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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$169K 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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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $34K a year · 3% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$169K
to officers and key staff · 9% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 9% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $72K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$624K
13% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 13% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.2M
Spent
$2.0M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$4.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.2M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.2M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.1M
FY2023$194K
FY2024$908K
Expenses
$2.0M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$1.4M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$390K
FY2024$552K
Net assets
$4.2M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.2M
FY2021$4.1M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$3.8M
FY2024$4.2M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 2012.

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Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $1.4M Management & general 29% · $566K Fundraising 3% · $50K

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

12 people listed on the 990; $169K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$168,837Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice-Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board of Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Douglas Parvis’s $9K as Vice-Chair, Ex. Dir. is at the 6th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1636 $100K–1M international 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Gareth Crawford—$9,640$160,995$160,903$168,837
Douglas Parvis$8,504————
Virginia Thomson$8,473————

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Facilitates thoughtful discussion and debate on important state, national, and international issues to advance public understanding.

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3 programs · $1.3M · in their own filed words · FY2020
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The Logan Nonfiction Program

The carey institute for global good believes that an informed, educated, and engaged citizenry is essential to the functioning of the democratic society. The logan nonfiction program at the carey institute supports this belief by advancing deeply reported, longform nonfiction about the most pressing issues of the day and then helping to…

$787Kprogram expense
02

Education

The carey institute's center for learning in practice (clip) mission is to improve professional learning and knowledge sharing in and across civil society organizations through programming, research, and services, particularly in the education sector.

$475Kprogram expense
03

Sustainable Communities

The sustainable communities programs builds and strengthens rural economic opportunity that is sustainable, resilient and climate aware. Specifically, we identify policies that have the potential to create value among rural resources, rural economies and urban markets, and then work to bring those opportunities down to local communities.

$57Kprogram 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 · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$72K
Grants paid · 3 grants · $175K · 2020–2021
Unitemized GrantFY2021$137,734
Unitemized GrantFY2020$35,000
Unitemized GrantFY2020$2,350

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.2M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$510K
Investment incomeLn 3$115K
Money outPt IX
$2.0M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$566K
Fundraisingcol D$50K
Owns and owesPt X
$4.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$346K
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$624K
PeoplePt VI, VII
12
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$5K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$510K
Investment incomeLn 3$115K
Other incomeLn 4–11$21K
Gains on assetsLn 7$113K
Total revenueLn 12$2.2M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$346K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$346K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$282K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.1M
Other assetsLn 15$1.0M
Total assetsLn 16$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$624K
Net assetsLn 32$4.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 518
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$247K$346K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$295K$282K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.3M$3.1M
Total assetsLn 16$4.7M$4.8M
LiabilitiesLn 26$588K$624K
Net assetsLn 32$4.1M$4.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$37K$37K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$181K$181K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$709K$509K$166K$34K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$73K$47K$24K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$67K$40K$25K$3K
Management feesLn 11a$55K$47K$8K$700
Legal feesLn 11b$38K$330$37K
Accounting feesLn 11c$32K$2K$27K$2K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$50K$47K$3K$700
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K$13K$1K$630
Office expensesLn 13$61K$16K$43K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$51K$44K$4K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$62K$62K$176
TravelLn 17$121K$118K$2K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$96K$96K
InterestLn 20$12K$12K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$157K$157K
InsuranceLn 23$75K$55K$20K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$73K$66K$6K$563
All other expensesLn 24e$5K$1K$4K$127
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.0M$1.4M$566K$50K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $908K$552K$356K$4.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $194K$390K−$196K$3.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $1.1M$1.2M−$111K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.3M$1.4M−$70K$4.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $2.2M$2.0M$194K$4.2M 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 $2,167,736 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $889,566$1,521,728
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,208,138$509,507
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $150,355$115,092
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $154,640$21,409
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,402,699$2,167,736
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$37,350
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,640,336$1,032,757
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,506,923$903,980
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,147,259$1,974,087
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$744,560$193,649
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
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 $2,167,736 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$5,000
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,516,728
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,521,728
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $373,515 · Unrelated business $135,992$509,507
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $1,709$1,709
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $21,887$21,887
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $113,383$113,383
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission −$478−$478
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $373,037 · Unrelated business $157,879 · Excluded from tax $115,092$2,167,736
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,974,087 across 21 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $37,350$37,350
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $180,762$180,762
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $508,700 · Management $166,215 · Fundraising $34,229$709,144
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsManagement $2,461$2,461
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $47,337 · Management $24,082 · Fundraising $1,517$72,936
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $39,810 · Management $24,672 · Fundraising $2,972$67,454
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $46,830 · Management $7,803 · Fundraising $700$55,333
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $330 · Management $37,468$37,798
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,489 · Management $27,301 · Fundraising $2,285$32,075
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $46,830 · Management $2,548 · Fundraising $700$50,078
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $12,904 · Management $1,477 · Fundraising $630$15,011
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $16,366 · Management $42,820 · Fundraising $1,785$60,971
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $44,243 · Management $4,367 · Fundraising $2,690$51,300
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $62,134 · Management $176$62,310
IX-17 TravelPrograms $117,592 · Management $1,520 · Fundraising $2,123$121,235
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $95,991$95,991
IX-20 InterestManagement $12,364$12,364
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $156,842$156,842
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $55,001 · Management $19,837$74,838
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $66,113 · Management $5,934 · Fundraising $563$72,610
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,332 · Management $3,765 · Fundraising $127$5,224
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,358,194 · Management $565,572 · Fundraising $50,321$1,974,087
Part X · Balance sheet $4,785,067 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $246,661$345,630
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $117,582$32,349
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,400$4,400
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $53,543$36,643
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,327,070$3,069,532
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $295,150$282,114
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $689,175$1,014,399
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,733,581$4,785,067
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $182,344$109,016
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $318,318$466,400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $588,429$624,253
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,539,946$3,362,187
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $605,206$798,627
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,145,152$4,160,814
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,733,581$4,785,067
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,160,814 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,167,736
XI-2 Total expenses$1,974,087
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$193,649
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,145,152
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$64,947
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$113,040
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$4,160,814

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