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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by TEACH FOR AMERICA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$275,572,075
Total expenses
$298,156,461
Contributions and grants received
$253,424,904
Grants paid
$31,690,552
Program service revenue
$15,457,832
Investment income
$7,214,791
Other revenue
-$525,452
Total assets, end of year
$527,184,582
Total liabilities, end of year
$103,548,290
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$423,636,292
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$213,887,131
Management and general expenses
$46,713,974
Fundraising expenses
$37,555,356
Program service expenses (Part III)
$213,887,131

Program services were 71.7% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $483,233

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $9,684,154

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $52,675,293

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $190,582,224

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $4,196,483

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES REVENUE

    total $15,275,927 · related or exempt $15,275,927

  • 2b · Program service revenue: REG/CERTIFICATION FEES

    total $181,905 · related or exempt $181,905

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,219,710 · excluded $7,219,710

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $438 · excluded $438

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $3,046,175 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $3,046,175

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $52,043,542

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

    securities $52,044,552 · other assets $3,909

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$1,010 · other assets -$3,909

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$4,919 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$4,919

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $275,580

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $9,684,154

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $1,016,535

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$740,955 · excluded -$740,955

  • 11a · Other revenue: IT Support Services

    total $112,707 · unrelated business $112,707

  • 11b · Other revenue: Purchasing Rebate

    total $93,566 · related or exempt $93,566

  • 11c · Other revenue: All other revenue

    total $8,792 · related or exempt $8,792

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $215,065

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,419,354 · program services $6,419,354

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $25,271,198 · program services $25,271,198

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $2,129,555 · program services $1,466,167 · management and general $347,166 · fundraising $316,222

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $169,059,339 · program services $116,394,808 · management and general $27,560,544 · fundraising $25,103,987

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,002,553 · program services $4,132,667 · management and general $978,554 · fundraising $891,332

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,202,449 · program services $15,286,051 · management and general $3,619,508 · fundraising $3,296,890

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,961,454 · program services $8,923,766 · management and general $2,113,014 · fundraising $1,924,674

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $419,348 · program services $283,192 · management and general $101,877 · fundraising $34,279

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $154,275 · program services $104,184 · management and general $37,480 · fundraising $12,611

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $1,245,989 · management and general $1,245,989 · fundraising $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $135,522 · management and general $135,522

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $15,798,434 · program services $11,510,364 · management and general $2,894,804 · fundraising $1,393,266

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,087,789 · program services $872,000 · management and general $28,224 · fundraising $187,565

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,183,033 · program services $3,228,070 · management and general $1,437,295 · fundraising $517,668

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,402,097 · program services $2,527,842 · management and general $1,494,337 · fundraising $379,918

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $10,022,403 · program services $7,385,014 · management and general $1,068,919 · fundraising $1,568,470

  • 17 · Travel

    total $6,865,815 · program services $5,059,081 · management and general $732,259 · fundraising $1,074,475

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,360,120 · program services $1,002,205 · management and general $145,061 · fundraising $212,854

  • 20 · Interest

    total $508,490 · program services $372,950 · management and general $65,707 · fundraising $69,833

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,126,827 · program services $1,674,822 · management and general $2,257,662 · fundraising $194,343

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $549,726 · program services $403,194 · management and general $71,036 · fundraising $75,496

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS & DUES

    total $1,077,271 · program services $672,587 · management and general $220,293 · fundraising $184,391

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $270,672 · program services $167,541 · management and general $103,028 · fundraising $103

  • 24c · Other expenses: Credit Card and Late Fees

    total $119,964 · program services $87,987 · management and general $15,502 · fundraising $16,475

  • 24d · Other expenses: Gifts and Discretionary

    total $670,081 · program services $550,879 · management and general $33,294 · fundraising $85,908

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $112,703 · program services $91,208 · management and general $6,899 · fundraising $14,596

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $21,570,587 · end of year $42,804,493

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $5,272,359 · end of year $881,981

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $33,711,509 · end of year $35,924,552

