McRel International FY2022 filing

Denver, COUnknown exempt organization EIN 43-0837728Revenue $12.5M in FY2022

On file with the IRSmcrel.org4601 Dtc Boulevard 500 · Denver, CO

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Helping educators flourish through developing research products and services.

67¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.5M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2022 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $662K a year · 5% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
67%
of spending
Fine: 67% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.5M
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $4.5M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $4.5M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $58K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
15% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 15% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$12.5M
-13% vs prior year
Spent
$13.0M
To programs
67%
Net assets
$7.0M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$12.5M
FY2022▼ -13%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$12.2M
FY2021$14.5M
FY2022$12.5M
FY2023$15.3M
FY2024$15.4M
FY2025$5.4M
FY2025Not on file
Expenses
$13.0M
FY2022▼ -3%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$11.8M
FY2021$13.4M
FY2022$13.0M
FY2023$15.4M
FY2024$15.6M
FY2025$10.1M
FY2025Not on file
Net assets
$7.0M
FY2022▼ -10%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.6M
FY2021$7.8M
FY2022$7.0M
FY2023$7.0M
FY2024$7.4M
FY2025$1.9M
FY2025Not on file

From the FY2022 Form 990 (year ending November 2022) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025.

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Where the money goes

67 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 67% · $8.7M Management & general 27% · $3.5M Fundraising 6% · $809K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $1.5M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2021); the FY2022 filing did not itemize Part VII
CEO & Presid
$257,886Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Mktg &
$185,569Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Resear
$184,252Pt VII · Sec A
Chief People
$178,641Pt VII · Sec A
$170,927Pt VII · Sec A
$159,869Pt VII · Sec A
VP Large Pro
$157,813Pt VII · Sec A
Exec. Progra
$155,853Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Bryan Goodwin$297,091$277,495$276,388$267,586$257,886$248,923
Sue Desch$283,010$191,525$187,345$180,137$170,927$165,673
Ronald Miletta$170,046$210,732$206,551$198,799$185,569—
Matthew Linick—$190,038$183,966———
Dale Lewis—$174,413$185,095$177,982$157,813$150,754
Kellie Kim————$184,252—
Ron Miletta—————$179,341
Melissa Gray————$178,641$151,679

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 15aYes

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3 programs · $8.4M · in their own filed words · FY2021
01

Federal Grants

To improve educational policy and practice through applications of the best available knowledge based upon research, development, and experience focused on other federally funded projects.

$3.0Mprogram expense
02

Institute of Education Sciences

To improve educational policy and practice through applications of the best available knowledge based upon research, development, and experience focused on the rel grant.

$2.7Mprogram expense
03

Contracts

To improve educational policy and practice through applications of the best available knowledge based upon research, development, and experience focused on other contracts.

$2.7Mprogram 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$58K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $1.8M · 2021–2023

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$12.5M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.0M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$145K
Money outPt IX
$13.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.7M
Managementcol C$3.5M
Fundraisingcol D$809K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.0M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$771K
Total assetsLn 16$8.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$9.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$145K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$20K
Total revenueLn 12$12.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$771K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$771K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$545K
Total assetsLn 16$8.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.0M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 570
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderNovember
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 FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$771K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.7M$4.5M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$503K$545K
Total assetsLn 16$9.2M$8.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.4M$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.8M$7.0M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$550K$550K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$758K$135K$569K$54K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$5.7M$3.8M$1.4M$484K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$510K$346K$120K$44K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$600K$391K$157K$52K
Payroll taxesLn 10$466K$290K$136K$40K
Legal feesLn 11b$25K$25K
Investment management feesLn 11f$36K$36K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$395K$297K$80K$18K
Office expensesLn 13$746K$443K$260K$44K
OccupancyLn 16$634K$419K$172K$44K
TravelLn 17$600K$535K$60K$5K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$25K$4K$21K$38
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$120K$71K$42K$7K
InsuranceLn 23$96K$13K$82K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.7M$1.3M$358K$14K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.0M$8.7M$3.5M$809K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 $5.4M$10.1M−$4.7M$1.9M 990 PDF
FY2024 $15.4M$15.6M−$228K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $15.3M$15.4M−$83K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $12.5M$13.0M−$461K$7.0M 990 PDF
FY2021 $14.5M$13.4M$1.1M$7.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $12.2M$11.8M$386K$6.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $12,539,827 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,746,719$3,443,799
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,285,699$8,951,152
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $451,274$144,876
I-11 Other revenue$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $14,483,692$12,539,827
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$550,156
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,404,731$8,077,143
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,968,559$4,373,691
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $13,373,290$13,000,990
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,110,402−$461,163
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
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 $12,539,827 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,443,799
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,443,799
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $8,951,152$8,951,152
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $165,185$165,185
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$20,309−$20,309
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $8,951,152 · Excluded from tax $144,876$12,539,827
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,000,990 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $550,156$550,156
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $135,139 · Management $568,583 · Fundraising $54,221$757,943
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,838,553 · Management $1,419,875 · Fundraising $484,375$5,742,803
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $345,987 · Management $119,675 · Fundraising $44,441$510,103
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $390,973 · Management $157,303 · Fundraising $52,146$600,422
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $289,651 · Management $136,431 · Fundraising $39,790$465,872
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $24,717$24,717
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $35,980$35,980
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $296,894 · Management $80,304 · Fundraising $17,734$394,932
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $442,544 · Management $259,577 · Fundraising $44,029$746,150
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $418,851 · Management $171,834 · Fundraising $43,617$634,302
IX-17 TravelPrograms $534,887 · Management $59,800 · Fundraising $5,249$599,936
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,353 · Management $21,003 · Fundraising $38$25,394
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $70,881 · Management $41,596 · Fundraising $7,053$119,530
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $13,128 · Management $81,747 · Fundraising $1,387$96,262
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,324,337 · Management $357,693 · Fundraising $14,458$1,696,488
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,656,334 · Management $3,536,118 · Fundraising $808,538$13,000,990
Part X · Balance sheet $8,314,564 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,249,531$771,244
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $448,544$386,481
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,183,569$1,967,006
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $121,603$148,816
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $502,927$544,981
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,697,694$4,496,036
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,203,868$8,314,564
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $726,653$904,807
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $675,241$379,220
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,401,894$1,284,027
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $7,801,974$7,030,537
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $7,801,974$7,030,537
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,203,868$8,314,564
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,030,537 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$12,539,827
XI-2 Total expenses$13,000,990
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$461,163
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$7,801,974
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$310,274
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,030,537

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