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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$520,091
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2a · Program service revenue: CONSULTING
total $299,333 · related or exempt $299,333
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3 · Investment income
total $553 · excluded $553
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $563,627 · program services $563,627
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $163,099 · program services $89,705 · management and general $36,697 · fundraising $36,697
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $12,647 · program services $6,956 · management and general $2,845 · fundraising $2,846
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $13,276 · program services $7,302 · management and general $2,987 · fundraising $2,987
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11g · Fees: other
total $36,100 · program services $19,855 · management and general $8,122 · fundraising $8,123
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13 · Office expenses
total $4,374 · management and general $4,374
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14 · Information technology
total $732 · management and general $732
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16 · Occupancy
total $6,825 · management and general $6,825
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17 · Travel
total $5,418 · program services $2,979 · management and general $1,220 · fundraising $1,219
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23 · Insurance
total $1,792 · management and general $1,792
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24a · Other expenses: SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $6,417 · program services $3,209 · management and general $3,208
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24b · Other expenses: PAYROLL FEES
total $2,753 · management and general $2,753
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24e · All other expenses
total $7,364 · management and general $7,364
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $73,770 · end of year $55,043
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $15,023 · end of year $20,576
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $46,333 · end of year $41,000
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $22,520 · end of year $8,460
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $11,730 · end of year $7,283
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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.
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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
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Sandra L GibsonSANDRA L GIBSON
BOARD CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 25
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Dr Emmanuel KattanDR EMMANUEL KATTAN
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 9
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Helen SilvesterHELEN SILVESTER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 9
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Mark StephensMARK STEPHENS
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 20
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Rachel BrandenburgerRACHEL BRANDENBURGER
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Richard HalkettRICHARD HALKETT
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Helen WarwickHELEN WARWICK
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Erin SullivanERIN 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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