Our mission is to help students grow as readers, writers, and thinkers while they develop the social and emotional skills necessary to thrive. Founded in 1980, Center for the Collaborative Classroom conducted seminal research on social development. (see sch o) Collaborative Classroom has evolved into a partner for schools and is dedicated to transforming the school experience, developing students, and empowering teachers as they engage students. Center for the Collaborative Classroom is dedicated to students' growth as critical thinkers who learn from, care for, and respect one another.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
80¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.9M 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
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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
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $2.8M a year · 12% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
80%
of spending
Looks good: 80% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.9M
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
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Pt VII · Sec A
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$6.7M
38% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 38% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 12 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$17.7M
Spent
$13.4M
To programs
80%
Net assets
$10.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$17.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$17.7M
FY2021$25.2M
FY2022$20.9M
FY2023$29.5M
FY2024$26.9M
FY2025$20.9M
Expenses
$13.4M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$13.4M
FY2021$15.0M
FY2022$18.5M
FY2023$24.9M
FY2024$27.8M
FY2025$24.8M
Net assets
$10.8M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$10.8M
FY2021$21.0M
FY2022$23.1M
FY2023$27.9M
FY2024$27.4M
FY2025$23.8M

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

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1999.

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Where the money goes

80 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 80% · $10.8M Management & general 19% · $2.5M Fundraising 1% · $122K

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

26 people listed on the 990; $1.9M 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
$186,802Pt VII · Sec A
President & COO
$180,632Pt VII · Sec A
$180,152Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Technology Officer
$170,483Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$160,742Pt VII · Sec A
VP of Marketing
$156,065Pt VII · Sec A
VP Org. Learning & Communication
$152,047Pt VII · Sec A
Implement Support Manager
$123,925Pt VII · Sec A

Kelly Stuart’s $308K as CEO/President is at the 44th percentile of top reported officer pay among 749 $10–100M arts & culture 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Kelly Stuart$308,493$288,578$259,166$235,891$169,892$180,632
Brent Welling$298,243$275,060$244,163$226,056$167,966$180,152
Tricia Bennett$229,408$288,197$206,806$195,846——
Isabel Barrow Sawyer$256,144$261,890$241,341$195,133——
Valerie M Fraser$232,639$234,082$214,498$192,242——
Timothy Millen$232,059$233,636$214,496$192,023$166,553$170,483
Roger King———$230,251$181,665$186,802
Rachel Renee Solis—$222,067$145,842———

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

Fosters children's growth in academics, ethics, social skills, and emotional well-being.

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3 programs · $10.8M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

The center for the collaborative classroom provides a complete k-6 literacy program that gets to the core of what is needed to enhance instructional practice in reading and language arts classrooms throughout the united states.

$10.7Mprogram expense
02

The caring school community (CSC) program is an approach to creating caring school environments that support students' character development and academic learning by building supportive relationships among students, teachers, and parents and by guiding students' ethical, social, and emotional as well as academic growth.

$79Kprogram expense
03

Our after school programs offer reading, mathematics and science enrichment programs to promote both academic skills and social development. These programs have been introduced into over 1,000 after-school sites nation-wide.

Pt IX · col B

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 1 funder$5K

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$17.7M
Ln 12
Other incomeLn 4–11$13.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Money outPt IX
$13.4M
Ln 25
Programscol B$10.8M
Managementcol C$2.5M
Fundraisingcol D$122K
Owns and owesPt X
$10.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$11.0M
Total assetsLn 16$17.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
PeoplePt VI, VII
26
listed · VII A
PaidVII A13
Voting boardVI 1a12
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$2.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.2M
Investment incomeLn 3$47K
Other incomeLn 4–11$13.7M
Total revenueLn 12$17.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$656K
SavingsLn 2$10.4M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$11.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Other assetsLn 15$71K
Total assetsLn 16$17.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$10.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5128
VolunteersI 614
Fiscal year endsHeaderOctober
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.9M$11.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$70K$53K
Total assetsLn 16$13.6M$17.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$7.1M$6.7M
Net assetsLn 32$6.5M$10.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.5M$716K$633K$104K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$6.3M$5.9M$406K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$79K$75K$4K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$931K$171K
Payroll taxesLn 10$535K$464K$62K$9K
Management feesLn 11a$58K$21K$37K
Legal feesLn 11b$5K$5K
Accounting feesLn 11c$116K$116K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.8M$1.5M$306K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$9K$6K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$127K$112K$14K$572
Information technologyLn 14$527K$91K$434K$948
OccupancyLn 16$476K$411K$60K$6K
TravelLn 17$218K$212K$6K$102
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$86K$71K$15K$195
InterestLn 20$69K$69K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$17K$15K$2K$211
InsuranceLn 23$64K$55K$8K$797
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$416K$245K$171K
Total functional expensesLn 25$13.4M$10.8M$2.5M$122K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $20.9M$24.8M−$3.9M$23.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $26.9M$27.8M−$934K$27.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $29.5M$24.9M$4.6M$27.9M 990 PDF
FY2022 $20.9M$18.5M$2.4M$23.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $25.2M$15.0M$10.2M$21.0M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $17.7M$13.4M$4.3M$10.8M 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 $17,688,318 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $122,600$2,733,750
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,240,530$1,163,958
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $18,254$47,129
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $15,323,575$13,743,481
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $16,704,959$17,688,318
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 $10,414,381$9,434,795
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,699,433$3,963,284
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $16,113,814$13,398,079
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $591,145$4,290,239
Part VI · Governance 10 of 12 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12
VI-1b Independent voting members10
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $17,688,318 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $13,537,396 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,733,750
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$2,733,750
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,163,958$1,163,958
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $47,129$47,129
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $198,323$198,323
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,762$7,762
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $14,709,116 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $245,452$17,688,318
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $13,398,079 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $716,155 · Management $632,960 · Fundraising $104,138$1,453,253
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $5,859,541 · Management $406,488$6,266,029
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $75,293 · Management $3,589$78,882
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $930,682 · Management $170,739$1,101,421
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $464,019 · Management $62,344 · Fundraising $8,847$535,210
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $20,843 · Management $36,979$57,822
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $5,272$5,272
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $116,267$116,267
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,469,302 · Management $306,117$1,775,419
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $6,436 · Management $2,535$8,971
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $111,582 · Management $14,432 · Fundraising $572$126,586
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $91,227 · Management $434,428 · Fundraising $948$526,603
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $410,851 · Management $59,544 · Fundraising $5,954$476,349
IX-17 TravelPrograms $212,095 · Management $5,800 · Fundraising $102$217,997
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $70,760 · Management $15,200 · Fundraising $195$86,155
IX-20 InterestManagement $69,009$69,009
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $14,549 · Management $2,108 · Fundraising $211$16,868
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $55,007 · Management $7,972 · Fundraising $797$63,776
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $245,356 · Management $170,834$416,190
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $10,753,698 · Management $2,522,617 · Fundraising $121,764$13,398,079
Part X · Balance sheet $17,505,830 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,106,029$655,692
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,767,516$10,386,715
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $2,965,154$2,697,318
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $4,139,326$3,166,739
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $508,279$475,495
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $69,516$52,648
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $69,625$71,223
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $13,625,445$17,505,830
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,859,149$2,601,643
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $762,607$897,677
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $17,892$1,897,141
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $7,139,648$6,729,794
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,485,797$10,776,036
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,485,797$10,776,036
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $13,625,445$17,505,830
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $10,776,036 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$17,688,318
XI-2 Total expenses$13,398,079
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$4,290,239
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,485,797
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$10,776,036

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