Teaching for Change: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 52-1616482)

Deborah Menkart’s $84K as Executive Director is at the 21st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Deborah Menkart	$83,727	$80,081	$75,759	$69,135	$70,719	$68,100
Nakeesha Ceran	$81,382	$77,052	$73,771	$62,449	—	—
Allyson Brown Until Nov 2020	—	—	—	—	$67,456	—
Allyson Criner Brown	—	—	—	—	—	$66,000

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

Programs and updates

Empowering teachers and parents with tools to foster student literacy and social change.

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3 programs · $809K · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

Zinn Education Project

Teaching people's history, coordinated with rethinking schools, offers hundreds of free, downloadable teaching activities for middle and high school classrooms to bring people's history to the classroom. The teaching activities and resources are organized by theme, time period, and grade level.

$658Kprogram expense

02

DC Teachers

DC area educators for social justice teaching for change coordinates professional development, teacher study groups, and other activities to support social justice educators in the DC metro area.

$98Kprogram expense

03

Social Justice Books

Our social justice books project vets and promotes social justice books for children and adults in response to the wide diversity gap in children's books and the publishing industry. Our lists of recommended books and critical book reviews (from trusted organizations and our own staff) are available to teachers and parents at the website…

$53Kprogram 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 · FY2024

The Seattle FoundationFY2024$227K

Dorothy Lemelson FoundationFY2024$75K

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFY2024$57K

National Education Association of the United StatesFY2024$40K

National Philanthropic TrustFY2024$38K

Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz FoundationFY2024$25K

Donor Advised Charitable Giving INCFY2024$21K

Greater Washington Community FoundationFY2024$20K

Total grants receivedfrom 14 funders$541K

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$1.2M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$125K

Investment incomeLn 3$50K

Money outPt IX

$1.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$923K

Managementcol C$452K

Fundraisingcol D$3K

Owns and owesPt X

$1.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$393K

Total assetsLn 16$1.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$77K

PeoplePt VI, VII

12

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b7

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.1M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$139K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$125K

Investment incomeLn 3$50K

Other incomeLn 4–11$175

Gains on assetsLn 7$2K

Total revenueLn 12$1.2M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$303K

SavingsLn 2$90K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$393K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.2M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$766

Other assetsLn 15$3K

Total assetsLn 16$1.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$77K

Net assetsLn 32$1.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 515

VolunteersI 618

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$560K	$393K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$953K	$1.2M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$2K	$766
Total assetsLn 16	$1.9M	$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$69K	$77K
Net assetsLn 32	$1.8M	$1.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$180K	$71K	$109K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$574K	$404K	$168K	$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$57K	$42K	$15K	$197
Payroll taxesLn 10	$64K	$35K	$29K	$174
Accounting feesLn 11c	$38K		$38K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$196K	$165K	$31K
Office expensesLn 13	$122K	$100K	$21K	$339
Information technologyLn 14	$38K	$28K	$9K	$251
OccupancyLn 16	$54K	$34K	$19K	$168
TravelLn 17	$5K	$4K	$533
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$38K	$36K	$2K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$2K	$1K	$639	$6
InsuranceLn 23	$4K	$1K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$8K	$2K	$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$1.4M	$923K	$452K	$3K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$1.2M	$1.4M	−$150K	$1.6M	990 PDF
FY2024	$1.8M	$1.5M	$333K	$1.8M	990 PDF
FY2023	$1.6M	$1.4M	$170K	$1.4M	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.3M	$1.2M	$170K	$1.2M	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.6M	$936K	$657K	$1.1M	990 PDF
FY2020	$782K	$1.0M	−$242K	$456K	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 M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $1,228,887 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,690,199$1,053,639

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $124,633$124,884

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $28,458$50,189

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$175

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,843,290$1,228,887

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 $848,759$875,144

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $661,157$503,334

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,509,916$1,378,478

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $333,374−$149,591

Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members7

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 $1,228,887 across 8 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,053,639

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$139,317

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,053,639

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $124,884$124,884

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $48,482$48,482

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $1,707$1,707

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $175$175

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $124,884 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $50,364$1,228,887

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,378,478 across 14 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $70,529 · Management $109,218$179,747

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $404,395 · Management $167,648 · Fundraising $2,339$574,382

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $41,978 · Management $15,093 · Fundraising $197$57,268

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $34,581 · Management $28,992 · Fundraising $174$63,747

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $38,129$38,129

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $164,648 · Management $30,914$195,562

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $100,367 · Management $20,969 · Fundraising $339$121,675

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $27,954 · Management $9,468 · Fundraising $251$37,673

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,269 · Management $19,354 · Fundraising $168$53,791

IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,059 · Management $533$4,592

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $35,861 · Management $2,314$38,175

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,130 · Management $639 · Fundraising $6$1,775

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $1,141 · Management $2,937$4,078

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,486 · Management $5,398$7,884

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $923,398 · Management $451,606 · Fundraising $3,474$1,378,478

Part X · Balance sheet $1,724,226 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $377,748$302,699

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $182,428$90,423

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $338,450$111,302

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,095$4,128

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,693$766

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $953,294$1,211,908

X-15 Other assetsStart of year $3,000$3,000

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,860,708$1,724,226

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $69,023$77,415

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $69,023$77,415

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,048,017$1,147,386

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $743,668$499,425

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,791,685$1,646,811

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,860,708$1,724,226

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,646,811 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$1,228,887

XI-2 Total expenses$1,378,478

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$149,591

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,791,685

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$4,717

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,646,811

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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