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← MINDSPARK LEARNING

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by MINDSPARK LEARNING.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,761,635
Total expenses
$2,800,732
Contributions and grants received
$2,353,205
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$402,547
Investment income
-$2,788
Other revenue
$8,671
Total assets, end of year
$1,013,456
Total liabilities, end of year
$574,801
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$438,655
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,034,917
Management and general expenses
$435,284
Fundraising expenses
$330,531
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,034,917

Program services were 72.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,353,205

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $336,729 · related or exempt $336,729

  • 2b · Program service revenue: COMMUNITY SPACE RENTAL

    total $65,818 · related or exempt $65,818

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

    other assets $2,788

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$2,788

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,788 · excluded -$2,788

  • 11a · Other revenue: REFUND/REIMBURSEMENT

    total $18,867 · excluded $18,867

  • 11b · Other revenue: LOSS FROM COURAGION

    total -$10,196 · excluded -$10,196

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $8,671

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $290,208 · program services $51,814 · management and general $132,649 · fundraising $105,745

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,173,264 · program services $992,177 · management and general $89,280 · fundraising $91,807

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,010 · program services $22,673 · fundraising $337

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $68,393 · program services $56,689 · management and general $5,638 · fundraising $6,066

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $118,996 · program services $86,164 · management and general $17,510 · fundraising $15,322

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $295,019 · program services $119,909 · management and general $138,422 · fundraising $36,688

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $72,927 · program services $66,293 · management and general $209 · fundraising $6,425

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,180 · program services $14,114 · management and general $1,608 · fundraising $1,458

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $119,074 · program services $115,155 · management and general $1,224 · fundraising $2,695

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $82,654 · program services $41,008 · management and general $21,986 · fundraising $19,660

  • 17 · Travel

    total $58,457 · program services $57,071 · management and general $346 · fundraising $1,040

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $41,909 · program services $30,376 · management and general $6,088 · fundraising $5,445

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $30,347 · program services $26,202 · management and general $1,316 · fundraising $2,829

  • 24a · Other expenses: BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

    total $193,947 · program services $176,757 · management and general $5,083 · fundraising $12,107

  • 24b · Other expenses: BUILDING MAINTENANCE

    total $94,115 · program services $69,570 · management and general $12,958 · fundraising $11,587

  • 24c · Other expenses: STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND C

    total $43,282 · program services $36,622 · management and general $665 · fundraising $5,995

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $41,384 · program services $36,081 · management and general $131 · fundraising $5,172

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $36,566 · program services $36,242 · management and general $171 · fundraising $153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $490,748 · end of year $420,673

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,967 · end of year $17,355

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $16,609 · end of year $38,857

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

    $403,846

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

    $399,835

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,679 · end of year $4,011

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $22,459 · end of year $12,263

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $157,713 · end of year $136,685

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $383,612

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $226,447 · end of year $154,074

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $27,976

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $420,727

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $477,752 · end of year $438,655

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO TEACH AND INSPIRE EDUCATORS IN EMERGING PRACTICES FOR A 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE.

  • PROFESSIONAL LEARNING EXPERIENCES: IN-PERSON WORK SESSIONS HELD AT OUR LEARNING FACILITY, IN SCHOOLS OR AT OTHER LOCATIONS CONVENIENT TO THE EDUCATORS WE SERVE.IN-SCHOOL CONSULTING: HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED SESSIONS DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL AREAS OF NEED, FROM REDESIGNING CLASSROOMS FOR GREATER IMPACT, TO USING TECHNOLOGY MORE EFFECTIVELY IN THE CLASSROOM, TO SOLVING PROBLEMS THROUGH DESIGN THINKING, TO A VARIETY OF OTHER NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED BY OUR COLLECTIVE TEAMS.LEADERSHIP INNOVATION PROGRAMS: HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE, COHORT-DRIVEN PROGRAMS BASED ON RESEARCH AND PROVEN PRACTICES DESIGNED FOR SCHOOL LEADERS TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BY LEVERAGING LEARNING, SUCCESSES, AND FAILURES FROM BUSINESS AND OTHER SECTORS IN ADDITION TO EDUCATION. YEAR TO DATE MINDSPARK HAS WORKED WITH OVER 3,165 DISTRICTS, 9,316 SCHOOLS, 89,972 EDUCATORS, IMPACTING 2,266,160 STUDENTS.

    Expenses $1,158,852 · Revenue $277,910

  • OUR WORKSHOPS, TRAININGS, INSTITUTES, AND MEMBERSHIPS TO OUR FACILITY PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TOPICS INCLUDING DESIGN THINKING, EDTECH, MINDFULNESS AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

    Expenses $720,426 · Revenue $58,819

  • WE PROVIDE 11,000 SQUARE-FOOT SPACE DESIGNED FOR EDUCATORS AS A CENTER FOR CREATIVITY, COLLABORATION, AND INNOVATION. THE SPACE SERVES AS HEADQUARTERS TO MINDSPARK LEARNING AND IS THE SITE OF ONGOING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OFFERED BY OUR ORGANIZATION. OUR SPACE IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR USE BY EDUCATORS, SCHOOLS, DISTRICTS, EDUCATION-BASED ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT GROUPS, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF CONNECTING LEADING INDUSTRY AND BUSINESS TO EDUCATION.

    Expenses $155,639 · Revenue $65,818

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • KELLIE LAUTH

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $176,242
    From this org
    $161,656
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,586
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,656
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,883
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,703
    Filer's total
    $176,242

  • CARRIE ROMERO-BRUGGER

    CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $126,712
    From this org
    $126,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • DOMINIQUE BRAVO

    CHIEF OPERATIONS & PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $113,967
    From this org
    $104,116
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,851
    Hours/week
    40

  • GEOF ROCHESTER

    CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ASH MAHAJAN

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DAN MORRIS

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DONNA GOLDIN-EVAMS

    BOD MEMBER (UNTIL 8/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KERRY GLENN

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TIM CRONIN

    BOD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • COURAGION CORPORATION

    C · EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY · CO · 100% owned · share of income $12,690 · share of assets $12,263

    Directly controlled by MINDSPARK LEARNING

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523169349304562

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