Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$432,644

Total expenses

$24,287,387

Contributions and grants received

$430,000

Grants paid

$16,084,525

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$2,644

Total assets, end of year

$10,490,725

Total liabilities, end of year

$31,548,344

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

-$21,057,619

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$21,962,154

Management and general expenses

$2,266,575

Fundraising expenses

$58,658

Program service expenses (Part III)

$21,962,154

Program services were 90.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• IMPROVED PUBLIC EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES - TO SUPPORT AND IMPROVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROVIDING MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, THE CITY FUND ACTION ALSO ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. THE CITY FUND ACTION EXPECTS TO DEVOTE APPROXIMATELY HALF OF ITS TIME AND RESOURCES ON SUCH ACTIVITIES. THE CITY FUND ACTION'S ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES WILL FOCUS ON ACTIVITIES THAT ENHANCE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ACCESS TO ALL CHILDREN.THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL MAKE GRANTS TO TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING ACTIVITIES AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL. THE CITY FUND ACTION GRANTS WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ROOTED IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND FOCUSED ON PUBLIC EDUCATION MATTERS. THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL ALSO COLLABORATE WITH TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH ITS GRANT MAKING AND ALSO THROUGH KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS ITS NETWORK. IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY FUND ACTION MAY ALSO ENGAGE IN LIMITED AMOUNT OF DIRECT LOBBYING WHERE ITS STAFF ENGAGE ON PROPOSED LEGISLATION WITH STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR MATTERS RELATED TO PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION.DEVELOPMENT OF AND SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHER CANDIDATES - THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL SUPPORT QUALIFIED CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICES THAT WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON IMPROVING PUBLIC EDUCATION. BY INVESTING IN THE LEADERS WHO ARE PLACE-BASED AND COMMITTED TO IMPROVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE CITY FUND ACTION HOPES TO HELP JUMP START THE GROWTH OF HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AN AFFILIATED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.COMMUNITY EDUCATION REGARDING EDUCATION POLICY - THE CAMPAIGN WILL COLLABORATE WITH LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC POLICY MATERIALS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE PUBLIC AND POTENTIAL SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES. THE MATERIALS WILL FOCUS ON KEY POLICY ISSUES RELATED TO EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN IN THE NATION'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL WORK TO IMPROVE SOCIAL WELFARE FOR COMMUNITIES NATION-WIDE ABOUT EDUCATION POLICIES AND SYSTEMS WHICH CAN IMPACT STUDENT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN MEASURABLE WAYS. THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL ALSO PROVIDE RESOURCES, TRAINING, AND FEEDBACK TO COMMUNITY PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT THEM IN ENSURING THAT CHILDREN HAVE ACCESS TO MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. LOCAL PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS WILL BE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVES THAT ARE THEMSELVES GENERALLY INCORPORATED AS NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS AND RECOGNIZED AS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 50L(C)(3) OR 501(C)(4). BY WORKING WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, THE CAMPAIGN WILL SCALE THE IMPACT OF DATA-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS TO SEEMINGLY INTRACTABLE PROBLEMS IN THE DELIVERY OF EDUCATION NATIONWIDE. IN ITS EFFORT TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE, THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND EDUCATORS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON EDUCATION POLICY IMPACT. THE CITY FUND ACTION WILL DO SO THROUGH CONVENINGS WITH LOCAL PARTNERS, ENGAGING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE WORKING TO SUPPORT PUBLIC SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT, AND BY DEVELOPING AND DISTRIBUTING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MATERIALS THROUGH A VARIETY OF DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS.

  Expenses $21,962,154 · Grants $16,084,525

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• DENVER FAMILIES FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

  $2,100,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR INDY DBA RISE INDY

  $1,477,500

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• STOP THE WAIT

  $1,208,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• EQUITY IN EDUCATION INC

  $1,038,675

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• KC ACTION FUND

  $974,294

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• ALIGNED NEW ORLEANS

  $678,550

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• LOUISIANA CHARTER SCHOOLS IN ACTION

  $550,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

  $500,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• EDUCATION SAN JOAQUIN

  $300,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $200,000

  OPERATING SUPPORT

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

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.

• CITY FUND

  501(C)(3) · EDUCATIONAL · DC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

20 March 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202430929349301143

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