To distribute trustworthy and useful information on public education.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
77¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$981K 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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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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $32K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
77%
of spending
Looks good: 77% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$981K
to officers and key staff · 27% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 27% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.1M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 5.2 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $512
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$1.3M
17% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 17% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
Looks good: 10 of 10 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$5.7M
+73% vs prior year
Spent
$3.7M
To programs
77%
Net assets
$6.2M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$5.7M
FY2023▲ +73%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.3M
FY2021$4.6M
FY2022$3.3M
FY2023$5.7M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$2.7M
Expenses
$3.7M
FY2023▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.2M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$3.7M
FY2024$4.2M
FY2025$4.1M
Net assets
$6.2M
FY2023▲ +57%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.4M
FY2021$4.5M
FY2022$3.9M
FY2023$6.2M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$5.2M

From the FY2023 Form 990 (year ending June 2023) · 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 Oct 1978.

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Where the money goes

77 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 77% · $2.9M Management & general 17% · $628K Fundraising 6% · $211K

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

17 people listed on the 990; $981K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2022); the FY2023 filing did not itemize Part VII
Chief Executive Officer
$244,992Pt VII · Sec A
Editor-At-Large
$154,334Pt VII · Sec A
Investigations and Project
$120,788Pt VII · Sec A
Investigative Reporter
$117,361Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Operations
$116,907Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Comm. & Partnerships
$114,422Pt VII · Sec A
Digital Comm & Community Engagement Mgr
$112,303Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Anne Vasquez’s $186K as Former Chief Executive Officer is at the 78th 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Louis Freedberg———$174,519$293,281$293,411
Anne Vasquez$185,533$272,819$244,992$163,312$154,493—
Stephanie T Nguyen$151,747$163,562$116,907———
John Fensterwald$156,029$161,796$154,334$153,176$135,668$149,210
Rose Ciotta—$129,064$120,788$114,368$111,520$113,013
Thalia Henderson$123,765$124,200————
Denise Zapata———$117,595$113,689$121,698
Thomas Christopher Peele$114,148$119,716$117,361$107,072——

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

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3 programs · $2.9M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Produces timely daily reports on key education challenges facing california and the nation.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Produces digital content, podcasts, videos and roundtables on major education issues, such as early childhood education, parent engagement, and financial aid

$243Kprogram expense
03

Key organization in the education data partnership, which offers data on schools, districts and state level issues in a user-friendly forms; convenes statewide conversations on key education policies, such as the educators network for effective school discipline.

$200Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$512

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$5.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.6M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$118K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Money outPt IX
$3.7M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.9M
Managementcol C$628K
Fundraisingcol D$211K
Owns and owesPt X
$6.2M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.6M
Total assetsLn 16$7.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
17
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$5.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$430K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$118K
Investment incomeLn 3$27K
Other incomeLn 4–11$483
Gains on assetsLn 7−$49K
Total revenueLn 12$5.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18K
Other assetsLn 15$844K
Total assetsLn 16$7.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$6.2M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 530
VolunteersI 617
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M$1.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.3M$3.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$23K$18K
Total assetsLn 16$5.0M$7.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.0M$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.9M$6.2M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$455K$307K$89K$59K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.9M$1.6M$208K$70K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$372K$259K$74K$39K
Payroll taxesLn 10$193K$193K
Accounting feesLn 11c$68K$68K
Investment management feesLn 11f$20K$20K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$312K$189K$99K$24K
Office expensesLn 13$17K$9K$5K$4K
Information technologyLn 14$96K$80K$9K$7K
OccupancyLn 16$188K$151K$30K$7K
TravelLn 17$37K$22K$14K$587
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$8K$6K$1K$322
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16K$6K$10K$325
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.7M$2.9M$628K$211K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $2.7M$4.1M−$1.4M$5.2M 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.8M$4.2M−$356K$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $5.7M$3.7M$2.0M$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.3M$3.5M−$227K$3.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.6M$3.7M$951K$4.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.3M$3.2M−$847K$3.4M 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 $5,735,643 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $3,143,927$5,589,831
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $112,100$118,480
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $46,491$26,849
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $3,650$483
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,306,168$5,735,643
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 $2,747,897$2,932,390
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $785,566$767,054
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,533,463$3,699,444
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$227,295$2,036,199
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
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 $5,735,643 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$430,499
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,159,332
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$5,589,831
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $118,480$118,480
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $76,334$76,334
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$49,485−$49,485
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $483$483
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $118,963 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $26,849$5,735,643
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,699,444 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $306,565 · Management $89,044 · Fundraising $59,362$454,971
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,634,207 · Management $208,260 · Fundraising $69,687$1,912,154
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $258,693 · Management $74,456 · Fundraising $38,673$371,822
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $193,443$193,443
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $67,924$67,924
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $19,865$19,865
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $189,364 · Management $98,865 · Fundraising $23,831$312,060
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $8,637 · Management $4,657 · Fundraising $3,588$16,882
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $79,808 · Management $8,841 · Fundraising $7,371$96,020
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $150,950 · Management $30,336 · Fundraising $6,772$188,058
IX-17 TravelPrograms $21,968 · Management $14,337 · Fundraising $587$36,892
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $4,953$4,953
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $6,448 · Management $1,290 · Fundraising $322$8,060
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $5,796 · Management $10,219 · Fundraising $325$16,340
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $2,860,832 · Management $628,094 · Fundraising $210,518$3,699,444
Part X · Balance sheet $7,492,365 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $2,161,203$1,606,646
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $410,000$1,950,922
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,856
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $40,238$18,168
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $22,801$17,848
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,242,528$2,958,086
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $92,361$94,776
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $7,395$844,063
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,976,526$7,492,365
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $240,463$216,126
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $362,500$187,500
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$873,106
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,027,886$1,276,732
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,298,902$3,910,545
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $649,738$2,305,088
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,948,640$6,215,633
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,976,526$7,492,365
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,215,633 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$5,735,643
XI-2 Total expenses$3,699,444
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$2,036,199
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,948,640
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$230,794
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,215,633

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