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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EBRI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$749,385
Total expenses
$603,752
Contributions and grants received
$662,812
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$86,290
Other revenue
$283
Total assets, end of year
$2,613,493
Total liabilities, end of year
$423,528
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,189,965
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$248,479
Management and general expenses
$321,389
Fundraising expenses
$33,884
Program service expenses (Part III)
$248,479

Program services were 41.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $662,812

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $102,514 · excluded $102,514

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,253,572

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

    securities $2,269,796

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$16,224

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$16,224 · excluded -$16,224

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $283 · excluded $283

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $283

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $4,596 · management and general $4,596

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $238,397 · program services $168,566 · management and general $46,844 · fundraising $22,987

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,150 · management and general $1,150

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $75 · program services $53 · management and general $15 · fundraising $7

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $112,933 · program services $79,860 · management and general $22,183 · fundraising $10,890

  • 24a · Other expenses: Reimbursed overhead

    total $246,601 · management and general $246,601

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $441,054 · end of year $199,371

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $13,686 · end of year $12,150

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,575 · end of year $1,125

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

    $37,560

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

    $37,560

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,186,339 · end of year $2,304,470

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $96,377

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $38,480 · end of year $138,678

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $225,500 · end of year $284,850

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $392,041 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,001,633 · end of year $2,189,965

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The mission of the Education & Research Fund of Employee Benefit Research Institute is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and sound public policy through objective research and education.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Contribute to sound employee benefit programs through research and education

  • Foundation Research: Undertake and sponsor research projects relating to various aspects of employee benefits and to publicize the results of the research projects to the public.

    Expenses $176,947

  • Foundation Public Education.

    Expenses $71,532

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandy McCarthy

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jon Kessler

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Josh Cohen

    Past Chair (2021 Emeritus)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lisa Margeson

    Research Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Stevenson

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dan Rosshirt

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Edmund F Murphy III

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Kelly O' Donnell

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Katie Hockenmaier

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Sri Reddy

    At Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Barbara Marder

    President and CEO

    Total calculated
    $508,686
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $488,618
    Other
    $20,068
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $399,493 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $88,333 related
    Other
    $0 + $792 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $20,068 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $508,686 related
  • Abigail Bensimhon

    Chief Operating Officer (To 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $151,676
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $138,703
    Other
    $12,973
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $88,488 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $50,215 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,870 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $10,103 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $151,676 related

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

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
One of the officers received a severance payment from the related organization during FY 2024, which was properly reported on the employee's 2024 W2, Part VII, and Schedule J, Part II Column B(ii). The severance agreement is confidential and will be provided to the IRS upon request.
Part I, Line 5
The President & CEO's bonus is tied to the Organization's performance and exceeding NOI.
Part I, Line 6
The President & CEO's bonus is tied to the Organization's performance and exceeding NOI.
Schedule J, Part I, Line 3:
Methods used by related organization, Employee Benefit Research Institute, to establish compensation: Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 July 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202531979349300423

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