Learnserve International

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Washington, DC501(c)(3)EducationEIN 80-0208444

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LearnServe international equips high school students from diverse backgrounds with the entrepreneurial vision, tenacity, confidence and leadership skills needed to tackle social challenges at home and abroad.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
60¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 100 volunteers and 24 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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FY2024 · 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
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
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $35K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
60%
of spending
Worth a look: 60% of spending went to programs; under 65%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$73K
to officers and key staff · 11% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 65% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 11% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $25K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$45K
7% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 7% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 12 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 12 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$787K
+27% vs prior year
Spent
$678K
To programs
60%
Net assets
$648K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$787K
FY2024▲ +27%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$677K
FY2021$744K
FY2022$686K
FY2023$718K
FY2024$618K
FY2024$787K
Expenses
$678K
FY2024▼ -20%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$574K
FY2021$488K
FY2022$644K
FY2023$718K
FY2024$847K
FY2024$678K
Net assets
$648K
FY2024▲ +20%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$524K
FY2021$780K
FY2022$821K
FY2023$821K
FY2024$540K
FY2024$648K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Feb 2009.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

60 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 60% · $405K Management & general 25% · $171K Fundraising 15% · $102K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $73K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$73,290Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Scott a Rechler’s $73K as CEO is at the 65th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Sabine Keinath—$86,435$78,433$81,171$75,342$67,921
Scott Rechler——$81,000$81,171$75,342$67,921
Scott a Rechler$73,290$69,183————

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

Programs and updates

Trains students and teachers in social entrepreneurship and global leadership through service trips.

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3 program services account for $405K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
01

Learnserve Fellows Program

The LearnServe Fellows Program is a 7-month program with a mix of weekly in-person and some virtual meetings. Participants identify the global issues they care about, centered around the UN Sustainability Goals.

$291Kprogram expense
02

Learnserve Abroad and Incubator

The LearnServe Incubator is a 6-month virtual program that builds on the skills learned during the Fellows Program and brings together young social entrepreneurs from around the world to further develop their social ventures with a focus on human- and equity-centered design, iterative customer discovery, and entrepreneurship skills as…

$82Kprogram expense
03

Other Programs

General Programs includes Seeding Social Innovation, the in-school social entrepreneurship program, and initiatives to develop new programs and reach new audiences. During fiscal year 2024-25, Seeding Social Innovation was implemented at one school in the Washington, DC area.

$32Kprogram expense

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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$25K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $33K · 2023–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$29,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,950

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$787K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$787K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$198
Money outPt IX
$678K
Ln 25
Programscol B$405K
Managementcol C$171K
Fundraisingcol D$102K
Owns and owesPt X
$648K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$420K
Total assetsLn 16$694K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$787K
Government grantsLn 1e$103K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$46K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$60K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$11K
Investment incomeLn 3$198
Gains on assetsLn 7$181
Total revenueLn 12$787K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$257K
SavingsLn 2$163K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$420K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$5K
Total assetsLn 16$694K
LiabilitiesLn 26$45K
Net assetsLn 32$648K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$356K$420K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6K$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$569K$694K
LiabilitiesLn 26$29K$45K
Net assetsLn 32$540K$648K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$117K$80K$12K$24K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$290K$200K$30K$60K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$4K$3K$459$906
Other employee benefitsLn 9$22K$15K$2K$5K
Payroll taxesLn 10$32K$22K$3K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$45K$45K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$15K$14K$1K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$1K$137$480$582
Information technologyLn 14$18K$3K$16K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$31K$740$28K$2K
TravelLn 17$64K$59K$4K$617
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0
InterestLn 20$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0
InsuranceLn 23$17K$17K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$21K$8K$11K$2K
All other expensesLn 24e$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$678K$405K$171K$102K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 $618K$847K−$229K$540K 990 PDF
FY2023 $718K$718K$15$821K 990 PDF
FY2022 $686K$644K$42K$821K 990 PDF
FY2021 $744K$488K$256K$780K 990 PDF
FY2020 $677K$574K$104K$524K 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
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Part VIII · Statement of revenue $786,642 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$60,066
VIII-1e Government grants$103,050
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$623,779
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$46,341
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$786,895
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,600$10,600
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $17$17
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $181$181
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$11,051
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,600 · Excluded from tax $198$786,642
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $677,835 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $80,433 · Management $12,173 · Fundraising $24,042$116,648
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $199,955 · Management $30,262 · Fundraising $59,768$289,985
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,031 · Management $459 · Fundraising $906$4,396
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $15,468 · Management $2,341 · Fundraising $4,624$22,433
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $22,080 · Management $3,342 · Fundraising $6,600$32,022
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $44,790$44,790
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $13,945 · Management $1,299$15,244
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $137 · Management $480 · Fundraising $582$1,199
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $2,613 · Management $15,764$18,377
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $740 · Management $27,560 · Fundraising $2,229$30,529
IX-17 TravelPrograms $59,314 · Management $3,840 · Fundraising $617$63,771
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$0
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortization$0
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $17,127$17,127
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $7,575 · Management $11,252 · Fundraising $2,487$21,314
IX-24e All other expenses$0
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $405,291 · Management $170,689 · Fundraising $101,855$677,835
Part X · Balance sheet $693,586 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $194,483$257,131
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $161,865$162,659
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $196,251$257,459
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $950$5,650
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $4,321$5,783
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $5,769$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,838$4,904
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $569,477$693,586
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $29,373$44,917
X-19 Deferred revenue$400
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $29,373$45,317
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $338,377$321,673
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $201,727$326,596
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $540,104$648,269
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $569,477$693,586
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $648,269 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$786,642
XI-2 Total expenses$677,835
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$108,807
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$540,104
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$642
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$648,269

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