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← GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES.

Totals

Total revenue
$58,995,261
Total expenses
$54,851,209
Contributions and grants received
$10,483,233
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
not reported
Investment income
not reported
Other revenue
not reported
Total assets, end of year
not reported
Total liabilities, end of year
not reported
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
not reported
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$48,533,385
Management and general expenses
$6,317,824
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$48,533,385

Program services were 88.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • KRISTI ANSETH

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • CYNTHIA BURROWS

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • FRANCES ARNOLD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MEIGAN ARONSON

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MARIANNE BRONNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • SAMUEL GELLMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DAVID J GLASS

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MARK MURCKO

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ELSA REICHMANIS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • RANDY SCHEKMAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • VIOLA VOGEL

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • DAVID WEITZ

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • ALBERT CHEUNG-HOI YU

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • NANCY RYAN GRAY

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,143,224
    From this org
    $988,329
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $154,895
    Hours/week
    40 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $571,579
    Bonus
    $186,750
    Other
    $230,000
    Deferred
    $136,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,595
    Filer's total
    $1,143,224
  • TARYN GROVES MORAN

    TREASURER AND CFO

    Total calculated
    $441,959
    From this org
    $380,817
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $61,142
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,686
    Bonus
    $73,131
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,300
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,842
    Filer's total
    $441,959
  • CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM ESQ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related
  • JAMES DAVID

    IT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $309,576
    From this org
    $245,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $63,660
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,123
    Bonus
    $30,793
    Other
    $30,000
    Deferred
    $27,051
    Nontaxable benefits
    $36,609
    Filer's total
    $309,576
  • JEFFREY CARROLL

    TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST

    Total calculated
    $148,075
    From this org
    $110,719
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,356
    Hours/week
    40 + 5 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

  • 1a · First-class or charter travel
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
FIRST CLASS TRAVEL UPON BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVAL, GRC PRESIDENT AND CEO AND OTHER KEY PERSONNEL CAN TRAVEL FIRST CLASS. CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL ARE THAT THE EMPLOYEE IS TRAVELING OVERNIGHT AND EXPECTED TO WORK THE NEXT DAY.
PART I, LINE 4B
NANCY RYAN GRAY (THE "EXECUTIVE") PARTICIPATES IN A SECTION 457(F) PLAN THAT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE HER WITH DEFERRED COMPENSATION UPON THE COMPLETION OF ADDITIONAL YEARS OF SERVICE. GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES (THE "CORPORATION") SHALL MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ACCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000 AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH OF TEN CONSECUTIVE PLAN YEARS, COMMENCING WITH THE PLAN YEAR BEGINNING MAY 1, 2020. NO FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE MADE AFTER THE 10TH PLAN YEAR OR FOLLOWING THE EXECUTIVE'S DEATH OR DISABILITY OR THE FORFEITURE OF HER ACCOUNT. THE EXECUTIVE SHALL REMAIN UNVESTED IN THE ACCOUNT UNTIL THE EARLIEST OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS: (I) AT THE END OF THE THIRD PLAN YEAR (APRIL 30, 2023), VESTING WITH PAYMENT OF $200,000 IN THE ACCOUNT; AT THE END OF THE SIXTH PLAN YEAR (APRIL 30, 2026), VESTING WITH PAYMENT OF $250,000 IN THE ACCOUNT; AND AT THE END OF THE TENTH PLAN YEAR (APRIL 30, 2030), VESTING WITH PAYMENT OF $550,000 IN THE ACCOUNT, PROVIDED THAT ON EACH VESTING DATE, THE EXECUTIVE IS EMPLOYED BY THE CORPORATION; (II) THE TERMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE'S EMPLOYMENT BY THE CORPORATION WITHOUT CAUSE; OR (III) THE EXECUTIVE'S DISABILITY OR DEATH WHILE IN THE EMPLOY OF THE CORPORATION. THE EXECUTIVE WILL FORFEIT AMOUNTS IN HER ACCOUNT EITHER (I) ON THE DATE SHE VOLUNTARILY RESIGNS FROM HER EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CORPORATION, OR (II) ON THE DATE OF TERMINATION, IF THE CORPORATION TERMINATES HER EMPLOYMENT FOR CAUSE. DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2023, NANCY RYAN GRAY RECEIVED A $200,000 PAYMENT FROM THE CORPORATION'S SECTION 457(F) PLAN, WHICH IS REPORTED IN SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 7
NON-FIXED PAYMENTS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HAS DISCRETION IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF INCENTIVE PAY PAID TO EMPLOYEES. PLEASE REFER TO SCHEDULE O (NARRATIVE FOR FORM 990, PART VI, LINE 15) FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE ORGANIZATION'S INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM.
PART II, COLUMN (B)(III)
OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION AMOUNTS IN THIS COLUMN REPRESENT EMPLOYEE 403(B) CONTRIBUTIONS.

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.

  • GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES(HONG KONG)

    EDUC. CONFER. · HK · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by GRC INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
10 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202510709349301186

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