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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM.

Totals

Total revenue
$45,087,867
Total expenses
$32,087,026
Contributions and grants received
$45,080,396
Grants paid
$25,547,050
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$7,471
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$23,095,278
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,278,422
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,816,856
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$31,882,797
Management and general expenses
$101,818
Fundraising expenses
$102,411
Program service expenses (Part III)
$31,882,797

Program services were 99.4% 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

    $45,080,396

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,471 · excluded $7,471

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $25,547,050 · program services $25,547,050

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,547,738 · program services $1,526,385 · management and general $10,676 · fundraising $10,677

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $99,189 · program services $89,270 · management and general $4,960 · fundraising $4,959

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $94,992 · program services $85,492 · management and general $4,750 · fundraising $4,750

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $250,930 · program services $228,895 · management and general $11,018 · fundraising $11,017

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $30,064 · program services $28,727 · management and general $668 · fundraising $669

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $47,679 · program services $43,086 · management and general $2,297 · fundraising $2,296

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,662,020 · program services $2,649,321 · management and general $6,350 · fundraising $6,349

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,065 · program services $9,958 · management and general $554 · fundraising $553

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $4,439 · program services $3,994 · management and general $223 · fundraising $222

  • 24a · Other expenses: CONSULTANTS AND CONTRAC

    total $1,401,667 · program services $1,303,113 · management and general $49,277 · fundraising $49,277

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM MEDIA AND COMMU

    total $352,897 · program services $332,967 · management and general $9,666 · fundraising $10,264

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENCES AND FEES

    total $19,028 · program services $17,242 · management and general $893 · fundraising $893

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,984 · program services $8,263 · management and general $361 · fundraising $360

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9,284 · program services $9,034 · management and general $125 · fundraising $125

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $11,696,990 · end of year $20,022,578

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,001,382 · end of year $3,031,382

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $33,457 · end of year $23,526

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

    $148,355

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

    $139,803

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,160 · end of year $8,552

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $12,534 · end of year $5,450

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $3,790 · end of year $3,790

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $537,298 · end of year $709,422

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $7,569,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $12,400,000 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,226,727 · end of year $1,574,618

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $589,288 · end of year $13,242,238

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES THAT LEAD TO IMPROVED ECONOMIC OUTCOMES FOR ALL AMERICANS, PARTICULARLY OUR CHILDREN, ENSURING THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE RIPE FOR INNOVATION, FREEDOM, AND FLEXIBILITY THROUGHOUT U.S. EDUCATION.

  • "GRANT MAKING"THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM ADMINISTERS THE YASS PRIZE FOR SUSTAINABLE, TRANSFORMATIONAL, OUTSTANDING AND PERMISSIONLESS EDUCATION, WHICH PROVIDES FINANCIAL AWARDS TO SELECTED SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS WHICH PROVIDE OUTSTANDING EDUCATION TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS, AS WELL AS MANAGES RELATED GRANTS UNDER THE YASS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION.

    Expenses $30,966,493 · Grants $25,547,050

  • "COMMUNICATIONS"THE CENTER FOR EDUCATION REFORM PROVIDES READY ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF PIECES OF INFORMATION ABOUT EDUCATION ANNUALLY. CER DEVELOPS AND MARKETS IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC THROUGH MATERIALS AND PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITES, CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, AND THROUGH ABUNDANT CONTACT WITH THE NEWS MEDIA; TO ENSURE THAT THE ISSUES AROUND EDUCATION ARE WELL-UNDERSTOOD BY PARENTS, POLICYMAKERS, AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. ANNUALLY CER PROVIDES INFORMATION AND FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE ABOUT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND POLICIES TO MORE THAN 1000 MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES, WHOSE NEWS COVERAGE FURTHER EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT NUMEROUS EDUCATION SUBJECTS.

    Expenses $916,304

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jeanne Allen

    FOUNDER AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $487,009
    From this org
    $487,009
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    65

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $463,021
    Bonus
    $23,988
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $487,009

  • Donald Hense

    CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Richard Harmon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Moe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kevin Chavous

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Janine Yass

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michael Musante

    EXECUTIVE VP

    Total calculated
    $398,669
    From this org
    $398,669
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $378,581
    Bonus
    $20,088
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $398,669

  • Caroline Dosky Allen

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $179,248
    From this org
    $156,748
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,169
    Bonus
    $12,579
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $179,248

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 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349304886

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