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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL USA.

Totals

Total revenue
$819,977
Total expenses
$824,424
Contributions and grants received
$520,091
Grants paid
$563,627
Program service revenue
$299,333
Investment income
$553
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$116,619
Total liabilities, end of year
$8,460
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$108,159
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$693,633
Management and general expenses
$78,919
Fundraising expenses
$51,872
Program service expenses (Part III)
$693,633

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $520,091

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING

    total $299,333 · related or exempt $299,333

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $553 · excluded $553

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $563,627 · program services $563,627

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $163,099 · program services $89,705 · management and general $36,697 · fundraising $36,697

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $12,647 · program services $6,956 · management and general $2,845 · fundraising $2,846

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $13,276 · program services $7,302 · management and general $2,987 · fundraising $2,987

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $36,100 · program services $19,855 · management and general $8,122 · fundraising $8,123

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,374 · management and general $4,374

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $732 · management and general $732

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $6,825 · management and general $6,825

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,418 · program services $2,979 · management and general $1,220 · fundraising $1,219

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,792 · management and general $1,792

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $6,417 · program services $3,209 · management and general $3,208

  • 24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES

    total $2,753 · management and general $2,753

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,364 · management and general $7,364

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $73,770 · end of year $55,043

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $15,023 · end of year $20,576

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $46,333 · end of year $41,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $22,520 · end of year $8,460

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,730 · end of year $7,283

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $100,876 · end of year $100,876

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF FRIENDS OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL, USA (FOBC) IS TO CREATE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST BETWEEN PEOPLE OF THE UK AND AROUND THE WORLD. FOBC WORKS PRIMARILY BY ENABLING US PARTICIPATION IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S WORK GLOBALLY.

  • EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH: WE ENABLED ISRAELI SCIENTISTS OF OUTSTANDING ABILITY TO PURSUE THEIR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE WHILE FOSTERING A SCHOLARLY EXCHANGE AND GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN RESEARCHERS IN BRITAIN AND ISRAEL THROUGH OUR BLAVATNIK FELLOWS PROGRAM. FELLOWS WORKED WITH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS OF CAMBRIDGE TO FURTHER THEIR RESEARCH OF A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.WE CONTINUED SUPPORTING THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS THROUGH MENASP - MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA SOCIAL POLICY NETWORK THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF BATH. THIS PROJECT CREATES NEW RESEARCH PATHWAYS AND SUPPORT EXISTING ONES TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN THE REGION WHILE ALSO CONNECTING SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCHERS TO POLICYMAKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO SHARE BEST PRACTICE, STRENGTHEN PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACHES TO SOCIAL POLICY AND TO LEARN FROM ONE ANOTHER, THROUGH INTERNATIONAL POLICY WORKSHOPS, THE CONSOLIDATION OF ACADEMIC NETWORKS, AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF AN ONLINE PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL POLICY RESEARCHERS AND PRACTITIONERS.WE PRODUCED RESEARCH, HOSTED AND CONDUCTED WORKSHOPS, HELD STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS AND PROVIDED BOTH MENTORING AND TRAINING FOR PROGRAM MANAGERS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COLLEAGUES GLOBALLY ON THE EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOUNDATIONS, CORPORATIONS, MULTI-LATERAL AGENCIES, PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HIGH NET WORTH INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WE CONTINUED PARTNERING WITH THE MICRO:BIT EDUCATION FOUNDATION TO CREATE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES THAT INSPIRE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND STEM. THIS PROJECT SUPPORTS ELEMENTARY TEACHERS IN TITLE 1 SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES TO TEACH DIGITAL SKILLS THROUGH NEW CURRICULUM, EIGHT UNIQUE PROJECTS USING OF MICRO:BIT COMPUTING DEVICES AND PRODUCTION OF "HOW TO" VIDEOS ALL MEETING CSTA STANDARDS.WE CONTINUED SUPPORTED THE BRITISH PAVILION EXHIBIT OF JOHN AKOMFRAH'S WORK AT THE VENICE BIANNALE AND SUPPORTED THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG ART AND EXHIBITION CURATORS THROUGH THE BRITISH COUNCIL'S YOUNG CURATORS PROGRAM.

    Expenses $693,633 · Grants $563,627 · Revenue $299,333

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra L Gibson

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    25
  • Dr Emmanuel Kattan

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Helen Silvester

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    9
  • Mark Stephens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    20
  • Rachel Brandenburger

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Richard Halkett

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Helen Warwick

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8
  • Erin Sullivan

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $163,100
    From this org
    $157,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,600
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,600
    Filer's total
    $163,100

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403199349316430

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