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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LYRA.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,118,604
Total expenses
$1,468,900
Contributions and grants received
$2,862,870
Grants paid
$25,000
Program service revenue
$224,845
Investment income
$29,561
Other revenue
$1,328
Total assets, end of year
$3,132,301
Total liabilities, end of year
$121,850
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,010,451
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,255,804
Management and general expenses
$175,803
Fundraising expenses
$37,293
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,255,804

Program services were 85.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,862,870

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $224,845 · related or exempt $224,845

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $29,561 · excluded $29,561

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,328 · excluded $1,328

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,328

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

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

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $384,351 · program services $303,843 · management and general $60,556 · fundraising $19,952

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $205,597 · program services $162,531 · management and general $32,393 · fundraising $10,673

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,586 · program services $30,178 · management and general $8,860 · fundraising $2,548

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $29,843 · program services $21,656 · management and general $6,358 · fundraising $1,829

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $42,403 · program services $35,196 · management and general $4,916 · fundraising $2,291

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $361,632 · program services $360,713 · management and general $919

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $38,886 · management and general $38,886

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $254,125 · program services $242,783 · management and general $11,342

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $741 · program services $447 · management and general $294

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,311 · program services $4,126 · management and general $2,185

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,975 · management and general $1,975

  • 17 · Travel

    total $59,251 · program services $58,228 · management and general $1,023

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,031 · program services $41 · management and general $2,990

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $11,062 · program services $11,062

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND FEES

    total $2,493 · management and general $2,493

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK AND CREDIT CARD FE

    total $418 · management and general $418

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $195 · management and general $195

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $98,381 · end of year $905,682

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,277,597 · end of year $859,159

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $24,000 · end of year $1,264,870

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $90,234

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,451 · end of year $12,356

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $52,682 · end of year $61,850

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $60,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $9,056 · end of year $147,832

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,351,691 · end of year $2,862,619

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

LYRA INCUBATES AND ACCELERATES HIGH-IMPACT EDUCATION INITIATIVES THAT TACKLE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACING EDUCATION, DEEPLY ROOTED IN DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY VOICES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE BUILD EDUCATION COALITIONS AND PROVIDE CAPACITY, RESOURCES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND EXPERTISE TO STUDENTS, ADMINISTRATORS AND PARTNERS WITH INNOVATIVE IDEAS THAT LEAD TO GREATER STUDENT AND EDUCATOR SUCCESS. WITH EXPERTISE IN CONVENING, POLICY, STRATEGY, ADVOCACY, AND FUNDRAISING, WE BRING OUR SKILLS TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM TO ADD VALUE BEHIND THE SCENES AND PROPEL IDEAS FORWARD.

  • WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH EDUCATION COMMUNITIES, LYRA TAKES ON CRITICAL ISSUES FACING STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS. THROUGH OUR INITIATIVES, WE APPLY A CONSISTENT SET OF STRATEGIES TO A DIVERSE SET OF COMMUNITY PRIORITIES:(1) INNOVATION ZONES: EMPOWERING SCHOOL COMMUNITIES TO DESIGN AND SUSTAIN ZONES OF AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT SCHOOLS TO THEY CAN BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO THEIR STUDENTS.(2) CLIMATARIUM: PREPARING YOUTH TO BUILD ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION PATHWAYS.(3) MISSION ACCELERATORS: CONNECTING PHILANTHROPIC FUNDERS WITH A LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ACCELERATE THEIR IMPACT IN EDUCATION.

    Expenses $1,255,804 · Grants $25,000 · Revenue $224,845

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jessica Roberts

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Billy Brown

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Thomas Gougeon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Evy Valencia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miguel Gonzales

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kate Bartlett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abby Schaller

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Seawell

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $123,217
    From this org
    $106,258
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,959
    Hours/week
    40
  • Meghan Sivakoff

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $202,615
    From this org
    $164,398
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,217
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,398
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,717
    Filer's total
    $202,615
  • Elizabeth Harbaugh

    DIRECTOR OF CLIMATARIUM

    Total calculated
    $131,910
    From this org
    $113,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,215
    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
COMPENSATION IS RESEARCHED BY ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP ANNUALLY. THE BOARD THEN CONSIDERS COMPENSATION RESEARCH IN ITS APPROVAL OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

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

  • MCAULIFFE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

    $25,000

    GRANT FOR INNOVATION ZONES

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
26 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202412479349301006

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