Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$328,554

Total expenses

$260,329

Contributions and grants received

$328,550

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$4

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$366,653

Total liabilities, end of year

$18,139

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$348,514

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$233,282

Management and general expenses

$27,047

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$233,282

Program services were 89.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• GOAL 1SECURE FUNDING FOR BILATERAL BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS: ON DECEMBER 23, 2022, CONGRESS APPROPRIATED $970 MILLION FOR BASIC EDUCATION IN THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2023, $277 MILLION ABOVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S REQUEST. THE ACT INCLUDES $130 MILLION FOR THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION (GPE) AND $30 MILLION FOR EDUCATION CANNOT WAIT (ECW). IT ALSO RECOMMENDS THAT $150 MILLION BE ALLOCATED FOR GIRLS EDUCATION IN AREAS OF CONFLICT. THE TOPLINE NUMBER FOR BASIC EDUCATION ($970 MILLION) IS A $20 MILLION INCREASE OVER FISCAL YEAR 2022 ENACTED LEVELS. GPE AND ECW BOTH RECEIVED INCREASES OF $5 MILLION. BEC WAS HAPPY TO SEE ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS RESULT IN THIS INCREASE, DURING A TIME OF MANY COMPETING PRIORITIES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.GOAL 2THROUGHOUT THE SECOND AND INTO THE THIRD YEAR THAT THE WORLD GRAPPLED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BEC SUCCESSFULLY ENCOURAGED MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION. BEC CONTINUED TO ADVOCATE FOR KEY LEGISLATION, INCLUDING THE READ ACT REAUTHORIZATION ACT, THE GLOBAL LEARNING LOSS ASSESSMENT ACT, AND THE KEEPING GIRLS IN SCHOOL ACT. FINALLY, BEC PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE CONSULTATIONS WITH USAID STAFF ON POLICY AND GUIDANCE RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION.GOAL 3ADVANCE THE EVIDENCE ABOUT WHAT WORKS BEC ADVANCED THE EVIDENCE ABOUT WHAT WORKS BY IDENTIFYING TECHNICAL GAPS AND PUBLICIZING NEW RESEARCH AND IDEAS TO KEY DECISION-MAKERS. SOME ILLUSTRATIVE (NON-EXHAUSTIVE) EXAMPLES INCLUDE: REGULARLY HOLDING TECHNICAL EXCHANGES IN ITS WORKING GROUPS; PROVIDING SUBSTANTIAL INPUT ON USAID'S UPDATE TO THE USG STRATEGY ON INTERNATIONAL BASIC EDUCATION; HOSTING THE LAUNCH OF USAID'S PRE-PRIMARY GUIDANCE; SUPPORTING BEC MEMBER CIES COLLABORATIONS; AND DISSEMINATING BEC-PRODUCED AND BEC-MEMBER-PRODUCED RESOURCES AND BEST PRACTICES VIA NEWSLETTERS, MEETINGS, AND WEBINARS.GOAL 4MAINTAIN AN ORGANIZATION POSITIONED FOR LEADERSHIP BEC REMAINED POSITIONED FOR LEADERSHIP BY MAINTAINING FINANCIAL SECURITY (ADDING FIVE NEW MEMBERS IN 2022), EMPOWERING BEC MEMBERS AS LEADERS AND ADVOCATES (VIA CONFERENCES, WEBINARS, CONSULTATIONS, WORKING GROUP EXCHANGES, AND ADVOCACY), STRENGTHENING STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS (E.G. DEVELOPING A COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVOCACY STRATEGY, LINKING COMMUNICATIONS CONTENT WITH BEC'S ADVOCACY AGENDA, ETC.), AND CONTINUING TO FOSTER STRONG PARTNERSHIPS (E.G. THE GRN, USAID, UNICEF, GCE, USGLC, AND OTHERS).

  Expenses $233,282

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 November 2023

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202333199349325603

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