GAMES FOR CHANGE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

W70

Classification

1000

Street

6 E 43RD ST FL 15

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

• GAMES FOR CHANGE LEARNSTUDENT CHALLENGEGAMES FOR CHANGE LEARN'S FLAGSHIP PROGRAM, THE GAMES FOR CHANGE STUDENT CHALLENGE, IS A NATIONAL GAME DESIGN COMPETITION THAT INVITES YOUTH TO CREATE DIGITAL GAMES ABOUT ISSUES IMPACTING THEIR COMMUNITIES. THE PROGRAM USES YOUTH INTEREST IN VIDEO GAMES TO DEVELOP CODING AND DIGITAL DESIGN SKILLS, AS WELL AS PROBLEM SOLVING, COLLABORATION, CREATIVITY, AND OTHER CRITICAL 21ST CENTURY SKILLS. THE CHALLENGE IS ALSO A PLATFORM FOR AMPLIFYING STUDENT VOICES, EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMAGINE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO SOCIAL PROBLEMS, AND TO SEE THEMSELVES AS ENGAGED CITIZENS AND CHANGEMAKERS. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2015, THE CHALLENGE HAS TO DATE BENEFITED OVER 900 EDUCATORS AND 50,000 YOUTH, PRIMARILY STUDENTS IN TITLE I PUBLIC SCHOOLS SERVING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES. ALMOST HALF OF PARTICIPATING STUDENTS ARE FEMALE, MORE THAN 60% ARE STUDENTS OF COLOR, AND MANY ARE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS.GAME PLANGAME PLAN IS AN INTENSIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE FOR MUSEUM AND STEM EDUCATORS FOCUSED ON ADDING MORE GAME-LIKE LEARNING EXPERIENCES TO OUT-OF-SCHOOL-TIME PROGRAMS. EDUCATORS IN MUSEUMS ACROSS THE U.S. ARE NOW ADAPTING WHAT THEY LEARN INTO THEIR CURRICULA IN INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE WAYS AND ARE FORGING A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE AS THEY COLLABORATE ON NEW PROGRAMS. GAME EXCHANGEGAME EXCHANGE IS A STATE DEPARTMENT-FUNDED VIRTUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM THAT USES GLOBAL YOUTH INTEREST IN VIDEO GAMES TO CONNECT TEENS IN THE U.S., BAHRAIN, ISRAEL, AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. WITH THE HELP OF THEIR TEACHERS, TEENS FORM INTERNATIONAL "GAME STUDIOS," COLLABORATE TO DESIGN GAMES BASED ON THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS.

  Expenses $1,135,413 · Revenue $1,687,329

• EVENTSFESTIVALTHE ORGANIZATION PRODUCES THE GAMES FOR CHANGE FESTIVAL (THE "FESTIVAL"), WHICH IS THE BIGGEST GAMING EVENT IN NEW YORK CITY. IT BRINGS TOGETHER LEADERS FROM GOVERNMENT, CORPORATIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY, MEDIA, ACADEMIA AND THE GAMING INDUSTRY TO EXPLORE THE INCREASING REAL-WORLD IMPACT OF DIGITAL GAMES AS AN AGENT FOR SOCIAL CHANGE. THE FESTIVAL IS ALSO A SHOWCASE FOR SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE NEW GAMES IN PRODUCTION.

  Expenses $1,264,732 · Revenue $676,967

• OTHER PROJECTS & PROGRAMSCONSULTING AND WORKSHOPSTHE ORGANIZATION OFFERS A SUITE OF SERVICES TO GUIDE ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES TO FURTHER THEIR PUBLIC, PHILANTHROPIC OR ACADEMIC MISSION. THE SERVICES SEEK TO LIFT UP THE FIELD OF SOCIAL IMPACT GAMES AND CAN RANGE FROM THE MODEST TO THE COMPREHENSIVE VIA A CONCEPT CONSULTATION AND WORKSHOP TO PLAN AND SCOPE GAME RELATED PROJECTS.RAISING GOOD GAMERSRAISING GOOD GAMERS (RGG) IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN GAMES FOR CHANGE AND TAKE THIS THAT EMPOWERS YOUNG PEOPLE TO SHAPE THE CULTURE OF ONLINE GAME COMMUNITIES, CREATING PROSOCIAL SPACES THAT ARE INCLUSIVE, HEALTHY, AND THAT COUNTER ONLINE TOXICITY. THE GOAL OF RGG IS TO DEVELOP A CROSS-SECTOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE COMMUNITY WITH YOUTH AT THE CENTER, IN ORDER TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT THAT CAN CHANGE THE CULTURE OF ONLINE GAMING FOR EVERYONE.

  Expenses $1,207,157

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

  $4,406,918

  Expenses

  $4,572,598

  Contributions

  $2,026,020

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,771,918

  Expenses

  $4,572,598

  Contributions

  $1,991,020

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,085,164

  Expenses

  $5,292,946

  Contributions

  $5,083,628

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $4,442,749

  Expenses

  $4,471,592

  Contributions

  $4,442,749

  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

  $3,036,460

  Expenses

  $3,005,497

  Assets (EOY)

  $620,574

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,198,562

  Expenses

  $2,131,188

  Assets (EOY)

  $584,010

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,108,799

  Expenses

  $2,099,675

  Assets (EOY)

  $353,551

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,744,255

  Expenses

  $1,792,560

  Assets (EOY)

  $277,915

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,377,718

  Expenses

  $1,471,495

  Assets (EOY)

  $307,363

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,466,977

  Expenses

  $1,683,484

  Assets (EOY)

  $231,928

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,790,362

  Expenses

  $1,951,287

  Assets (EOY)

  $607,599

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,492,985

  Expenses

  $1,449,003

  Assets (EOY)

  $713,374

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $675,316

  Expenses

  $1,195,428

  Assets (EOY)

  $655,475

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $914,002

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,083,331

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $950,000

  2024 · RESTRICTED TO SUPPORT SCALING THE GAMES FOR CHANGE STUDENT CHALLENGE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $720,923

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $443,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC

  $363,800

  2022 · STEVENS INITIATIVE CULTURAL EXCHANGE

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2022 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2024 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

• ROCKEFELLER FAMILY FUND INC

  $200,000

  2024 · PROJECT SUPPORT - CHARITABLE

• TELESCOPE FUND

  $200,000

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DALIO FAMILY FUND INC

  $200,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $185,000

  2023 · HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES

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

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