501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
65¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$286K paid to officers and key staff.
Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $503K a year · 10% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
65%
of spending
Worth a look: 65% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$286K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $5.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 1.7 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $69K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.4M
30% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 30% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
22
of 24 voting members
Looks good: 22 of 24 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.9M
Spent
$3.9M
To programs
65%
Net assets
$5.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.9M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.9M
FY2022$4.8M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$7.7M
FY2025$4.7M
Expenses
$3.9M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.9M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$4.4M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$5.0M
FY2025$5.5M
Net assets
$5.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.6M
FY2021$7.4M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$7.3M
FY2024$10.9M
FY2025$10.7M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending August 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1959.

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Where the money goes

65 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 65% · $2.5M Management & general 30% · $1.2M Fundraising 5% · $186K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $286K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$164,696Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Institutional Advancement
$121,800Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair Emerita
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair Emeritus
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

William R Zev Eleff’s $161K as President is at the 70th 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
William R Zev Eleff$161,089$190,711————
Robert Zev Eleff——$190,656———
Paul Finkelman——$157,138$180,020$185,568$164,696
Allison Resnick$131,025$127,900————
Naomi Housman$126,996$124,740$126,435$120,979$119,804$121,800
Thomas Cipriano$119,561$103,330————
Honour Moore———$107,203——
Alison Joseph$102,667—————

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo
  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II3 listed

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1 program · $2.5M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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$2.5Mprogram expense

Funders

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$69K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $1.3M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$153,069
Unitemized GrantFY2023$154,758
Unitemized GrantFY2022$197,345
Unitemized GrantFY2021$341,382
Unitemized GrantFY2020$301,665
Unitemized GrantFY2019$193,684

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.9M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$585K
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Money outPt IX
$3.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.5M
Managementcol C$1.2M
Fundraisingcol D$186K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$544K
Total assetsLn 16$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a24
IndependentVI 1b22
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$585K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$59K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$3.3M
Investment incomeLn 3$91K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$36K
Total revenueLn 12$3.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1K
SavingsLn 2$542K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$544K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M
Other assetsLn 15$135K
Total assetsLn 16$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5158
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$156K$544K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5.3M$5.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.6M$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$7.5M$8.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M$2.4M
Net assetsLn 32$5.2M$5.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$194K$194K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$335K$128K$207K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.6M$171K$152K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$185K$168K$4K$14K
Payroll taxesLn 10$156K$97K$48K$11K
Legal feesLn 11b$43K$43K
Accounting feesLn 11c$43K$43K
Investment management feesLn 11f$39K$39K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$445K$160K$283K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$31K$22K$5K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$55K$8K$47K$100
Information technologyLn 14$6K$266$6K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$23K$18K$5K$701
InterestLn 20$82K$82K
InsuranceLn 23$166K$166K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$165K$135K$29K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$60K$45K$11K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.9M$2.5M$1.2M$186K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.7M$5.5M−$812K$10.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.7M$5.0M$2.6M$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.3M$4.3M−$22K$7.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $4.8M$4.4M$456K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.9M$4.1M$798K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.9M$3.9M−$34K$5.6M 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 J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,875,730 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $772,978$585,093
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,449,069$3,299,354
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $166,288$90,921
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $386,513−$99,638
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,774,848$3,875,730
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $128,150$193,684
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,436,779$2,558,361
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,284,040$1,157,365
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,848,969$3,909,410
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$74,121−$33,680
Part VI · Governance 22 of 24 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body24
VI-1b Independent voting members22
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,875,730 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$58,654
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$526,439
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$585,093
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $3,299,354$3,299,354
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $127,119$127,119
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission −$99,638−$99,638
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$36,198−$36,198
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,199,716 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $90,921$3,875,730
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,909,410 across 17 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $193,684$193,684
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $128,245 · Management $206,968$335,213
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,559,277 · Management $171,482 · Fundraising $151,657$1,882,416
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $167,689 · Management $3,627 · Fundraising $13,714$185,030
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $96,767 · Management $48,186 · Fundraising $10,749$155,702
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $42,524$42,524
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $43,472$43,472
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $38,651$38,651
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $160,057 · Management $283,378 · Fundraising $1,471$444,906
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $22,176 · Management $5,162 · Fundraising $3,164$30,502
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,462 · Management $46,621 · Fundraising $100$55,183
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $266 · Management $5,780$6,046
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $17,796 · Management $4,749 · Fundraising $701$23,246
IX-20 InterestManagement $82,303$82,303
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $165,654$165,654
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $134,994 · Management $28,921 · Fundraising $1,337$165,252
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $45,445 · Management $11,497 · Fundraising $2,684$59,626
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,534,858 · Management $1,188,975 · Fundraising $185,577$3,909,410
Part X · Balance sheet $8,080,735 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,100$1,100
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $155,023$542,441
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $82,222$30,083
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $135,622$179,427
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $83,323$84,976
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,612,319$1,621,923
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $5,269,381$5,486,058
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $130,679$134,727
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,469,669$8,080,735
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $226,128$316,867
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $245,251$282,856
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $122,267$70,055
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,248,929$2,443,835
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year −$367,498−$139,931
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $5,588,238$5,776,831
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,220,740$5,636,900
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,469,669$8,080,735
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,636,900 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,875,730
XI-2 Total expenses$3,909,410
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$33,680
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,220,740
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$435,250
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$14,590
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,636,900

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