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LEARNING POLICY INSTITUTE

EIN 47-2772048 EAST PALO ALTO, CA

Revenue 2024
$10,514,616
Expenses 2024
$16,502,674

Program services were 83.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B05
Classification
2000
Street
50173

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

Mission

The Learning Policy Institute (LPI) conducts and disseminates independent, high-quality research to improve learning for all children. A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, LPI connects policymakers and stakeholders at the local, state, and federal levels with the evidence and strategies needed to strengthen the education system from preschool through college and career.

Activities or mission (Part I)

To conduct independent, high-quality research to improve learning for each and every child.

  • Early Childhood Education. LPI research informed policymakers' efforts to provide universal access to high-quality early learning. Reports examined California's progress toward universal prekindergarten, integration in early childhood education, and coaching as a strategy for strengthening the early learning workforce. Educator Quality. LPI developed tools to assess the cost of teacher turnover and the extent of teacher shortages in each state. LPI published reports examining successful teacher residencies, state and federal policies to support residencies, and how teacher preparation predicts teacher performance assessment results. In the area of school leadership, LPI conducted research on state approaches to developing educational leaders, preparing leaders for deeper learning, and the California School Leadership Academy. Equitable Resources and Access. LPI partnered with the National Conference of State Legislatures to support adequate and equitable state school finance reform. LPI also published briefs on the progress of English Learners in California and the costs of universal school vouchers. Whole Child Education. LPI authored a comprehensive guide on redesigning high schools and a framework for creating community schools as part of a new Center for School and System Redesign. LPI also published a report on how community schools can reduce chronic absenteeism and a series of analyses of statewide efforts to support community schools in New Mexico.

    Expenses $13,826,338 · Grants $878,051 · Revenue $460,876

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.

  • Barbara Chow

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Stephan Turnipseed

    Board Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Rattray

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kent McGuire

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Gerry House

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kris D Gutierrez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • David Lyon

    Board Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Liz Simons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Stephen Arnold

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Linda Darling-Hammond

    Director/CEO

    Total calculated
    $576,347
    From this org
    $493,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $83,122
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $493,225
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $48,292
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,830
    Filer's total
    $576,347

  • Teresa M Godfrey

    CFAO

    Total calculated
    $344,981
    From this org
    $285,481
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $59,500
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $285,481
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,473
    Filer's total
    $344,981

  • Patrick Shields

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $448,572
    From this org
    $391,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,261
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $391,311
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $39,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,258
    Filer's total
    $448,572

  • Marjorie Wechsler

    Principal Research Manager

    Total calculated
    $247,395
    From this org
    $233,392
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,003
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $233,392
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,003
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $247,395

  • Barbara McKenna

    Chief of Strategic Communications

    Total calculated
    $219,845
    From this org
    $191,226
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,619
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $191,226
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,474
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,145
    Filer's total
    $219,845

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
    $10,514,616
    Expenses
    $16,502,674
    Contributions
    $8,638,073
    Grants paid
    $878,051
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $20,333,938
    Expenses
    $14,560,465
    Contributions
    $19,336,301
    Grants paid
    $713,198
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $30,062,980
    Expenses
    $14,216,192
    Contributions
    $30,365,350
    Grants paid
    $1,319,458

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
    $13,855,594
    Expenses
    $13,778,810
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,081,689

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,000,361
    Expenses
    $14,693,959
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,745,414

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,145,345
    Expenses
    $13,532,778
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,846,506

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $13,696,550
    Expenses
    $10,279,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,955,571

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,336,989
    Expenses
    $9,256,381
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,612,803

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,787,828
    Expenses
    $7,554,935
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,160,684

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,277,416
    Expenses
    $4,121,482
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,620,992

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

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.