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $819,599 · end of year $702,449

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $21,655 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,468,891 · end of year $9,718,130

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

    $54,031,386

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

    $40,524,419

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,945,030 · end of year $13,506,967

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $415,055,221 · end of year $373,682,663

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $203,027 · end of year $699,632

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $593,335 · end of year $49,263,715

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $35,912,688 · end of year $40,622,250

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,683,729 · end of year $6,344,069

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $8,664 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $9,042,646 · end of year $56,581,971

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $188,152,872 · end of year $157,410,430

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $260,860,614 · end of year $266,225,862

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Children growing up in historically marginalized and disenfranchised communities lack access to a broad spectrum of resources and opportunities, and attend schools that are not equipped to meet their needs. To address this, TFA's mission is to attract, develop, and support a diverse network of equity-oriented leaders- individually and in teams - committed to expanding opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate. TFA does this by finding promising leaders; developing and cultivating the leadership skills and mindsets necessary for systems change through classroom teaching; engaging the individual and collective impact of those in the TFA network throughout their lifetime; and growing the organization by learning new capabilities to enable a path for transformative change

Activities or mission (Part I)

Teach For America finds, develops and supports equity-oriented leaders to transform education and expand opportunity for all children.

  • Corps Members - TFA recruits, selects, trains and develops exceptional, diverse, equity-oriented leaders to teach the nation's most underserved students. The organization hosts on and off campus recruitment events, networks and cultivates relationships with prospects and communities in order to recruit exceptional leaders. The organization then processes applications and conducts interviews to select corps members, placing them in various urban and rural regions throughout the United States. Corps members are supported financially, and engage in intensive virtual, hybrid, and in-person training where they have the opportunity to understand their role and work, build community with one another, learn practical skills, and apply their learning in preparation for their first day of school. Corps members are then supported throughout a two-year classroom experience with additional coaching and instructional supports as well as leadership and/or educator professional development.

    Expenses $135,363,955 · Grants $19,249,384 · Revenue $15,560,190

  • Alumni - TFA has an alumni base of former corps members all over the world. This network is instrumental in driving real change and impact in education. TFA engages in activities that support and encourage alumni to continue work in education and across sectors by connecting them with various career and partnership opportunities, as well as resources, programs, and events. TFA also supports alumni via activities intended to develop alumni in leadership practice and/or specific programmatic areas: classroom practice, school leadership, school systems leadership, policy/organizing work, and social entrepreneurship.

    Expenses $45,895,189 · Grants $9,789,228

  • Systems Change - TFA recognizes that significant progress in education can only be achieved with extraordinary actions and partnerships within the communities in which we work. Creating system change is about researching new opportunities - working alongside a coalition of alumni, students, and community leaders and partners to identify patterns and strategies that can lead to system impact and achieve our goals. Investing in work that allows learning of new capabilities and experimentation with innovative practices to bring forth a reinvention of the existing school models. This is a new program for TFA in FY23.

    Expenses $25,752,485 · Grants $339,708

  • Ignite Fellowship - Ignite fellows are a national tutoring corps designed to accelerate learning and foster belonging with students, leveraging research-based best practices for high-impact tutoring. Ignite builds on Teach For America's over 30 years of experience recruiting, developing, and supporting talent and partnering with communities across the country to help students overcome the systemic barriers to an excellent education. The Ignite Fellowship brings exceptional, equity-minded leaders into classrooms virtually to add immediate value for students, while creating shifts towards the future of equitable learning.

