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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$662,812
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3 · Investment income
total $102,514 · excluded $102,514
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7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $2,253,572
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7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $2,269,796
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7c · Gain or loss
securities -$16,224
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7d · Net gain or loss
total -$16,224 · excluded -$16,224
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11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $283 · excluded $283
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11e · Other revenue, total
$283
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $4,596 · management and general $4,596
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11g · Fees: other
total $238,397 · program services $168,566 · management and general $46,844 · fundraising $22,987
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13 · Office expenses
total $1,150 · management and general $1,150
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14 · Information technology
total $75 · program services $53 · management and general $15 · fundraising $7
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $112,933 · program services $79,860 · management and general $22,183 · fundraising $10,890
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24a · Other expenses: Reimbursed overhead
total $246,601 · management and general $246,601
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $441,054 · end of year $199,371
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $13,686 · end of year $12,150
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $16,575 · end of year $1,125
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$37,560
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$37,560
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,186,339 · end of year $2,304,470
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15 · Other assets
beginning of year $0 · end of year $96,377
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $38,480 · end of year $138,678
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19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $225,500 · end of year $284,850
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $392,041 · end of year $0
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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
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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
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Foundation Public Education.
Expenses $71,532
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Sandy McCarthy
Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Jon Kessler
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Josh Cohen
Past Chair (2021 Emeritus)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Lisa Margeson
Research Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Eric Stevenson
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Dan Rosshirt
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Edmund F Murphy III
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Kelly O' Donnell
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Katie Hockenmaier
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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Sri Reddy
At Large
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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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
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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.
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Employee Benefit Research Institute
501(c)(6) · Promote employee benefits · DC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 10 July 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202531979349300423
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