Center for Teaching Quality INC

Tax-deductible

Durham, NC501(c)(3)EducationEIN 04-3606319Revenue $1.4M in FY2025

On file with the IRSteachingquality.org2402 W Club Blvd, 27705-3125 · Durham, NCTax-exempt since Mar 2002Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Ctq is a catalyst for teachers and administrators to drive needed change in education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
56¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 12 volunteers and 8 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $251K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
56%
of spending
Worth a look: 56% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$622K
to officers and key staff · 49% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 78% of similar orgs
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 49% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
14 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 13.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $28K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$51K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
8
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 8 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.4M
-24% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
56%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$1.4M
FY2025▼ -24%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$1.8M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$1.9M
FY2024$1.8M
FY2025$1.4M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2025▼ -8%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$1.5M
FY2022$1.5M
FY2023$1.6M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$1.7M
FY2025▲ +6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$740K
FY2022$927K
FY2023$1.2M
FY2024$1.6M
FY2025$1.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2002.

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Where the money goes

56 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 56% · $713K Management & general 34% · $425K Fundraising 10% · $130K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $622K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$183,190Pt VII · Sec A
Design Lead
$119,198Pt VII · Sec A
Impementation Lead
$103,007Pt VII · Sec A
Communications Lead
$102,933Pt VII · Sec A
Finance & Accounting Lead
$92,040Pt VII · Sec A
Previous President
$21,438Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Alesha Daughtrey’s $183K as President is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
P Ann Byrd$21,438—$216,621$210,146$201,909
Alesha Daughtrey$183,190$174,180$165,792$161,592$151,377
Lori Nazareno$119,198$111,717$106,244——
Iesha Williams$103,007————
Mariah Najmuddin$102,933————
Deanna Scofield-Amdouni$92,040$91,019$25,614——
Holly Brown——$38,616$42,367$44,791
Stephanie Johnson—$1,200$1,725——

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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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • 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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Empowers educators and leaders to create positive change in schools.

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3 programs · $713K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Personalizing Professional Learning

Educators prefer to choose from individualized learning options that are as unique as themselves, their schools, and their STUDENTS.K-12 public school systems spend $18 billion annually on professional development.

$391Kprogram expense
02

Developing Collective Leadership

We build capacity of educator leaders to assess the impact of their work with colleagues, within their schools, and in their SYSTEMS.TRANSFORMING schools requires the expertise and engagement of every educator. Teachers and administrators need support to work as an aligned team.

$259Kprogram expense
03

Supporting Educator Storytelling

We draw on storytelling tools for schools, districts, and other organizations to share stories that inspire others toward innovation in the FIELD.STORIES are about showing and sharing unique insights. And the more diverse the roles, cultures, and lived experiences of storytellers, the better.

$63Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$28K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.4M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$713K
Managementcol C$425K
Fundraisingcol D$130K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.5M
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$51K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b8
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.3M
Government grantsLn 1e$677K
Investment incomeLn 3$9K
Other incomeLn 4–11$4K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$309
Total revenueLn 12$1.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.3M
SavingsLn 2$120K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$21K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$51K
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 612
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.7M$1.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K$21K
Total assetsLn 16$1.8M$1.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$204K$51K
Net assetsLn 32$1.6M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$307K$119K$164K$24K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$391K$252K$112K$26K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$14K$9K$4K$921
Other employee benefitsLn 9$43K$28K$12K$3K
Payroll taxesLn 10$51K$27K$20K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$1K$1K
Accounting feesLn 11c$30K$2K$28K$261
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$62K$62K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$211K$177K$32K$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$7K$54$7K$224
Office expensesLn 13$1K$765$221$46
Information technologyLn 14$51K$41K$9K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$48K$33K$12K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$8K$7K$873$162
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$38K$18K$17K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$713K$425K$130K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.4M$1.3M$90K$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $1.8M$1.4M$416K$1.6M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.9M$1.6M$297K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.7M$1.5M$187K$927K 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.8M$1.5M$264K$740K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,358,783 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,779,460$1,346,174
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $4,132$9,006
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $5,945$3,603
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,789,537$1,358,783
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $840,813$805,510
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $75,000$61,500
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $457,951$401,455
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,373,764$1,268,465
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $415,773$90,318
Part VI · Governance 8 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members8
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 $1,358,783 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$677,174
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$669,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,346,174
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $9,315$9,315
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $1,160$1,160
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$309−$309
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $2,443$2,443
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $12,609$1,358,783
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,268,465 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $119,239 · Management $163,738 · Fundraising $24,007$306,984
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $252,139 · Management $112,416 · Fundraising $25,987$390,542
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $9,198 · Management $4,165 · Fundraising $921$14,284
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $27,723 · Management $11,900 · Fundraising $3,308$42,931
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $27,466 · Management $19,658 · Fundraising $3,645$50,769
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $1,256$1,256
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $1,965 · Management $28,206 · Fundraising $261$30,432
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $61,500$61,500
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $176,775 · Management $31,845 · Fundraising $2,812$211,432
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $54 · Management $6,516 · Fundraising $224$6,794
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $765 · Management $221 · Fundraising $46$1,032
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $40,940 · Management $8,888 · Fundraising $1,649$51,477
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $32,633 · Management $12,354 · Fundraising $3,289$48,276
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,645 · Management $873 · Fundraising $162$7,680
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $5,541$5,541
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $17,578 · Management $17,478 · Fundraising $2,479$37,535
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $713,120 · Management $425,055 · Fundraising $130,290$1,268,465
Part X · Balance sheet $1,780,946 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,630,256$1,341,930
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $116,876$120,392
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$17,280
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $61,354$275,287
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,325$5,011
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $29,034$21,046
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,842,845$1,780,946
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $67,242$51,414
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $65,680$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $203,631$51,414
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,639,214$1,729,532
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,639,214$1,729,532
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,842,845$1,780,946
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,729,532 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,358,783
XI-2 Total expenses$1,268,465
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$90,318
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,639,214
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,729,532

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