Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), is a global nonprofit organization that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic (continued from page 1) opportunity. Since 1958, we have been a leader in designing, implementing, and evaluating powerful and innovative programs in more than 80 countries around the world. Our work is organized in Bodies of Work: Behavioral, Physical, and Mental Health; Capacity Building for Individuals, Organizations, and Systems; Early Childhood Development and Learning; Elementary and Secondary Education; HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health; Opioid and Other Substance Abuse Prevention; Out-of-School Learning; STEM; Suicide, Violence, and Injury Prevention; Youth and Workforce Development. Our services include: Design and Development, Evaluation, Implementation, Policy, and Research. Regions where we work: Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States.

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91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$3.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $6.8M a year · 4% of revenue · last 6 filings
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Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
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Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$3.7M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
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Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
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Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $75K
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Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$63.7M
54% of total assets
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Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 13 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$201.5M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$192.6M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$53.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$201.5M
FY2023▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$147.7M
FY2021$167.9M
FY2022$186.7M
FY2023$201.5M
FY2024$210.8M
FY2025$159.2M
Expenses
$192.6M
FY2023▲ +9%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$145.3M
FY2021$162.5M
FY2022$176.3M
FY2023$192.6M
FY2024$200.1M
FY2025$156.4M
Net assets
$53.2M
FY2023▲ +24%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$29.9M
FY2021$35.3M
FY2022$42.9M
FY2023$53.2M
FY2024$68.3M
FY2025$73.1M

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $174.6M Management & general 9% · $18.0M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

37 people listed on the 990; $3.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
$428,555Pt VII · Sec A
C.f.o., C.c.o., SR. V.p.,treasurer
$338,809Pt VII · Sec A
SR. V.p. U.s. Division
$320,627Pt VII · Sec A
SR. V.p., International Development Division
$310,183Pt VII · Sec A
SR. V.p., C.o.o.
$309,118Pt VII · Sec A
Chief of Party
$282,044Pt VII · Sec A
SR. V.p., General Counsel, Corporate Secretary
$280,648Pt VII · Sec A
Deputy Chief of Party Finance and Operations
$278,273Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Liesbet Steer$462,044—————
David Offensend———$416,653$433,054$417,043
Siobhan Murphy$428,603$337,017$309,118$294,450$293,320$277,481
David Offensend Ret Feb 28 2023——$428,555———
Liesbet Steer Ret May 1 2024—$418,064————
Cheryl Hoffmann-Bray$393,074$359,020$338,809$317,928$322,495$297,749
Cindy Taylor$373,308$330,626$320,627$288,788$287,701$272,062
Nancy Devine$373,049$334,696$310,183$284,139$290,257$270,628

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Designs, implements, and evaluates global programs to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunities for youth and communities.

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2 programs · $174.6M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

International Development Division (idd)

The IDD team continued to pursue new challenges in 2023, wrapping up its first three year strategy and beginning a new three year strategy. IDD continued/began work on three "signature" flagship initiatives in 2023 that we will continue to build out in FY2024. These are: 1.

$92.5Mprogram expense
02

U.s. Division

In 2023, EDC's U.S. Division conducted research, delivered services, and scaled successful programs focused on equity in education, health, mental health, and workforce development. EDC's leadership of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, Zero Suicide Institute at EDC, and Suicide Prevention Resource Center helped improve…

