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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,129,152
Total expenses
$2,731,619
Contributions and grants received
$2,527,486
Grants paid
$44,000
Program service revenue
$596,100
Investment income
$3,828
Other revenue
$1,738
Total assets, end of year
$3,165,828
Total liabilities, end of year
$557,229
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,608,599
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,863,581
Management and general expenses
$699,603
Fundraising expenses
$168,435
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,863,581

Program services were 68.2% 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

    $898,717

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,628,769

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE INCOME

    total $592,140 · related or exempt $592,140

  • 2b · Program service revenue: SEMINARS & PROGRAM INC

    total $3,960 · related or exempt $3,960

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $3,828 · excluded $3,828

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $1,738 · related or exempt $1,738

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,738

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $44,000 · program services $44,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $539,434 · program services $262,165 · management and general $219,479 · fundraising $57,790

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $551,559 · program services $268,721 · management and general $223,937 · fundraising $58,901

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $55,661 · program services $26,552 · management and general $23,005 · fundraising $6,104

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $57,409 · program services $27,387 · management and general $23,726 · fundraising $6,296

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $71,100 · program services $33,918 · management and general $29,385 · fundraising $7,797

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,759 · program services $14,639 · management and general $3,673 · fundraising $447

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $685,531 · program services $545,261 · management and general $125,021 · fundraising $15,249

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $62,178 · program services $39,921 · management and general $12,815 · fundraising $9,442

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $56,889 · program services $45,714 · management and general $8,786 · fundraising $2,389

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $1,584 · program services $738 · management and general $670 · fundraising $176

  • 17 · Travel

    total $86,687 · program services $64,562 · management and general $19,300 · fundraising $2,825

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $495,197 · program services $488,129 · management and general $6,435 · fundraising $633

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,631 · program services $1,874 · management and general $3,371 · fundraising $386

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,308,089 · end of year $1,854,775

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $251,218 · end of year $251,294

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $105,000 · end of year $487,241

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,968 · end of year $26,326

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

    $284,971

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

    $284,971

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $546,192

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $66,719 · end of year $82,119

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $400,196 · end of year $475,110

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,765,963 · end of year $1,847,429

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $455,397 · end of year $761,170

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

GRANTMAKERS FOR EDUCATION'S (GFE) MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN PHILANTHROPY'S CAPACITY TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LEARNERS. GFE IS A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION FOR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PHILANTHROPIES THAT SUPPORT IMPROVED EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS FROM EARLY LEARNING THROUGH POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION. TO IMPACT ALL LEARNINGS, GFE IS COMMITTED TO A STRONG, VIBRANT EDUCATION SYSTEM. GFE PROMOTES DIALOGUE, INQUIRY, COLLABORATION AND LEARNING TO STRENGTHEN PRACTICE WITHIN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION PHILANTHROPY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LEARNERS.

  • CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS: ORGANIZING CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND E-PROGRAMS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THAT STRENGTHENS THE PRACTICE OF EDUCATION GRANTMAKERS. PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES ARE FUNDED THROUGH MULTI-YEAR CONDITIONAL GRANTS. DURING THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022, THE ORGANIZATION WAS ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR FIRST IN-PERSON CONFERENCE SINCE 2019.

    Expenses $952,108 · Revenue $596,100

  • IMPACT GROUPS: A FRAMEWORK CENTERED ON MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE NATION TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEEPEN MEMBERS' ENGAGEMENT WITH EACH OTHER ON A SHARED TOPIC OF INTEREST. IMPACT GROUPS CREATE RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE ACCESSIBLE BY GENERATING INFORMATION, SOURCING "LESSONS LEARNED, AND PROVIDING ACCESS TO PRACTITIONERS AND EXPERTS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVES.

    Expenses $477,840 · Grants $44,000

  • COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS: DEVELOPING REPORTS, CASE STUDIES AND NEWSLETTERS THAT PROMOTE DEEPER KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE GRANTMAKING PRACTICES AND HIGHLIGHT TRENDS AND EMERGING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIELD.

    Expenses $231,408

  • MEMBER SERVICE AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES: PROVIDING INDIVIDUALIZED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE TO HELP GRANTMAKING ORGANIZATIONS REFINE THEIR STRATEGIES AND TO CONNECT THEM WITH OTHER PEER GRANTMAKING ORGANIZATIONS FOR PEER ASSISTANCE AND COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $202,225 · Revenue $1,738

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard Tagle

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Sara Sneed

    VICE-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Sophie Fanelli

    SECRETARY (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Elizabeth Gonzalez

    SECRETARY (UNTIL 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Paul Herdman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Lynn Alvarez

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • John Fitzpatrick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Charmaine Mercer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    15

  • Danielle Pulliam

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 10/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gisele Shorter

    DIRECTOR (AS OF 03/22)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

  • Laverne Evans Srinivasan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • Celine Coggins

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $321,344
    From this org
    $279,078
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,266
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $279,078
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $22,796
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,470
    Filer's total
    $321,344

  • Beverly Ross Denny

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $218,090
    From this org
    $196,524
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,566
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,524
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,914
    Filer's total
    $218,090

  • Ulcca Hansen

    CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $194,730
    From this org
    $175,338
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,392
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,338
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,490
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,902
    Filer's total
    $194,730

  • Kyle Malone

    ASSOC DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

    Total calculated
    $138,695
    From this org
    $101,619
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,076
    Hours/week
    40

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 · 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
30 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202333039349300708

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