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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by HETERODOX ACADEMY.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,686,403
Total expenses
$5,742,561
Contributions and grants received
$5,409,961
Grants paid
$23,048
Program service revenue
$172,738
Investment income
$95,300
Other revenue
$8,404
Total assets, end of year
$7,350,153
Total liabilities, end of year
$855,492
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,494,661
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,650,892
Management and general expenses
$1,564,536
Fundraising expenses
$527,133
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,650,892

Program services were 63.6% 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

    $5,409,961

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCE

    total $172,738 · related or exempt $172,738

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $95,140 · excluded $95,140

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    other assets $160

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

    other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets $160

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $160 · excluded $160

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $2,573

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $2,573 · related or exempt $2,573

  • 11a · Other revenue: REBATE

    total $5,831 · related or exempt $5,831

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,831

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $23,048 · program services $23,048

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $864,578 · program services $541,386 · management and general $258,585 · fundraising $64,607

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,841,949 · program services $1,131,162 · management and general $573,142 · fundraising $137,645

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $61,718 · program services $50,091 · management and general $7,015 · fundraising $4,612

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $257,619 · program services $209,086 · management and general $29,282 · fundraising $19,251

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $169,129 · program services $137,266 · management and general $19,224 · fundraising $12,639

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,063 · management and general $20,063

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $165,213 · management and general $165,213

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $866,413 · program services $468,465 · management and general $244,316 · fundraising $153,632

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $156,746 · program services $71,553 · management and general $73,723 · fundraising $11,470

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $216,298 · program services $159,344 · management and general $47,891 · fundraising $9,063

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $219,748 · program services $136,244 · management and general $39,554 · fundraising $43,950

  • 17 · Travel

    total $120,412 · program services $20,503 · management and general $37,400 · fundraising $62,509

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $710,499 · program services $702,744 · fundraising $7,755

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $13,191 · management and general $13,191

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $33,937 · management and general $33,937

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,000 · management and general $2,000

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $311,237 · end of year $299,318

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,625,858 · end of year $3,548,444

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $4,110,102 · end of year $3,164,289

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $95,993 · end of year $97,093

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

    $63,669

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

    $41,636

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $33,419 · end of year $22,033

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $324,223 · end of year $150,942

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $93,013 · end of year $68,034

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $280,993 · end of year $265,436

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $437,046 · end of year $436,657

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $324,987 · end of year $153,399

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,412,168 · end of year $2,208,818

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,138,651 · end of year $4,285,843

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES BY INCREASING OPEN INQUIRY, VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY, AND CONSTRUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT.

  • INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS, PROVIDING TOOLS AND RESOURCES, AND SUPPORTING COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE THAT ADVANCE OPEN INQUIRY, VIEWPOINT DIVERSITY, AND CONSTRUCTIVE DISAGREEMENT ON COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES.

    Expenses $3,650,892 · Grants $23,048 · Revenue $181,142

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Frank Laukien

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jeffrey Flier

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan Haidt

    CHAIR OF THE BOARD, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jonathan Rauch

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kate Smith

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kathleen O'Connor

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liz Joyner

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Steven Laub

    TREASURER, TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tony Banout

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • John Tomasi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $578,706
    From this org
    $535,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,076
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $458,380
    Bonus
    $77,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,576
    Filer's total
    $578,706
  • Michael Regnier

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $265,867
    From this org
    $254,553
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,314
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $212,753
    Bonus
    $41,800
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,314
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $265,867
  • Alexander R Arnold

    DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $142,484
    From this org
    $119,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,804
    Hours/week
    40
  • Malik Peacock

    ADVANCEMENT MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $118,783
    From this org
    $104,368
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,415
    Hours/week
    40
  • Martha McCaughey

    DIRECTOR OF MEMBER & CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT

    Total calculated
    $131,305
    From this org
    $125,774
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,531
    Hours/week
    40
  • Nicole Barbaro Simovski

    DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $190,103
    From this org
    $139,923
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $50,180
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,001
    Bonus
    $9,922
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,127
    Nontaxable benefits
    $43,053
    Filer's total
    $190,103

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

  • 1a · Housing allowance or residence for personal use
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 1A
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A HOUSING ALLOWANCE FOR THE CEO. THIS AMOUNT IS CONSIDERED TO BE TAXABLE INCOME TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND IS INCLUDED ON THEIR W-2. AS SUCH, THIS ALLOWANCE IS ALSO INCLUDED ON PART II, COLUMN B(III).
PART I, LINE 7
THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED NON-FIXED, PERFORMANCE-BASED BONUSES TO CERTAIN OFFICERS AND KEY EMPLOYEES DURING THE TAX YEAR. THESE BONUSES WERE AWARDED BASED ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF INDIVIDUAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR THE COMPENSATION COMMITTEE. ALL BONUS PAYMENTS WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD OR AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF PERFORMANCE AGAINST ESTABLISHED BENCHMARKS. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT SUCH INCENTIVE COMPENSATION IS NECESSARY TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN QUALIFIED LEADERSHIP AND ALIGNS WITH BEST PRACTICES IN NONPROFIT EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202631969349302233

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