Totals
- Total revenue
- $30,313,803
- Total expenses
- $33,416,723
- Contributions and grants received
- $28,497,016
- Grants paid
- $15,147,000
- Program service revenue
- $949,235
- Investment income
- $867,552
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $10,920,758
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,425,820
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $9,494,938
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $27,759,058
- Management and general expenses
- $3,282,302
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,375,363
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $27,759,058
Program services were 83.1% 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.
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1b · Membership dues
$181,042
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$28,315,974
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2a · Program service revenue: Convening/Meeting Rev
total $541,962 · related or exempt $541,962
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2b · Program service revenue: Strategic Assistance
total $205,731 · related or exempt $205,731
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2c · Program service revenue: Sponsorship
total $173,000 · related or exempt $173,000
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2d · Program service revenue: Training/Speaking
total $28,542 · related or exempt $28,542
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3 · Investment income
total $867,552 · excluded $867,552
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $15,147,000 · program services $15,147,000
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $2,366,303 · program services $1,440,099 · management and general $485,556 · fundraising $440,648
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,180,796 · program services $2,544,375 · management and general $857,883 · fundraising $778,538
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $204,942 · program services $124,725 · management and general $42,053 · fundraising $38,164
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $638,203 · program services $388,401 · management and general $130,957 · fundraising $118,845
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $460,594 · program services $280,311 · management and general $94,512 · fundraising $85,771
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11b · Fees: legal
total $49,612 · program services $40,260 · management and general $6,646 · fundraising $2,706
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $28,387 · program services $23,036 · management and general $3,803 · fundraising $1,548
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $209,574 · program services $209,574
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11g · Fees: other
total $6,215,738 · program services $5,020,703 · management and general $843,446 · fundraising $351,589
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $28,907 · program services $9,733 · management and general $11,508 · fundraising $7,666
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13 · Office expenses
total $29,066 · program services $9,787 · management and general $11,571 · fundraising $7,708
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14 · Information technology
total $940,957 · program services $701,472 · management and general $140,348 · fundraising $99,137
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16 · Occupancy
total $205,463 · program services $89,908 · management and general $77,037 · fundraising $38,518
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17 · Travel
total $546,634 · program services $310,433 · management and general $180,062 · fundraising $56,139
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $1,115,949 · program services $950,107 · management and general $155,681 · fundraising $10,161
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $185,235 · program services $62,387 · management and general $81,899 · fundraising $40,949
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24a · Other expenses: Communications
total $529,528 · program services $249,928 · management and general $53,095 · fundraising $226,505
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24b · Other expenses: Other Expenses
total $266,872 · program services $89,856 · management and general $106,245 · fundraising $70,771
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24c · Other expenses: Network Support
total $66,963 · program services $66,963
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $12,424,621 · end of year $9,586,869
-
4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $800,807 · end of year $607,988
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $201,758 · end of year $481,293
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$992,057
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$852,378
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $283,476 · end of year $139,679
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $230,085 · end of year $104,929
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,073,286 · end of year $1,058,303
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $37,499 · end of year $250,000
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $232,104 · end of year $117,517
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $5,350,358 · end of year $6,783,600
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $7,247,500 · end of year $2,711,338
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
We partner with communities to ensure every child has every chance to succeed because race, ethnicity, poverty and circumstance should not determine opportunity or outcome.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Please see the full description of our mission under 990 page 2 Part III Line 1.
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Cradle to Career Grantmaking: StriveTogether remains dedicated to advancing better and more equitable outcomes for youth and families. In 2024, our investments continued to strengthen civic infrastructure, increase access to capital to leverage local investments, and accelerate measurable progress toward transforming systems to improve opportunity. Grants awarded this year supported a diverse range of initiatives aimed at sustaining long-term impact and driving meaningful change in communities nationwide.
Expenses $15,100,000 · Grants $15,100,000
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Cradle to Career Network: In 2024, StriveTogether focused on strengthening network capacity to advance cradle-to-career outcomes across its network of 68 communities in 28 states. Through dedicated support and collaboration, StriveTogether helped local partnerships implement data-driven strategies, utilizing a collaborative improvement approach to make progress along the StriveTogether Theory of Action. In the meantime, StriveTogether supported cradle-to-career partnerships develop local policy solutions to advance educational outcomes associated with their Know Your Number initiatives. StriveTogether launched a state policy implementation community of practice to support state agencies and departments with newly authorized educational policies begin their implementation. Cont. in Sch OIn addition, StriveTogether supported twelve state coalitions advance their data infrastructure to support outcomes improvement across each of their states.
Expenses $9,841,350 · Grants $47,000 · Revenue $939,335
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Training Hub: The StriveTogether Training Hub builds competencies for leaders in place-based partnerships to help communities transform systems in service of better, improved outcomes. In 2024, the Training Hub provided over 4,800 hours of learning to leaders across the country in critical topics like collaborative improvement, backbone excellence, and data & analytics. Over 85% of attendees reported having increased their skills as a result of our trainings.
