FRAMEWORKS INSTITUTE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B80

Classification

1000

Street

1333 H STREET NW STE 700 WEST

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 · 2023

• HUMAN RIGHTS, SERVICES AND JUSTICE: FRAMEWORKS UNDERTAKES MULTIPLE PROJECTS IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SERVICES, AND JUSTICE. RESEARCHERS STUDY HOW NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE NEED TO REFORM IT IN THE U.S., BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS, AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. FRAMEWORKS HAS PARTNERED WITH SEVERAL GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS TO COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF PEACE AND PEACEBUILDING AS FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE INSTITUTE HAS CONDUCTED RESEARCH IN THE U.S. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

  Expenses $1,599,057 · Grants $835,000 · Revenue $646,448

• HEALTH: FRAMEWORKS' RESEARCH HAS TAKEN PLACE ON A WIDE VARIETY OF ISSUE AREAS, INCLUDING CHILDREN'S MENTAL AND ORAL HEALTH, TOBACCO-RELATED HEALTH DISPARITIES, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, THE INTERSECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER SECTORS, COMMUNITY HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH CARE, AND PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS. ESPECIALLY NOTABLE IS OUR WORK ON HEALTH EQUITY IN THE U.S. AND UK AND ON FRAMING VACCINES, INCLUDING ONGOING MULTI-YEAR RESEARCH INTO THE WAYS IN WHICH MINDSETS AROUND THESE ISSUES HAVE CHANGED AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE OVER TIME.

  Expenses $1,516,044 · Revenue $612,889

• CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: FRAMEWORKS HELPS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO DISCOVER AND DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF FRAMES ON PUBLIC VIEWS AND ATTITUDES, AS WELL AS TRANSLATE THE VIEWS OF EXPERTS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE PUBLICS. THE AIM OF THIS WORK IS TWO-FOLD: TO DEEPEN PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SOCIAL PROBLEMS AND TO HELP INDIVIDUALS BETTER EVALUATE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE TOUGH CHALLENGES THAT CONFRONT MANY CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. ISSUES ADDRESSED RANGE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION, CHILD NUTRITION AND ORAL HEALTH, ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, FOSTER CARE, AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM.

  Expenses $1,249,697 · Revenue $505,213

• AGING: EIGHT OF THE NATION'S LEADING AGING-FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FORMED AN UNPRECEDENTED PARTNERSHIP TO CREATE A BETTER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF OLDER ADULTS' NEEDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL PEOPLE AS THEY AGE. THIS COALITION INCLUDES AARP, THE AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR AGING RESEARCH, THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY ON AGING, THE GERONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, GRANTMAKERS IN AGING, THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON AGING, AND THE NATIONAL HISPANIC COUNCIL ON AGING. TOGETHER THEY REPRESENT, AND HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO, MILLIONS OF OLDER ADULTS AND THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WORKING IN AGING-RELATED PROFESSIONS. WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH FRAMEWORKS, THE EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS: WHO THEY ARE, WHAT ISSUES AFFECT THEM, HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY, AND HOW SOCIETY CAN BEST INTEGRATE THEIR NEEDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.

  Expenses $83,864 · Revenue $33,904

• CROSS-CUTTING: WORK IN THIS AREA, ALONG WITH THAT UNDERWRITTEN BY GENERAL SUPPORT, FOCUS ON INTELLECTUAL INQUIRY AND SERVICES THAT CROSS DISCRETE ISSUE-FOCUSED BOUNDARIES AND ARE WIDE-RANGING IN IMPACT.

  Expenses $741,272 · Revenue $299,673

• ECONOMY AND EQUALITY: AS INCOME INEQUALITY CONTINUES TO RISE, PEOPLE ARE PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO ITS EFFECTS ON THE COUNTRY'S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL SYSTEMS. DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WAYS TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, REDUCE INEQUITY, PROMOTE ECONOMIC MOBILITY, AND REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF WORK ARE PERMEATING POLICY CIRCLES, THE MEDIA, AND SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS AND FRAMEWORKS IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN RESEARCH IN ALL THESE AREAS.

