Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$19,272,593

Total expenses

$19,354,062

Contributions and grants received

$19,007,714

Grants paid

$12,605,483

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$264,879

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$22,210,818

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,409,916

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$15,800,902

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$18,553,143

Management and general expenses

$410,135

Fundraising expenses

$390,784

Program service expenses (Part III)

$18,553,143

Program services were 95.9% 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 · 2024

• SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT AND REFORM: PROVIDES SUPPORT AND RESOURCES THAT INCREASE THE SCHOOL SYSTEM'S CAPACITY AND ABILITY TO MEET "A CAPITAL COMMITMENT" GOALS.1. DCPS READING CLINIC: TOGETHER WITH DCPS, THE DCPS READING CLINIC CREATES A SYSTEM WHERE STRUGGLING READERS IN GRADES K-2 CAN EXPERIENCE THE JOY OF MASTERING READING, WHILE ALLOWING DCPS TEACHERS TO EARN GRADUATE CREDIT IN READING REMEDIATION. DCPS IS PILOTING THIS WORK IN SECONDARY GRADES.2. CAPITAL MATH COLLECTIVE: CAPITAL MATH COLLECTIVE (CMC) IS A CITYWIDE INITIATIVE WORKING TO ACCELERATE MATH OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-8. BRINGING TOGETHER DCPS, PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS, EDUCATORS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS, CMC INVESTS IN HIGH-QUALITY INSTRUCTION, TARGETED STUDENT SUPPORTS, EDUCATOR TRAINING AND COACHING, FAMILY ENGAGEMENT, AND CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION TO STRENGTHEN MATH ACHIEVEMENT AND ENSURE MORE STUDENTS DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE NEEDED FOR LONG-TERM ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

  Expenses $15,549,326 · Grants $11,813,228

• EXCELLENT TEACHERS AND LEADERS: PROVIDES THE RESOURCES TO ATTRACT, RETAIN, DEVELOP AND REWARD THE MOST EFFECTIVE EDUCATORS IN DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THIS LEADERSHIP PIPELINE INITIATIVE ENABLED DCPS TO TAKE KEY STEPS TOWARD DEVELOPING AN EQUITY-CENTERED LEADERSHIP PIPELINE, INCLUDING ENGAGEMENT WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES TO REVISE LEADERSHIP PRACTICES, STANDARDS, DIVERSE AND EQUITABLE RECRUITING, AND REVISION OF EVALUATION MEASURES AND HIRING PROCESSES.

  Expenses $1,881,844 · Grants $511,299

• INNOVATIVE CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS: PROVIDES RESOURCES TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN CLASSROOMS AND SCHOOLS THAT WILL SUPPORT RIGOROUS CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION TO HELP ACCELERATE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.1. HIGH SCHOOL REDESIGN. THIS PROGRAM REIMAGINES THE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, CREATING INNOVATIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS THAT STRENGTHEN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, EXPAND CAREER-CONNECTED AND POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS, AND EQUIP GRADUATES WITH THE SKILLS NEEDED TO SUCCEED IN AN EVOLVING ECONOMY.2. DCPS PERSISTS. DCPS PERSISTS IS A COLLEGE PERSISTENCE INITIATIVE THAT AIMS TO BOTH IMPROVE COLLEGE COMPLETION RATES FOR DCPS GRADUATES MOST AT-RISK OF NOT EARNING DEGREES TO INFLUENCE SYSTEMS AND OUTCOMES AT BOTH THE K-12 AND COLLEGE LEVELS.3. CAREER & TECHNICAL EDUCATION. THIS PROGRAM STRENGTHENS PATHWAYS THAT CONNECT STUDENTS TO INDUSTRY-RECOGNIZED CREDENTIALS, WORK-BASED LEARNING EXPERIENCES, POSTSECONDARY OPPORTUNITIES, AND HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS, ENSURING THAT MORE DC STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH THE SKILLS, EXPERIENCES, AND NETWORKS NEEDED TO THRIVE IN AN EVOLVING WORKFORCE.

  Expenses $701,814 · Grants $211,737

• STANDING OVATION FOR DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS: THE DC PUBLIC EDUCATION FUND'S SIGNATURE EVENT, STANDING OVATION FOR DC PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS THE PREMIER AWARDS SHOW FOR DCPS EDUCATORS IN WASHINGTON, DC.

  Expenses $383,703 · Grants $66,609

• ENGAGED STUDENTS AND FAMILIES: PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES TO BECOME MORE CONNECTED WITH THEIR SCHOOL. DCPS IS EMBEDDING WHOLE-CHILD PRACTICES ACROSS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH SCHOOLS TO RESHAPE WHAT GREAT TEACHING LOOKS LIKE AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CLASSROOM IS A PLACE WHERE STUDENTS FEEL VALUED AND CONNECTED.

  Expenses $36,456 · Grants $2,610

As filed on the 2024 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

• DC TREASURER

  $9,858,638

  EDUCATION INITIATIVES

• CITYSCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE

  $1,654,194

  CITYWIDE MATHEMATICS

• BEAM

  $595,000

  STUDENT & ALUMNI MICROGRANTS

• EMPOWERK12

  $490,000

  CITYWIDE MATHEMATICS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 July 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202631829349300813

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