The organization work is to build empathic leaders equipped and inspired to build cultures of empathy and play a leading role in the creation of redemptive solutions with others.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78

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FY2023 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 2
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $93K a year · 29% of revenue · last 2 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 2 of the last 2 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 2 filings
Named funders
6
named funders · $130K
Looks good: 6 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
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Revenue
$200K
-43% vs prior year
Net assets
$67K
By yearFY2021–FY2024
Revenue
$200K
FY2023▼ -43%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$292K
FY2022$352K
FY2023$200K
FY2024$181K
Expenses
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FY2023
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021$274K
FY2022$184K
FY2023Not on file
FY2024Not on file
Net assets
$67K
FY2023▼ -64%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$17K
FY2022$185K
FY2023$67K
FY2024−$41K

From the FY2023 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 Oct 2021.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990-EZ.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
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Member at Large
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Treasurer
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Programs and updates

Develops empathetic leaders to foster cultures of empathy and create redemptive solutions.

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3 programs · $84K · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Dialogue Lab Project

Focused on the current state of division and polarization, ideos' dialogue lab project works to transform the narratives surrounding the nation's and world'smost polarizing and intractable issues one dialogue and one story at a time.

$41Kprogram expense
02

The national day of dialogue january 5TH. The national day of dialogue is an annual remembrance of what happens when an entire nation stops talking. More importantly, it is an invitation to participate in building a better tomorrow for the nation by crossing lines of difference and into hard conversations.

$25Kprogram expense
03

Community dialogue councils. Our community dialogue councils work with community leaders and stakeholders to define and advance new possibilities and ideas for just solutions to traditionally polarizing, yet vitally important, issues.

$17Kprogram 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
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$200K
Other income$200K
Owns and owes
$67K
net assets
Liabilities$18K
People
6
listed
Paid0
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$200K
Total revenue$200K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$18K
Net assets$67K
Operations
Employees5
Volunteers11
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Aug 7, 2025 $181K−$41K 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Oct 25, 2024 $200K$67K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Jul 27, 2023 $352K$184K$168K$185K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2022 $292K$274K$17K$17K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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