Digital Education Project: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 84-3728101)

Joel Breakstone’s $158K as Executive Director is at the 68th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $1–10M 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023
Joel Breakstone	$157,811	—
Mark Smith	$123,305	—
Teresa Ortega	$118,277	—
Sam Wineburg	$114,562	$15,285

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 15aNo

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Educate people to understand history and navigate the digital world for a stronger democracy.

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3 programs · $1.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024

01

History

The digital inquiry group's "reading like a historian" curriculum and "beyond the bubble" history assessments engage students in historical inquiry and primary source analysis. These curricular materials have been downloaded over 16 million times and are used in all 50 states and around the globe.

$773Kprogram expense

02

Digital Literacy

The digital inquiry group develops evidence-based curriculum and assessments that promote digital literacy. Based on research with professional fact checkers, the civic online reasoning curriculum was recognized with the media and information literacy alliance award from unesco.

$742Kprogram expense

03

General Program

The digital inquiry group is devoted to preparing individuals to make sense of the past and navigate our digital present. Dig develops, rigorously tests, and freely disseminates curriculum materials. It also supports educators with a range of professional development offerings.

$95Kprogram 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 William & Flora Hewlett FoundationFY2024$350K

Marin Community FoundationFY2024$100K

The Diane and Guilford Glazer FoundationFY2024$40K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$490K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$2.1M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$672K

Investment incomeLn 3$58K

Money outPt IX

$2.0M

Ln 25

Programscol B$1.6M

Managementcol C$342K

Fundraisingcol D$8K

Owns and owesPt X

$2.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.0M

Total assetsLn 16$2.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$188K

PeoplePt VI, VII

9

listed · VII A

PaidVII A4

Voting boardVI 1a7

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.4M

Government grantsLn 1e$1.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$672K

Investment incomeLn 3$58K

Total revenueLn 12$2.1M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$607K

SavingsLn 2$1.4M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.0M

Total assetsLn 16$2.3M

LiabilitiesLn 26$188K

Net assetsLn 32$2.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 65

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

Line	Start FY24	End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$1.9M	$2.0M
Total assetsLn 16	$2.3M	$2.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$273K	$188K
Net assetsLn 32	$2.0M	$2.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$320K	$231K	$84K	$6K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$442K	$441K		$608
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$98K	$96K	$1K	$361
Payroll taxesLn 10	$63K	$56K	$6K	$483
Legal feesLn 11b	$4K		$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$41K		$41K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$347K	$196K	$150K	$787
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$363	$1K
Office expensesLn 13	$138K	$137K	$1K	$9
Information technologyLn 14	$92K	$51K	$41K	$250
TravelLn 17	$19K	$17K	$2K	$15
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$7K	$7K	$115	$9
InterestLn 20	$322		$322
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$2K	$266	$20
InsuranceLn 23	$9K	$533	$9K	$5
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$374K	$374K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$2.0M	$1.6M	$342K	$8K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest Viewing	$2.1M	$2.0M	$122K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.2M	$304K	$1.9M	$2.0M	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 $2,081,232 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,842,452$1,351,963

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $377,675$671,550

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,429$57,719

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,223,556$2,081,232

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 $67,689$922,820

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $7,202$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $229,258$1,036,438

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $304,149$1,959,258

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,919,407$121,974

Part VI · Governance 5 of 7 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,081,232 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$1,121,963

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$230,000

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,351,963

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $671,550$671,550

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $57,719$57,719

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $671,550 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $57,719$2,081,232

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,959,258 across 16 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $230,518 · Management $84,171 · Fundraising $5,683$320,372

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $441,352 · Fundraising $608$441,960

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $96,264 · Management $1,361 · Fundraising $361$97,986

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $55,805 · Management $6,214 · Fundraising $483$62,502

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,127$4,127

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $40,763$40,763

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $196,357 · Management $150,255 · Fundraising $787$347,399

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $363 · Management $1,324$1,687

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $136,800 · Management $1,480 · Fundraising $9$138,289

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $50,625 · Management $40,966 · Fundraising $250$91,841

IX-17 TravelPrograms $17,228 · Management $1,871 · Fundraising $15$19,114

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $6,793 · Management $115 · Fundraising $9$6,917

IX-20 InterestManagement $322$322

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,334 · Management $266 · Fundraising $20$2,620

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $533 · Management $8,926 · Fundraising $5$9,464

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $373,895$373,895

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,608,867 · Management $342,161 · Fundraising $8,230$1,959,258

Part X · Balance sheet $2,344,197 assets, 13 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $518,734$606,848

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,353,429$1,411,148

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $419,567$282,149

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,606$7,484

X-14 Intangible assets$36,568

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,298,336$2,344,197

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $55,237$96,453

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $217,370$91,898

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $272,607$188,351

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $425,729$868,256

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,600,000$1,287,590

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,025,729$2,155,846

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,298,336$2,344,197

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,155,846 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$2,081,232

XI-2 Total expenses$1,959,258

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$121,974

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,025,729

XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$8,143

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,155,846

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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