    Expenses $6,875,502 · Grants $2,312,232

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

Listed in Part VII

  • David Kenny

    Director (Chair)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elisa Villanueva Beard

    DIRECTOR/OFFICER-CEO

    Total calculated
    $542,423
    From this org
    $498,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,466
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $493,644
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,313
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,966
    Filer's total
    $542,423
  • Susan McCaw

    Treasurer ( through 9/19/2024)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dan Porterfield

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric Yuan

    Director ( Terminated 7/22/2022)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kaya Henderson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ken Mehlman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kevin Huffman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lindy Schumacher

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Linnea Conrad Roberts

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Lomax

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miguel Solis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Olivia Walton

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pamela Carter

    Director ( Terminated 1/5/2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Steve Mandel

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • William Haslam

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joshua Griggs

    EVP, Talent, Operations and CFO (Terminated 2/19/2023))

    Total calculated
    $396,378
    From this org
    $359,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,587
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $356,287
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,504
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,087
    Filer's total
    $396,378
  • Tracy-Elizabeth Clay

    SVP, Interim Chief People Officer, Secretary

    Total calculated
    $327,006
    From this org
    $285,856
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,150
    Hours/week
    56

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,856
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,673
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,477
    Filer's total
    $327,006
  • Jemina Bernard

    President & Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $418,523
    From this org
    $374,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,216
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $371,008
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,299
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,716
    Filer's total
    $418,523
  • Adam Stanley

    EVP, Chief Experience Officer ( Terminated 2/3/2023)

    Total calculated
    $379,123
    From this org
    $360,974
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,149
    Hours/week
    42

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $360,974
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,149
    Filer's total
    $379,123
  • Amar Patel

    Executive Director ( Terminated 11/28/2022)

    Total calculated
    $323,860
    From this org
    $292,001
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,859
    Hours/week
    53

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,755
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $68,246
    Deferred
    $7,842
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,017
    Filer's total
    $323,860
  • Laura Saldivar Luna

    SVP, Chief People Officer ( Terminated 8/19/2022)

    Total calculated
    $358,646
    From this org
    $331,472
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,174
    Hours/week
    44

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $214,472
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $117,000
    Deferred
    $11,613
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,561
    Filer's total
    $358,646
  • Stephen Majors

    EVP, Chief External Affairs Officer

    Total calculated
    $332,742
    From this org
    $313,618
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,124
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,618
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,124
    Filer's total
    $332,742
  • Susan Asiyanbi

    EVP, Chief Transformation Officer ( Terminated 2/11/2022 )

    Total calculated
    $314,782
    From this org
    $295,997
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,785
    Hours/week
    29

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,551
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $136,446
    Deferred
    $14,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,285
    Filer's total
    $314,782

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

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 4a Severance or change-of-control payment
1- Susan Asiyanbi. Amount $134,308. Compensation paid as a result of a severance from the position of EVP, Chief Transformation Officer. 2- Laura Saldivar Luna. Amount $117,000. Compensation paid as a result of a severance from the position of SVP, Chief People Officer. 3- Amar Patel. Amount $68,246. Compensation paid as a result of a severance from the Executive Director Position.

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

  • The purpose of this grant is to assist LEE member growth and engagement. To grow overall membership base

  • The purpose of this grant is to provide financialunderwriting for the costs of NIAE Operations and Programs related to two key and interrelatedfunctions: (1) rigorous preparation of education professionals in practice-intensive environments;and (2) explicit and systematic support for ongoing innovation and examination of promising newapproaches to education.

  • The purpose of this grant is to support The Teacher Accelerator Pipeline (TAP) Program

  • Baltimore City Public Schools

    $25,000

    The purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. Ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the Pupil Project, 2. Ensure teachers are aware of which students receive glasses and monitor their eyeglass usage

  • The purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. Ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the Pupil Project, 2. Ensure teachers are aware of which students receive glasses and monitor their eyeglass usage

  • Curtis Bay Elementary School

    $12,500

    The purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. Ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the Pupil Project, 2. Ensure teachers are aware of which students receive glasses and monitor their eyeglass usage

  • Los Cerritos Elementary School

    $12,500

    The purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. Ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the Pupil Project, 2. Ensure teachers are aware of which students receive glasses and monitor their eyeglass usage

  • The purpose of this grant is to support a program to 1. Ensure every child who needs a screening, eye exam, and eyeglasses participates in the Pupil Project, 2. Ensure teachers are aware of which students receive glasses and monitor their eyeglass usage

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
11 April 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202441029349300214

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