  Expenses $940,561 · Revenue $380,239

• EDUCATION: RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGE THAT NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC-SECTOR LEADERS FACE IN ENGAGING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IN MEANINGFUL EDUCATION REFORMS, AN INFLUENTIAL GROUP OF PHILANTHROPIC LEADERS CAME TOGETHER TO PARTNER WITH THE INSTITUTE IN DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE NEW WAYS OF TALKING ABOUT THIS CRITICAL ISSUE: A NEW CORE STORY OF EDUCATION. FRAMEWORKS OFFERS WORKSHOPS AND ON- LINE COURSES TO HELP ADVOCATES USE THIS RESEARCH. FRAMEWORKS ALSO WORKS WITH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR THE FUTURE OF LEARNING IN THE SHARED STORY PROJECT, A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO CREATE A NARRATIVE SHIFT THAT CENTERS PUBLIC EDUCATION AS A PUBLIC GOOD. ADDITIONALLY, FRAMEWORKS HAS CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON FAMILY, SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EARLY CHILDHOOD.

  Expenses $133,912 · Revenue $54,136

• WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS: FRAMEWORKS MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS, BRIEFINGS, AND WORKSHOPS, WITH OVER 200 EACH YEAR. TOPICS COVER A FULL ARRAY OF SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC ISSUES, RANGING FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO CLIMATE AND OCEAN CHANGE TO IMMIGRATION. SESSIONS RANGE FROM ONE-HOUR PRESENTATIONS TO DAY-LONG INTENSIVE WORKSHOPS THAT TAKE PLACE OVER A PERIOD OF WEEKS OR MONTHS. STAFF COVER FRAMING FUNDAMENTALS AS WELL AS FINDINGS FROM SPECIFIC FRAMING INITIATIVES; THEY EXPLORE KEY FRAMING CONCEPTS AND RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS; PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS TO APPLY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEIR OWN COMMUNICATIONS PRACTICES; AND EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL OF STRATEGIC FRAME ANALYSIS IN BUILDING ISSUE COALITIONS.

  Expenses $15,876 · Revenue $68,739

• PUBLICATIONS AND CURRICULA: FRAMEWORKS ACADEMY IS FRAMEWORKS' ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM THAT CONTAINS MULTIMEDIA CLASSES ON FRAMING AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN A VARIETY OF AREAS. AMONG ITS MANY OFFERINGS ARE COURSES ON FRAMING SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH (STEM) EDUCATION, REFRAMING ELDER ABUSE AND FRAMING FOR CLIMATE INTERPRETERS.

  Expenses $142,661 · Revenue $57,673

• ENVIRONMENT: FRAMEWORKS DELIVERS RESEARCH THAT DOCUMENTS THE SHAPING FORCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP OUTCOMES (E.G., THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, GENE- ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, AND FOOD AND FITNESS). TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ARE ALSO PROVIDED TO A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NETWORK OF PROFESSIONALS WHO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH AND PROTECT CITIZENS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS.

  Expenses $44,663 · Revenue $18,056

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $9,901,079

  Expenses

  $9,962,780

  Contributions

  $7,071,972

  Grants paid

  $835,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,169,794

  Expenses

  $7,443,730

  Contributions

  $3,659,942

  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

  $6,057,104

  Expenses

  $6,090,374

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,374,816

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,651,949

  Expenses

  $5,816,641

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,787,551

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,477,646

  Expenses

  $5,260,403

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,052,040

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,811,643

  Expenses

  $5,267,425

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,414,806

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,072,700

  Expenses

  $4,960,512

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,738,106

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,292,787

  Expenses

  $4,156,600

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,612,838

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,619,363

  Expenses

  $3,962,352

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,560,260

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,982,573

  Expenses

  $3,629,160

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,660,852

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,878,514

  Expenses

  $3,277,779

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,357,904

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,351,972

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,720,470

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

• YOSEMITE CONSULTING LLC

  $795,000

  2023 · MEDIA SUPPORT FOR MACARTHUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ST. LOUIS COUNTY

• PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY & JUSTICE

  $40,000

  2023 · HOSTING A DIGITAL NARRATIVE PILOT TO FRAME CHANGES TO LOCAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS AS SAFETY SOLUTIONS, NOT PROBLEMS FOR SAFETY.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SMARTMEME INC

  $437,949

  2024 · Re-grants

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $313,500

  2023 · GENERAL

• NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES

  $289,522

  2023 · PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI

  $127,825

  2023 · Program Operating Cost

• THE SEATTLE FOUNDATION

  $100,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT REFRAMING ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT PHASE IV: FURTHERING IMPACT AND MOBILIZATION

• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $67,361

  2022 · SUB-AWARD

• JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

  $60,035

  2024 · SUB-AWARD

• UNITED WAY OF GREATER CINCINNATI

  $60,000

  2024 · Supports UW mission

• NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES

  $56,458

  2022 · PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

• NATIONAL NETWORK OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTES

  $30,761

  2024 · PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION

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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