The organization's mission is to test new technologies and data to inform public policy and drive the financial sector toward a responsible and inclusive financial marketplace.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
73¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$953K 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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FY2022 · 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
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $110K a year · 5% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
73%
of spending
Fine: 73% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$953K
to officers and key staff · 50% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 50% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
4
named funders · $1.1M
Looks good: 4 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$131K
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.9M
+147% vs prior year
Spent
$1.9M
To programs
73%
Net assets
$1.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.9M
FY2022▲ +147%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.2M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$3.4M
FY2024$2.9M
Expenses
$1.9M
FY2022▲ +50%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$3.0M
FY2024$3.8M
Net assets
$1.3M
FY2022▲ +267%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$464K
FY2021$361K
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$1.8M
FY2024$893K

From the FY2022 Form 990 · 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: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 2018.

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Where the money goes

73 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 73% · $1.4M Management & general 25% · $481K Fundraising 2% · $37K

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

15 people listed on the 990; $953K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$269,025Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary & Treasurer
$239,944Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Machine Learning Research
$196,403Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Research Manager
$131,917Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Finance & Business Operations Manager
$116,026Pt VII · Sec A
Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Melissa Koide’s $288K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 84th percentile of top reported officer pay among 363 $1–10M science & technology 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Melissa Koide$288,297$275,140$269,025$247,151$210,931
Kelly Thompson Cochran$262,226$224,668$239,944$212,254$218,061
Paula-Rose Stark——$196,403$167,075—
Zihsun Zhao$195,569$179,144———
Kerrigan B Molland$174,074$134,456———
Karla Renschler$163,630————
Natalia Bailey—$124,845$131,917——
Nancy Castillo$65,011$118,634———

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

Tests technologies and data to guide policy and make finance more responsible and inclusive.

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3 programs · $1.4M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Explanability and Fairness in Machine Learning

The organization is conducting research on the capabilities of model diagnostic tools provided by several technology companies that is designed to improve the explainability of machine learning underwriting models.

$823Kprogram expense
02

Cash-Flow Data for Assessing Distressed Borrowers

The organization is conducting research relating to pilot initiatives by the national foundation for credit counseling to help consumers who are in financial distress coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic pay down their unsecured debt and stabilize their finances.

$422Kprogram expense
03

Small Business Research

The organization is conducting research into the value of bank accounts and other non-traditional data for increasing credit access to minority business enterprises and other small companies. The program is also focused on helping mission-based lenders increase the scale of their operations.

$112Kprogram 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
Total grants receivedfrom 4 funders$1.1M
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By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$423K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$1.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.4M
Managementcol C$481K
Fundraisingcol D$37K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$510K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$131K
PeoplePt VI, VII
15
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$885K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$0
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Fees for servicesLn 2g$423K
Investment incomeLn 3$1K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$2.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$510K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$510K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$17K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$131K
Net assetsLn 32$1.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 58
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$101K$510K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7K$17K
Total assetsLn 16$443K$1.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$82K$131K
Net assetsLn 32$361K$1.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$709K$545K$145K$19K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$496K$381K$101K$14K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$32K$16K$15K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$40K$28K$10K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$79K$59K$18K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$460$460
Accounting feesLn 11c$33K$33K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$406K$350K$56K
Office expensesLn 13$15K$2K$13K$250
Information technologyLn 14$20K$20K$348
OccupancyLn 16$24K$24K
TravelLn 17$34K$2K$32K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$2K$2K
InterestLn 20$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$7K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.9M$1.4M$481K$37K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $2.9M$3.8M−$893K$893K 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.4M$3.0M$480K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $2.9M$1.9M$965K$1.3M 990 PDF
FY2021 $1.2M$1.3M−$103K$361K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.2M$1.1M$100K$464K 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 $2,865,900 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,038,007$2,440,140
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $123,002$423,035
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$1,225
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,500
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,161,009$2,865,900
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 $1,022,933$1,354,780
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $240,924$546,009
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,263,857$1,900,789
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$102,848$965,111
Part VI · Governance 10 of 11 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
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-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,865,900 across 12 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,500 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$884,559
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,555,581
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$0
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,440,140
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $423,035 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$423,035
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,225$1,225
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $424,535 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,225$2,865,900
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,900,789 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $544,523 · Management $145,062 · Fundraising $19,436$709,021
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $380,615 · Management $101,397 · Fundraising $13,586$495,598
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $16,403 · Management $15,218$31,621
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $28,154 · Management $10,158 · Fundraising $1,312$39,624
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $58,894 · Management $17,944 · Fundraising $2,078$78,916
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $460$460
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $32,625$32,625
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $349,750 · Management $56,304$406,054
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,469 · Management $12,524 · Fundraising $250$15,243
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $19,933 · Fundraising $348$20,281
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $24,195$24,195
IX-17 TravelPrograms $2,110 · Management $32,043$34,153
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $1,500$1,500
IX-20 Interest$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,532$4,532
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $6,966$6,966
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,382,918 · Management $480,861 · Fundraising $37,010$1,900,789
Part X · Balance sheet $1,456,609 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $101,416$510,311
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$884,559
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $308,780$6,300
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $25,515$38,833
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,251$16,606
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $442,962$1,456,609
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $82,114$130,650
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $82,114$130,650
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $64,022$441,400
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $296,826$884,559
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $360,848$1,325,959
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $442,962$1,456,609
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,325,959 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,865,900
XI-2 Total expenses$1,900,789
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$965,111
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$360,848
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,325,959

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