Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$596,697

Total expenses

$1,004,342

Contributions and grants received

$530,890

Grants paid

$200,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$65,807

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$2,089,333

Total liabilities, end of year

$960,462

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$1,128,871

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$610,742

Management and general expenses

$393,600

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$610,742

Program services were 60.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE FORUM FOR THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION (THE FORUM) IS AN INDEPENDENT, NONPROFIT RESEARCH CENTER, COMPRISED OF A COMMUNITY OF ACADEMIC LEADERS AND SCHOLARS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO EXPLORE NEW THINKING IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE FORUM FACILITATES SHARED INQUIRY AND COLLABORATION ON ISSUES LIKELY TO INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, PRIMARILY IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, NEW LEARNING MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCES IN THE COGNITIVE AND NEUROSCIENCES, THE ROLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND PREPARING THE WORKFORCE OF THE FUTURE. THE FORUM SPONSORS AND CREATES RESEARCH, PRESENTS SCHOLARSHIP AT ANNUAL ASPEN SYMPOSIA, AND DISSEMINATES FINDINGS THROUGHOUT HIGHER EDUCATION. THE FORUM SPONSORS RESEARCH AND CREATES KNOWLEDGE INTENDED TO INFORM CAMPUS POLICY AND DECISION-MAKING. ITS RESEARCH AGENDA FOCUSES ON NEW THINKING AND IDEAS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION. EACH YEAR, 15-20 NEW FORUM SCHOLARSHIPS ARE DESIGNATED. THE FORUM IS CURRENTLY ENGAGED IN THE FOLLOWING MAJOR RESEARCH INITIATIVES:-FORUM ON POLITICS, THE ECONOMY AND HIGHER EDUCATION-FORUM ON NEW BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL MODELS-FORUM ON TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND ACADEMIC PRODUCTIVITY-FORUM ON HIGHER EDUCATION GOVERNANCE, LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT-FORUM ON FINANCIAL MARKETS AND RISK MANAGEMENT-WGBH ON CAMPUS-FORUM ON ADVANCED LEARNING SCIENCE-FORUM ON INEQUALITY AND HIGHER EDUCATION-ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS ON GLOBALIZATION, HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE ECONOMYFORUM SCHOLARSHIP IS PUBLISHED IN FORUM FUTURES AND BROADLY DISSEMINATED THROUGHOUT HIGHER EDUCATION. FORUM FUTURES: SUMMARY OF FORUM RESEARCH, PUBLISHED SUMMARIES OF FORUM RESEARCH DESIGNED FOR USE IN BOARD AND PLANNING RETREATS, INCLUDING FULL-TEXT OF PAPERS PRESENTED AT ANNUAL ASPEN SYMPOSIUM.

  Expenses $610,742 · Grants $200,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

  $200,000

  INFORM A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ON THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

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.

• AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

  501(C)(3) · SPONSOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDY PROJECTS ON TOPICS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST · MA

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.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

10 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431349349301928

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