Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$3,273,374

Total expenses

$3,956,913

Contributions and grants received

$3,116,534

Grants paid

$356,000

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$156,840

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$4,725,868

Total liabilities, end of year

$258,941

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,466,927

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,013,734

Management and general expenses

$892,713

Fundraising expenses

$50,466

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,013,734

Program services were 76.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• EDUCATION FUNDER STRATEGY GROUP: NPESF MANAGES THE EDUCATION FUNDER STRATEGY GROUP (EFSG), WHICH IS A MEMBERSHIP FORUM FOR LEADING STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL FOUNDATIONS FOCUSED ON UNITED STATES POLICY ACROSS THE CONTINUUM FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD, K-12, AND POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. THE LEARNING GOALS FOR THIS PHILANTHROPIC COMMUNITY ARE TO HELP: 1) RAISE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR ALL STUDENTS WITH THE DEEPER LEARNING OUTCOMES AND SKILLS THAT WILL PREPARE THEM FOR LIFE, WORK, AND CITIZENSHIP; 2) CLOSE GAPS TO INCREASE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY FOR UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES BY IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS AND RESOURCES THAT ENABLE STUDENTS TO LEARN AND THRIVE, WITH A PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR ADDRESSING RACIALIZED AND CLASS-BASED DISPARITIES IN LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND OUTCOMES; 3) BUILD PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD; AND 4) ACCELERATE SYSTEMIC CHANGE IN THE EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM TO DRAMATICALLY IMPROVE LEARNING AND LIFE OUTCOMES FOR ALL STUDENTS.

  Expenses $895,688

• NPESF'S GENERAL PROGRAMS ENCOMPASS ITS BROADER EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN AND ADVANCE EQUITABLE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THROUGH THESE INITIATIVES, NPESF CONVENES AND COLLABORATES WITH PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS, EDUCATORS, POLICYMAKERS, AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS TO SUPPORT SYSTEMS-LEVEL CHANGE THAT EXPANDS ACCESS TO HIGH-QUALITY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL STUDENTS. THESE PROGRAMS INCLUDE STRATEGIC GRANT-MAKING, CROSS-SECTOR CONVENINGS, AND CAPACITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES THAT ALIGN WITH THE FUND'S MISSION TO PROMOTE EQUITABLE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD THROUGH POST-SECONDARY PATHWAYS. BY FOSTERING SHARED LEARNING, AMPLIFYING EVIDENCE-INFORMED POLICY SOLUTIONS, AND CATALYZING COLLECTIVE ACTION AMONG DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS, THE GENERAL PROGRAMS SEEK TO ACCELERATE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS IN TEACHING, LEARNING, AND EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES PARTICULARLY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES.

  Expenses $690,195

• GRANTMAKERS FOR THRIVING YOUTH: NPESF SERVES AS THE SPONSOR FOR THE GRANTMAKERS FOR THRIVING YOUTH (GTY), A FUNDERS' FORUM THAT PROMOTES EQUITABLE SYSTEMS, STRUCTURES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT SO ALL YOUNG PEOPLE CAN BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THE SKILLS AND CAPACITIES THEY NEED TO THRIVE IN LEARNING, WORK, CITIZENSHIP, AND LIFE.

  Expenses $450,869 · Grants $1,000

• OTHER PROGRAMS: NPESF PROVIDES GRANTS TO OTHER PUBLIC CHARITIES WITH A SHARED VISION. NPESF SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS WHOSE WORK ADVANCES KEY DRIVERS OF EFFECTIVE EDUCATION REFORM WITH THE GOAL OF REMODELING U.S. PUBLIC EDUCATION - GROUNDED IN OUR DEMOCRATIC VALUES AND THE SCIENCE OF LEARNING - TO PREPARE ALL STUDENTS TO THRIVE IN TODAY'S WORLD. IN ADDITION TO PROGRAM RESEARCH AND OTHER SPECIAL PROJECTS, NPESF'S OTHER PROGRAMS ALSO INCLUDE THE SUPPORT GRANTS TO ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENT EDUCATION, INC.

  Expenses $976,982 · Grants $355,000

As filed on the 2024 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

• NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

  $250,000

  PROVIDE CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT.

• TIES TEACHING INSTITUTE FOR ESSENTIAL SCIENCE

  $95,000

  PROVIDE CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

5 February 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202630369349301458

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