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← THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by THE NEA FOUNDATION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,234,576
Total expenses
$5,860,697
Contributions and grants received
$3,352,115
Grants paid
$1,846,639
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$117,539
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$47,215,857
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,364,054
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$44,851,803
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,486,001
Management and general expenses
$1,031,640
Fundraising expenses
$343,056
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,486,001

Program services were 76.5% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $307,991

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,044,124

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $460,008 · excluded $460,008

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $13,643,824

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $14,221,371

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$577,547

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$577,547 · excluded -$577,547

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $177,940

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $307,991

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $177,940

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,053,006 · program services $1,053,006

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $793,633 · program services $793,633

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $752,828 · program services $324,847 · management and general $282,184 · fundraising $145,797

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $831,056 · program services $751,977 · management and general $3,631 · fundraising $75,448

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $55,211 · program services $47,767 · management and general $3,180 · fundraising $4,264

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $92,304 · program services $71,754 · management and general $12,330 · fundraising $8,220

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $110,384 · program services $77,205 · management and general $17,761 · fundraising $15,418

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,540 · program services $9,620 · management and general $1,447 · fundraising $473

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $27,000 · program services $20,997 · management and general $4,530 · fundraising $1,473

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $236,817 · management and general $236,817

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $966,444 · program services $715,798 · management and general $189,135 · fundraising $61,511

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $10,691 · program services $6,026 · management and general $3,353 · fundraising $1,312

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $104,774 · program services $59,058 · management and general $32,860 · fundraising $12,856

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,500 · program services $10,500

  • 17 · Travel

    total $561,575 · program services $432,116 · management and general $126,525 · fundraising $2,934

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,969 · program services $12,947 · management and general $7,204 · fundraising $2,818

  • 20 · Interest

    total $208 · management and general $208

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $5,245 · program services $3,672 · management and general $839 · fundraising $734

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $32,428 · program services $18,279 · management and general $10,170 · fundraising $3,979

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $75,000 · management and general $75,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: EQUIP. RENTAL & MAINT.

    total $51,222 · program services $51,222

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES & MEMBERSHIPS

    total $25,202 · program services $14,206 · management and general $7,904 · fundraising $3,092

  • 24d · Other expenses: GIVEAWAYS

    total $13,531 · program services $1,716 · management and general $11,190 · fundraising $625

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $17,129 · program services $9,655 · management and general $5,372 · fundraising $2,102

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,498,219 · end of year $1,634,047

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $493,503 · end of year $195,332

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $449,700 · end of year $107,655

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $35,422 · end of year $37,448

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $83,626 · end of year $122,537

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $99,594

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $96,202

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,637 · end of year $3,392

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $25,489,534 · end of year $21,975,857

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $18,241,026 · end of year $23,139,589

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $436,707 · end of year $364,546

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,849,579 · end of year $1,772,191

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $18,000

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $192,418 · end of year $207,306

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $5,883 · end of year $2,011

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $43,490,283 · end of year $44,607,976

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $324,797 · end of year $243,827

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE NEA FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION), WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHERS TO PROMOTE THE VERY BEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE FOUNDATION WORKS IN PARTNERSHIP W/ OTHERS TO PROMOTE THE VERY BEST IN PUBLIC EDUCATION.

  • COMMUNITY SCHOOLS INITIATIVE - THE NEA FOUNDATION REPRESENTS A NEW PARTNERSHIP AMONG EDUCATORS, ADVOCATES, ORGANIZERS, PARENTS, POLICYMAKERS AND PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACROSS EAST BATON ROUGE PARRISH, LA., LITTLE ROCK, ARK., AND JACKSON, MISS. AT THE LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVELS, THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE COMMITTED TO AN EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THEIR OWN LOCAL EDUCATION AGENCY, INCLUDING RURAL SCHOOLS.

    Expenses $837,281 · Grants $740,500

  • GRANTS TO EDUCATORS - TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING, THE FOUNDATION PROVIDES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND TEAMS OF EDUCATORS TO SUPPORT INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ALL SUBJECT AREAS AND GRADE LEVELS. BY DIRECTLY FUNDING EDUCATOR-CONCEIVED AND LED PROJECTS, THE FOUNDATION ENABLES EDUCATORS TO CHART THEIR OWN COURSE TO SOLVE TEACHING AND LEARNING CHALLENGES. THE FOUNDATION GLEANS KNOWLEDGE FROM THESE GRANTS TO SHARE WHAT WORKS WITH THE FIELD AND TO INFORM OUR BROADER BODY OF WORK.

    Expenses $713,096 · Grants $657,909

  • AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE/GALA - THE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE AWARDS FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE AT OUR ANNUAL GALA TO HONOR THE CRITICAL WORK THAT PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATORS DO EVERY DAY. IN 2023, WE CELEBRATED 46 EXEMPLARY EDUCATORS, ALL FROM DIFFERENT STATES, IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE AND ALSO JOINED BY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ONLINE.

    Expenses $581,632 · Grants $90,000

  • PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

    Expenses $1,571,510 · Grants $12,500

  • NEW PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT & RESPONSIVE GRANTMAKING

    Expenses $336,841 · Grants $336,840

  • PARTNERSHIPS

    Expenses $26,390 · Grants $8,890

  • GLOBAL LEARNING FELLOWSHIP

    Expenses $419,251

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Sneed

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $334,768
    From this org
    $288,014
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,754
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,014
    Bonus
    $12,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $28,801
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,953
    Filer's total
    $334,768
  • Valeria Lassiter

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Nick Archuleta

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Joy Whitlow

    SECRETARY-TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Aaro Jean Bell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daaiyah Bilal-Threats

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bret Conklin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tia Dowdell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bertis Downs

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Engel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oleta Garrett Fitzgerald

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Erica Webber Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joanne Krell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent McKim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pedro Noguera

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerome Paige

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Pollak

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Becky Pringle

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jane Quin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Denise Sheehan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marcy Singer-Gabella

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Derron Wallace

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Monica Washington

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jerry Weast

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ross Wiener

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric James

    CFO (EXCEPT 1/1-7/14/2022)

    Total calculated
    $81,810
    From this org
    $81,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $541
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Pamela Pinkett

    INTERIM CFO (1/1-7/14/2022)

    Total calculated
    $142,354
    From this org
    $128,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,027
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Margaret Porta

    COO

    Total calculated
    $212,443
    From this org
    $166,088
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $46,355
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,088
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,609
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,746
    Filer's total
    $212,443
  • Elizabeth Schnieder

    COSI (UNTIL 2/2023)

    Total calculated
    $249,881
    From this org
    $185,527
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $64,354
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $185,527
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,553
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,801
    Filer's total
    $249,881
  • Andrew Grabel

    SVP OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $146,082
    From this org
    $131,717
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,365
    Hours/week
    37.5

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 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
SARA SNEED RECEIVED $12,000 OF BONUS COMPENSATION.

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
21 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400529349301500

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