$82.1Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$75K
Grants paid · 499 grants · $73.2M · 2019–2024
Georgetown UniversityDC · FY2024$3,318,366
James Bell AssociatesFY2024$2,561,557
La Promise FundCA · FY2024$809,207
Prevent Child Abuse VirginiaVA · FY2024$787,783
Start EarlyIL · FY2024$626,303
Regents Univ of CaliforniaCA · FY2024$493,200
Abt Global INCFY2024$334,125
Columbus State CommunityFY2024$313,009
New York UniversityNY · FY2024$295,420
Headspin SoftwareFY2024$291,480
University of Central FLFY2024$274,999
University of MiamiFL · FY2024$274,397
Education Design UnlimitedFY2024$267,543
WestatFY2024$262,180
New York Hall of ScienceNY · FY2024$251,759
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$201.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$199.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$192.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$174.6M
Managementcol C$18.0M
Owns and owesPt X
$53.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$66.4M
Total assetsLn 16$116.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$63.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
37
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$199.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$196.7M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1.2M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$240K
Total revenueLn 12$201.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$0
SavingsLn 2$66.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$66.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$4.9M
Other assetsLn 15$27.6M
Total assetsLn 16$116.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$63.7M
Net assetsLn 32$53.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5718
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderSeptember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$45.5M$66.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$5.0M$4.9M
Total assetsLn 16$79.0M$116.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26$36.2M$63.7M
Net assetsLn 32$42.9M$53.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$13.2M$13.2M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$23.4M$23.4M
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$3.7M$1.9M$1.8M$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$73.5M$65.7M$7.8M$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5.6M$5.1M$520K$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$13.2M$11.3M$1.9M$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$4.4M$4.0M$408K$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$208K$105K$103K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$227K$57K$170K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$3K$3K$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5.8M$5.4M$375K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0$0$0$0
Office expensesLn 13$15.3M$12.6M$2.7M$0
Information technologyLn 14$1.4M$1.4M$82K$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$5.2M$4.7M$501K$0
TravelLn 17$4.7M$4.4M$268K$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2.7M$2.3M$404K$0
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$984K$416K$568K$0
InsuranceLn 23$525K$197K$329K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$14.3M$14.3M$0$0
All other expensesLn 24e$4.3M$4.1M$187K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$192.6M$174.6M$18.0M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $159.2M$156.4M$2.8M$73.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $210.8M$200.1M$10.7M$68.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $201.5M$192.6M$8.9M$53.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $186.7M$176.3M$10.4M$42.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $167.9M$162.5M$5.4M$35.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $147.7M$145.3M$2.5M$29.9M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $201,501,966 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $182,943,416$199,108,225
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,166,491$1,331,010
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $182,384$1,062,731
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,454,346$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $186,746,637$201,501,966
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $24,633,557$36,601,278
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $90,615,814$100,395,680
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $61,074,454$55,642,875
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $176,323,825$192,639,833
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $10,422,812$8,862,133
Part VI · Governance 12 of 13 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $201,501,966 across 13 lines filed
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$196,651,634
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,456,591
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,242,265
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$199,108,225
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,331,010 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$1,331,010
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $822,348$822,348
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $240,383$240,383
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,331,010 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,062,731$201,501,966
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $192,639,833 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $13,230,201$13,230,201
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $0$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $23,371,077$23,371,077
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $1,927,030 · Management $1,796,853 · Fundraising $0$3,723,883
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $65,734,023 · Management $7,760,174 · Fundraising $0$73,494,197
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $5,074,140 · Management $520,281 · Fundraising $0$5,594,421
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $11,315,056 · Management $1,878,135 · Fundraising $0$13,193,191
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,981,719 · Management $408,269 · Fundraising $0$4,389,988
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $104,533 · Management $103,230 · Fundraising $0$207,763
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $57,404 · Management $169,750 · Fundraising $0$227,154
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $2,887 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$2,887
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,416,892 · Management $375,052 · Fundraising $0$5,791,944
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $12,643,795 · Management $2,682,716 · Fundraising $0$15,326,511
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,357,003 · Management $81,633 · Fundraising $0$1,438,636
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $4,682,287 · Management $500,932 · Fundraising $0$5,183,219
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,422,599 · Management $267,585 · Fundraising $0$4,690,184
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $2,284,467 · Management $403,814 · Fundraising $0$2,688,281
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $416,487 · Management $567,566 · Fundraising $0$984,053
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $196,892 · Management $328,584 · Fundraising $0$525,476
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $14,281,298 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$14,281,298
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $4,108,041 · Management $187,428 · Fundraising $0$4,295,469
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $174,607,831 · Management $18,032,002 · Fundraising $0$192,639,833
Part X · Balance sheet $116,911,673 assets, 22 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $0$0
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $45,480,505$66,409,044
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $12,389,649$12,780,746
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $0$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,579,982$5,185,437
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $4,990,013$4,934,826
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $12,589,656$27,601,620
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $79,029,805$116,911,673
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $19,849,220$27,366,281
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $11,392,288$16,042,995
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $4,242,857$3,614,285
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $666,095$16,689,428
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $36,150,460$63,712,989
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $42,293,731$52,588,116
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $585,614$610,568
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $42,879,345$53,198,684
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $79,029,805$116,911,673
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $53,198,684 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$201,501,966
XI-2 Total expenses$192,639,833
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$8,862,133
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$42,879,345
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,457,206
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$53,198,684

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