Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$1,653,591

Total expenses

$1,844,987

Contributions and grants received

$1,482,342

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$171,000

Investment income

$249

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$430,758

Total liabilities, end of year

$118,506

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$312,252

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,232,270

Management and general expenses

$403,759

Fundraising expenses

$208,958

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,232,270

Program services were 66.8% 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 · 2024

• GFA'S PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2025 INCLUDE RECRUITING RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES FOR ITS FLAGSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, DEVELOPING LEADERS IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND LAUNCHING A NEW STRATEGIC WORKFORCE INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN INTERNAL CAPACITY TO ENSURE MISSION-DRIVEN LEADERS CAN STAY, GROW, AND LEAD. RECRUITING PUBLIC SERVICE TALENT:GFA REVIEWED 775 APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 COHORT OF ITS FLAGSHIP FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, APPROXIMATELY AN 89% INCREASE FROM 2024. A POOL OF 59 FINALISTS WAS DEVELOPED THAT RESULTED IN A FINAL COHORT OF 10 FELLOWS. THE 2025 FELLOWS SERVE IN STATE-LEVEL PUBLIC SERVICE ROLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING COLORADO, MARYLAND, MICHIGAN, AND MISSOURI. FELLOWS WORK IN A VARIETY OF ISSUE AREAS THAT INCLUDE HOUSING, EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, AND HEALTH.DEVELOPING PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS:GFA DEVELOPS PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL WITH TRAINING ON EFFECTIVE, INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO GOVERNMENT SERVICE TO EQUIP FELLOWS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO ADD VALUE IN GOVERNMENT AND TACKLE THE TOUGHEST PUBLIC CHALLENGES. IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE, GFA FELLOWS MOBILIZED 1,150 PUBLIC SERVANTS, CREATING A POWERFUL NETWORK OF INFLUENCE WORKING TO MAKE THE PUBLIC SECTOR MORE EFFECTIVE. OUR ALUMNI HAVE A 93% RETENTION RATE WITHIN PUBLIC SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT ADJACENT ROLES, DEMONSTRATING OUR SUCCESS IN SUSTAINING TALENT IN PUBLIC SERVICE. WITH 91% OF SUPERVISORS REPORTING A POSITIVE COMMUNITY IMPACT, OUR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM REMAINS DYNAMIC AND RESPONSIVE.STRATEGIC WORKFORCE INITIATIVE:GOVERN FOR AMERICA LAUNCHED A NEW PILOT PROGRAM TO ADDRESS THIS URGENT CHALLENGE. ROOTED IN INSIGHTS FROM OUR FELLOWSHIP MODEL, THE INITIATIVE WILL HELP AGENCIES BUILD THE INTERNAL CAPACITY TO SUPPORT MISSION-DRIVEN TALENT, ENSURING THOSE WHO STEP INTO PUBLIC SERVICE ARE EQUIPPED TO STAY, GROW, AND LEAD. IN GFA'S SURVEY AND DISCOVERY INTERVIEWS, AGENCY LEADERS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR STRONGER INTERNAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE SERVICE DELIVERY AND POINTED TO LIMITED TIME, CAPACITY, OR STRATEGIC TOOLS AS KEY BARRIERS TO BUILDING IT.THE INITIATIVE THEREFORE AIMS TO BUILD INTERNAL SYSTEMS TO RETAIN AND GROW MISSION-DRIVEN TALENT, ESPECIALLY NEW PUBLIC SERVANTS TAILORMADE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE AGENCY; DEPLOY STRATEGIC WORKFORCE TOOLSLIKE RETENTION AND ONBOARDING STRATEGY, TALENT GAP ANALYSIS, AND SUCCESSION PLANNINGTO REDUCE TURNOVER, KNOWLEDGE LOSS AND STRENGTHEN LEADERSHIP PIPELINE; AND PROVE A SCALABLE MODEL FOR MODERN PUBLIC SECTOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT, POSITIONING GFA AS A LONG-TERM PARTNER IN WORKFORCE INNOVATION.

  Expenses $1,232,270 · Revenue $171,000

As filed on the 2024 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. 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

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

2024

Filed

10 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523149349302412

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