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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by DEFENDING EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,098,994
Total expenses
$4,851,685
Contributions and grants received
$4,902,031
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$196,963
Total assets, end of year
$1,204,628
Total liabilities, end of year
$865,124
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$339,504
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,387,750
Management and general expenses
$774,602
Fundraising expenses
$689,333
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,387,750

Program services were 69.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $20,895

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,881,136

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Shared service revenue

    total $196,963 · related or exempt $196,963

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $196,963

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $498,935 · program services $257,739 · management and general $141,371 · fundraising $99,825

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,098,388 · program services $829,150 · management and general $174,504 · fundraising $94,734

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $123,326 · program services $81,069 · management and general $27,745 · fundraising $14,512

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,604 · program services $75,260 · management and general $21,872 · fundraising $13,472

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,054,553 · program services $1,054,553

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $45,370 · management and general $45,370

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $212,780 · fundraising $212,780

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $118,564 · program services $118,564

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $43,883 · management and general $43,883

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $223,096 · program services $151,804 · management and general $44,118 · fundraising $27,174

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $22,800 · management and general $22,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $180,028 · program services $122,499 · management and general $35,601 · fundraising $21,928

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $212,320 · program services $147,348 · management and general $40,207 · fundraising $24,765

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,833 · management and general $4,833

  • 24a · Other expenses: Direct mail/research

    total $246,817 · program services $140,020 · fundraising $106,797

  • 24b · Other expenses: Dues & subscriptions

    total $21,802 · management and general $21,802

  • 24c · Other expenses: Public relations

    total $602,171 · program services $409,744 · management and general $119,081 · fundraising $73,346

  • 24d · Other expenses: Recruiting

    total $31,415 · management and general $31,415

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $739,277 · end of year $450,734

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $25,720 · end of year $672,804

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $8,956 · end of year $81,090

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $681,758 · end of year $865,124

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $92,195 · end of year $339,504

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O

  • Through network and coalition building, investigative reporting, litigation, and engagement on local, state, and national policies, we fight educational bias taught in the classroom. PDE empowers parents through education, exposes malfeasance in schools and the school system its tip line and public records requests, and engages in the policy process by filing federal comments, sending coalition letters, and networking parent activists with each other and the broader policy advocacy community.

    Expenses $3,387,750

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Nicole Neily

    PRESIDENT SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $341,400
    From this org
    $332,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,650
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $297,750
    Bonus
    $35,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $8,650
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $341,400
  • Kenneth Marcus

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Karol Marcowicz

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Edward Blum

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Garrett Exner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Mary Hasson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    not reported
  • Marissa Fallon

    Director of Advocacy

    Total calculated
    $149,146
    From this org
    $145,093
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,053
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,093
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,053
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,894
    Filer's total
    $156,040
  • Caroline Moore

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $171,172
    From this org
    $166,186
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,986
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,186
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,986
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,183
    Filer's total
    $176,355
  • Alexis Nestor

    Investigative Fellow

    Total calculated
    $107,421
    From this org
    $104,583
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,838
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $104,583
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,838
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,046
    Filer's total
    $113,467
  • Erika Sanzi

    Director Outreach

    Total calculated
    $134,792
    From this org
    $134,792
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,792
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $134,792

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 · Written employment contract
  • 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

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
2023
Filed
23 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202442979349301779

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