Washington · Nonprofit
NEURAL EDUCATION
NEURAL EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,138 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($194,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $284k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $204k
- Net assets
- $228k
What Neural Education does
Mission
We dismantle the barriers of stress, bias and emotional reactivity with powerful, practical, research-informed learning practices so that all students can learn and thrive.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
General programs make up the organization's core neuroscience-informed learning experiences for educators and leaders; book study offers structured, collaborative exploration of key texts in learning science through guided reading and discussion; champion development prepares educators to serve as on-site leaders who model and sustain evidence-based practices within their own schools and organizations; and on demand learning provides flexible, self-paced online access to this content so educators can learn on their own schedule regardless of location. Together, these programs expand access to high-quality, research-based professional development and advance the organization's mission of dismantling barriers to learning so that all students can learn and thrive.
$216,731 spent$5,595 earned by the program68% of program spendingNeural Education partnered with schools, school districts, and other organizations to provide customized professional development focused on the neuroscience of teaching and learning. The objective of this program is to build organizational capacity to support learning, engagement, and well-being through evidence-based neuroscience practices. During 2025, professional learning services were provided to 8 schools, districts, government agencies, and organizations. Participants received training on topics including attention, memory, stress, relationships, engagement, and learning. Program evaluations indicated increased participant understanding of neuroscience concepts and increased confidence in applying neuroscience-informed practices within educational and organizational settings. This program supports the organization's long-term goal of making neuroscience research accessible and actionable for educators and leaders.
$60,594 spent$97,810 earned by the program19% of program spendingNeural Education provided immersive 3-day professional learning institutes that translate neuroscience research into practical instructional strategies for educators. The objective of this program is to increase educators' understanding of educational neuroscience, including how learning, attention, memory, emotion, and regulation influence student success and to equip them with evidence-based practices that improve teaching and learning outcomes. During 2025, 171 educators participated in three institutes. Participants engaged in research-based instruction, collaborative learning experiences, and application of neuroscience-informed practices. Pre- and post-program evaluations indicated significant increases in participants' confidence in addressing academic and behavioral challenges and implementing neuroscience-informed instructional strategies. This program advances the organization's long-term goal of improving educational outcomes through the application of learning science and educational neuroscience.
$42,580 spentof which $4,193 as grants$44,224 earned by the program13% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $319,905.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $249k to $397k (+59%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
48% of NEURAL EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mary Synder
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $62 → $26.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of NEURAL EDUCATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
NEURAL EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of NEURAL EDUCATION's grant income comes from Washington funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
NEURAL EDUCATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 17,450 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,450 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NEURAL EDUCATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
74%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NEURAL EDUCATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NEURAL EDUCATION?
- NEURAL EDUCATION (Washington) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $204,138 to it, the largest being M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST ($194,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEURAL EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $204,138 in grants to NEURAL EDUCATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEURAL EDUCATION?
- M J MURDOCK CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $194,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEURAL EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing