SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLANS. THE PARTICIPANTS' RIGHTS UNDER THE SECTION 457(F) PLANS ARE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL RISKS OF FORFEITURE (INCLUDING CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT WITH THE RELATED ORGANIZATION FOR SPECIFIED FUTURE PERIODS AND THE PERFORMANCE OF SUBSTANTIAL FUTURE SERVICES). UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE PARTICIPANTS MAY RENEW AND EXTEND THEIR DEFERRALS INSTEAD OF RECEIVING PAYMENT. AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (C) REPRESENT CURRENT-YEAR EMPLOYEE DEFERRALS IN THE 457(F) PLANS AND THE RELATED ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO A 403(B) QUALIFIED PLAN. AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(III) REPRESENT PROCEEDS FROM ONE OR MORE AWARDS FROM THE 457(F) PLAN THAT WERE DEFERRED AT LEAST FIVE YEARS AGO AND VESTED IN CALENDAR YEAR 2023.

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

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
13 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500459349300700

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