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.
44¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$136K 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
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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $47K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
44%
of spending
Concern: 44% of spending went to programs; under 50%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$136K
to officers and key staff · 24% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 24% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
9 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.0 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
$16K
3% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 3% 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
$677K
Spent
$574K
To programs
44%
Net assets
$524K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$677K
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$677K
FY2021$744K
FY2022$686K
FY2023$718K
FY2024$618K
FY2025$787K
Expenses
$574K
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$574K
FY2021$488K
FY2022$644K
FY2023$718K
FY2024$847K
FY2025$678K
Net assets
$524K
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$524K
FY2021$780K
FY2022$821K
FY2023$821K
FY2024$540K
FY2025$648K

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

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2009.

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Where the money goes

44 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 44% · $255K Management & general 37% · $213K Fundraising 18% · $106K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $136K 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
$67,921Pt VII · Sec A
$67,921Pt VII · Sec A
Vice Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
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

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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

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

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3 programs · $255K · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

LearnServe Fellows Program the 9-month Fellows Program trains students in social entrepreneurship. Students design social ventures social action projects and pitch them to community professionals. Successful proposals may win matching seed grants up to $200 toward implementation.

$100Kprogram expense
02

LearnServe Abroad Program LearnServe had to cancel that Abroad Program 2020 due to the Covid 19 pandemic that made international travel impossible. LearnServe shifted to a virtual international exchange program that was implemented in July 2020.

$80Kprogram expense
03

General Programs includes Seeding Social Innovation, the in-school social entrepreneurship program, and all initiatives to develop new programs. In 2019-20, Seeding Social Innovation reached 75 students from 4 DC area schools or after-school programs.

$76Kprogram 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$25K
Grants paid · 2 grants · $33K · 2023–2023
Unitemized GrantFY2023$29,000
Unitemized GrantFY2023$3,950

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$677K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$666K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$82
Money outPt IX
$574K
Ln 25
Programscol B$255K
Managementcol C$213K
Fundraisingcol D$106K
Owns and owesPt X
$524K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$430K
Total assetsLn 16$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$666K
Government grantsLn 1e$72K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$12K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$45K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$31K
Investment incomeLn 3$82
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$677K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$405K
SavingsLn 2$26K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$430K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Other assetsLn 15$40K
Total assetsLn 16$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$16K
Net assetsLn 32$524K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 524
VolunteersI 6100
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$393K$430K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$34$5K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$0
Total assetsLn 16$481K$540K
LiabilitiesLn 26$61K$16K
Net assetsLn 32$420K$524K
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$151K$74K$38K$39K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$216K$130K$48K$38K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$2K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$34K$20K$7K$7K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$24K$24K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$5K$2K$117
Information technologyLn 14$9K$48$9K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$29K$2K$27K$673
TravelLn 17$16K$14K$2K$164
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$15K$15K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$69K$11K$37K$20K
All other expensesLn 24e$429$350$30$49
Total functional expensesLn 25$574K$255K$213K$106K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $787K$678K$109K$648K 990 PDF
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 Viewing $677K$574K$104K$524K 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 O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $677,417 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $511,387$665,698
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $125,631$31,025
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $185$82
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$32,871−$19,388
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $604,332$677,417
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $390,617$402,525
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $306,458$170,978
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $697,075$573,503
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$92,743$103,914
Part VI · Governance 12 of 12 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $677,417 across 12 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$45,145
VIII-1e Government grants$72,220
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$548,333
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$12,000
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$665,698
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $31,025$31,025
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $82$82
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events−$19,388
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $31,025 · Excluded from tax $82$677,417
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $573,503 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 $73,859 · Management $38,137 · Fundraising $38,688$150,684
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $129,603 · Management $48,310 · Fundraising $38,356$216,269
IX-8 Pension plan contributions$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsManagement $1,617$1,617
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,892 · Management $6,666 · Fundraising $7,397$33,955
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $24,100$24,100
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $1,833$1,833
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,861 · Management $1,978 · Fundraising $117$6,956
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $48 · Management $8,738$8,786
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,547 · Management $27,037 · Fundraising $673$29,257
IX-17 TravelPrograms $14,096 · Management $1,939 · Fundraising $164$16,199
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 $14,884$14,884
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $10,713 · Management $37,493 · Fundraising $20,328$68,534
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $350 · Management $30 · Fundraising $49$429
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $254,969 · Management $212,762 · Fundraising $105,772$573,503
Part X · Balance sheet $539,615 assets, 20 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $367,135$404,667
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $25,436$25,505
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $52,475$57,500
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $26,059$4,600
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $5,167$2,877
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, net$0
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $34$4,738
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $4,731$39,728
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $481,037$539,615
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $60,564$5,528
X-25 Other liabilities$10,107
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $60,564$15,635
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $402,003$457,567
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $18,470$66,413
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $420,473$523,980
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $481,037$539,615
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $523,980 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$677,417
XI-2 Total expenses$573,503
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$103,914
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$420,473
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$407
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$523,980

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