Expenses $2,817,708 · Revenue $9,900
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
Andi Phillips
Board Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Connie Ballmer
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Danae Davis
Director - Exit 12/31/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
David Williams
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
James Bell
Director - Exit 12/31/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lisa Hamilton
Director - Exit 12/31/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Michael McAfee
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tony Pipa
Board Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Russell Booker
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Robert Blaine
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Richard Raya
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Sue Lehmann
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Tom Fry
Director - Exit 12/31/24
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Jennifer Blatz
Chief Executive Officer
- Total calculated
- $414,845
- From this org
- $375,230
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,615
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $298,937
- Bonus
- $74,360
- Other
- $1,933
- Deferred
- $16,143
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,472
- Filer's total
- $414,845
-
Colin Groth
Chief Advancement Officer
- Total calculated
- $278,920
- From this org
- $256,979
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,941
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $222,872
- Bonus
- $32,175
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $12,106
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,835
- Filer's total
- $278,920
-
Vanessa Carlo-Miranda
COO - Exit 05/31/24
- Total calculated
- $241,088
- From this org
- $223,847
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $17,241
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $114,375
- Bonus
- $39,861
- Other
- $69,611
- Deferred
- $8,547
- Nontaxable benefits
- $8,694
- Filer's total
- $241,088
-
Paris Woods
Chief Program Officer
- Total calculated
- $239,280
- From this org
- $218,348
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,932
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $216,416
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $11,097
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,835
- Filer's total
- $239,280
-
Ashwina Kirpani
VP, Insights and Analytics
- Total calculated
- $274,029
- From this org
- $251,694
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,335
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $237,274
- Bonus
- $12,488
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $12,500
- Nontaxable benefits
- $9,835
- Filer's total
- $274,029
-
Gina Trieste - Exit 121324
Vice President, People Experience
- Total calculated
- $254,280
- From this org
- $223,413
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,867
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $157,078
- Bonus
- $3,713
- Other
- $62,622
- Deferred
- $9,171
- Nontaxable benefits
- $21,696
- Filer's total
- $254,280
-
Josh Davis
VP, Policy and Partnerships
- Total calculated
- $245,234
- From this org
- $218,057
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,177
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $198,579
- Bonus
- $17,546
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $11,134
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,043
- Filer's total
- $245,234
-
Bridget Jancarz
Vice President, Network Impact
- Total calculated
- $234,638
- From this org
- $207,728
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,910
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $188,966
- Bonus
- $16,830
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $10,000
- Nontaxable benefits
- $16,910
- Filer's total
- $234,638
-
Helen Black
Vice President, Training
- Total calculated
- $189,987
- From this org
- $158,080
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $31,907
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $156,148
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $8,435
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,472
- Filer's total
- $189,987
-
Jeri Duncan
Sr. Director ,Finance and Admin
- Total calculated
- $161,483
- From this org
- $152,372
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,111
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $150,440
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $7,645
- Nontaxable benefits
- $1,466
- Filer's total
- $161,483
-
Brandon Crowley
Sr. Director, Technology and Systems
- Total calculated
- $183,047
- From this org
- $147,735
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $35,312
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $145,053
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $2,682
- Deferred
- $7,783
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,529
- Filer's total
- $183,047
-
Andrew Freeze
Sr. Director ,Development and Grants
- Total calculated
- $166,729
- From this org
- $135,951
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $30,778
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $127,262
- Bonus
- $6,757
- Other
- $1,932
- Deferred
- $7,306
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,472
- Filer's total
- $166,729
-
Monroe Nichols
Director, State Infrastructure
- Total calculated
- $143,844
- From this org
- $136,111
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,733
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Cara-Aimee Long Corra
Dir., Operations, Policy and P'ships
- Total calculated
- $138,116
- From this org
- $122,348
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $15,768
- 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 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
Answered no
- 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
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 4a
- $57,023.40 to Vanessa Carlo-Miranda (Chief Operating Officer) in June 2024 $51,000 to Gina Trieste ( VP, People Experience) in Dec 2024.
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
-
$1,550,000
Transform Impact Grant & Kentucky Policy Coalition Grant
-
Transform Impact Grant & Utah Policy Coalition Grant
-
$1,375,000
Transform Impact Grant & Texas Policy Coalition Grant
-
$1,350,000
Transform Impact Grant & Kentucky Policy Coalition Grant
-
$1,300,000
Tennessee Policy Coalition Grant
-
Transform Impact Grant
-
$1,100,000
Transform Impact Grant
-
$725,000
Texas Policy Coalition Grant
-
$650,000
South Carolina Policy Coalition Grant and Place Matters Grant
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Minnesota Policy Coalition Grant
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Taxable family on this return
Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.
Disregarded entities
Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.
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StriveTogether LLC
No Activity · OH · income $0 · assets $0
Directly controlled by StriveTogether Inc
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 May 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.1
- Source object
- 202541339349302839
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