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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SCRATCH FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$15,041,052
Total expenses
$15,347,668
Contributions and grants received
$14,904,396
Grants paid
$552,500
Program service revenue
$15,000
Investment income
$95,037
Other revenue
$26,619
Total assets, end of year
$13,703,238
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,669,657
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$12,033,581
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,605,743
Management and general expenses
$4,816,916
Fundraising expenses
$925,009
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,605,743

Program services were 62.6% 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

    $14,904,396

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $101,435

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Developing Content and Materials

    total $15,000 · related or exempt $15,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $93,554 · excluded $93,554

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $30,000 · excluded $30,000

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $102,917

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

    securities $101,434

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $1,483

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $1,483 · excluded $1,483

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $10,029

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $22,431

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total -$12,402 · excluded -$12,402

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $9,021 · excluded $9,021

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $9,021

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $390,000 · program services $390,000

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $162,500 · program services $162,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $1,163,712 · program services $220,075 · management and general $727,822 · fundraising $215,815

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $6,887,910 · program services $5,490,406 · management and general $1,023,095 · fundraising $374,409

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $199,015 · program services $150,959 · management and general $34,615 · fundraising $13,441

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $752,594 · program services $591,341 · management and general $135,078 · fundraising $26,175

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $527,360 · program services $394,015 · management and general $95,672 · fundraising $37,673

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $442 · management and general $442

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $248,481 · management and general $248,481

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $67,147 · fundraising $67,147

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $2,743,971 · program services $1,095,078 · management and general $1,537,585 · fundraising $111,308

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $82,805 · program services $81 · management and general $82,524 · fundraising $200

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $50,968 · program services $22,455 · management and general $22,499 · fundraising $6,014

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $715,222 · program services $663,495 · management and general $47,719 · fundraising $4,008

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $449,206 · program services $264 · management and general $448,942

  • 17 · Travel

    total $523,790 · program services $295,115 · management and general $195,458 · fundraising $33,217

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $247,824 · program services $113,176 · management and general $102,702 · fundraising $31,946

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $57,496 · program services $5,289 · management and general $51,734 · fundraising $473

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,957 · program services $9 · management and general $6,948

  • 24a · Other expenses: Professional Developmen

    total $55,245 · program services $11,081 · management and general $42,416 · fundraising $1,748

  • 24b · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $15,023 · program services $404 · management and general $13,184 · fundraising $1,435

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $528,136 · end of year $228,178

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,436,691 · end of year $11,691,307

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $318,696 · end of year $191,719

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $40,000 · end of year $45,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $74,980 · end of year $122,559

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

    $279,782

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

    $141,144

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $111,909 · end of year $138,638

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,135,191

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $150,000 · end of year $150,646

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $241,536 · end of year $451,010

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $78,679 · end of year $1,218,647

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,219,427 · end of year $7,425,470

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,120,770 · end of year $4,608,111

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

See Schedule OScratch Foundation (the Foundation) is a nonprofit organization that develops and supports the Scratch programming language and online community. The Foundation's mission is to provide young people with digital tools and opportunities to imagine, create, share, and learn. As children create and share stories, games, and animations with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively, which are essential skills for everyone in today's society. Scratch was originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and moved to the Scratch Foundation in 2019.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Scratch Foundation (the Foundation) is a nonprofit organization that develops and supports the Scratch programming language and online community. The Foundation's mission is to provide young people with digital tools and opportunities to imagine, create, share, and learn. As children create and share stories, games, and animations with Scratch, they learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively, which are essential skills for everyone in today's society. Scratch was originally developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and moved to the Scratch Foundation in 2019.

  • Scratch is a creative programming language and the world's largest online coding community for children and teens. In 2022, 50.7 million users from nearly every country in the world created more than 120 million Scratch projects.

    Expenses $9,605,743 · Grants $552,500 · Revenue $15,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Margaret Honey

    President/Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David M Siegel

    Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Ursula Burns

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Christina Miller

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Mitchel Resnick

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Avraham Kadar

    Past Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Sheri Womack

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Richard A Sauer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Shawna Young

    Past Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $489,974
    From this org
    $451,377
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,597
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $276,586
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $124,791
    Deferred
    $14,861
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,736
    Filer's total
    $489,974
  • Sarah Smirnoff

    Chief Product Officer/Interim ED

    Total calculated
    $220,074
    From this org
    $214,826
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,248
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,826
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,739
    Nontaxable benefits
    $509
    Filer's total
    $220,074
  • Mindee Barham

    Chief Phil. Officer/Interim ED

    Total calculated
    $215,815
    From this org
    $188,962
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,853
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $163,962
    Bonus
    $25,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,853
    Filer's total
    $215,815
  • Yvette Philip

    Director of Finance and Admin.

    Total calculated
    $237,848
    From this org
    $219,168
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,680
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $196,042
    Bonus
    $23,126
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,396
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,284
    Filer's total
    $237,848
  • Robert Carr

    Chief Technological Officer

    Total calculated
    $366,955
    From this org
    $328,491
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,464
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,491
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,464
    Filer's total
    $366,955
  • Shenkiat Lim

    Director of People and Culture

    Total calculated
    $220,592
    From this org
    $208,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,467
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $208,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,625
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,842
    Filer's total
    $220,592
  • Anu Singh

    Manager, Software Engineering

    Total calculated
    $203,983
    From this org
    $185,867
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,116
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,167
    Bonus
    $7,700
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,333
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,783
    Filer's total
    $203,983
  • Ronald de las Alas

    Principal Software Engineer

    Total calculated
    $226,024
    From this org
    $193,444
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,580
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $173,244
    Bonus
    $20,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,493
    Filer's total
    $226,024
  • Elaine Atherton

    Director of SEC

    Total calculated
    $209,665
    From this org
    $178,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,284
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $178,381
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,895
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,389
    Filer's total
    $209,665

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 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
  • 9 · Followed the rebuttable-presumption procedure

Answered no

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
Shawna Young, Past Executive Director, received a severance payment of $124,791 during 2022.
Part I, Line 7
Employees of the Organization received bonuses during 2022 based on merit.
Part I, Line 8
Employees of the Organization received signing bonuses during 2022 based on previous experience.

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

  • Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • STEMNOLA

    $25,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Hayward Unified School District

    $15,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Humble Independent School District

    $15,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Lomie G Heard Elementary School

    $15,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • Maker Prep

    $15,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

  • University of Texas at Austin

    $15,000

    Development and facilitation of free coding workshops for kids, localization of materials to increase cultural relevance, and to scale your engagement with educators.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
14 August 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202302279349300420

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