GOVERN FOR AMERICA INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

W70

Classification

2000

Street

1629 K ST NW STE 300

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

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.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,653,591

  Expenses

  $1,844,987

  Contributions

  $1,482,342

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,735,917

  Expenses

  $2,118,762

  Contributions

  $1,691,617

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,719,708

  Expenses

  $1,338,845

  Contributions

  $1,648,339

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,171,278

  Expenses

  $913,574

  Assets (EOY)

  $611,916

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $608,311

  Expenses

  $534,037

  Assets (EOY)

  $262,926

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $452,474

  Expenses

  $342,884

  Assets (EOY)

  $218,276

• 2018 · 990-EZ

  Revenue

  $154,847

  Expenses

  $90,785

  Assets (EOY)

  $64,062

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $500,000

  2023 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

• GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC

  $500,000

  2024 · MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $245,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $157,000

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $150,000

  2024 · TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $128,225

  2023 · Community Development

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · Community Development

• BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION

  $66,667

  2022 · LOUISIANA EDUCATION: 2015-2021 PROGRAM

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $61,000

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION

  $50,000

  2024 · LOUISIANA EDUCATION: 2015-2025 PROGRAM

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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