Illinois · Nonprofit
THE DANIELSON GROUP INC
THE DANIELSON GROUP INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,994 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($717,994). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $699k
What The Danielson Group Inc does
Mission
The mission of the danielson group is to advance the principles of the framework for teaching by partnering with educators and policy leaders at all levels to strengthen professional practices and promote education policies that elevate teacher development and leadership in service of student learning. Our vision is that each educator and student experiences a safe and inclusive learning environment that promotes joyful inquiry, efficacy, intellectual rigor, and reflection grounded in the framework for teaching.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025, the danielson group deepened partnerships with school districts, states, educator preparation programs, and educational organizations to build coherent professional learning systems anchored in the framework for teaching. The organization launched a redesigned coaching and professional learning model focused on strengthening instructional leadership, aligning evaluation and growth systems, and supporting literacy-centered improvement efforts. Partnerships increasingly emphasized system-level coherence and sustainable instructional capacity. As ai-enabled tools continue to reshape instructional environments, the danielson group provided guidance to ensure responsible, research-aligned integration of the framework within digital platforms.
$1,196,112 spent$1,200,662 earned by the program50% of program spendingThe danielson group expanded access to research-based professional learning through online courses, webinars, publications, and digital resources aligned to the framework for teaching. Digital engagement grew significantly in 2025: website engagement increased 53.9%, engagement time increased 21.6% and total views exceeded 1 million.resource page visits increased by more than 10,000. Availing ourselves of advanced ai technology, a dedicated campaign supporting enhancing professional practice generated nearly 30,000 referral engagements to the publisher's site, reflecting sustained national demand for fft-aligned scholarship.
$701,266 spent$727,261 earned by the program29% of program spendingThrough federal funding, including project pledge, the danielson group continued to provide targeted professional development to teachers, coaches, and instructional leaders focused on improving literacy outcomes for multilingual learners. In 2025, the project expanded its reach beyond its original maryland district cohort to engage educators nationally, strengthening instructional practices that support inclusive and affirming classroom environments aligned to the organization's mission.
$511,481 spent21% of program spendingThe danielson group continued to steward and expand licensing agreements that embed the framework for teaching within educational management platforms, coaching systems, and digital professional learning tools. In 2025, licensing partnerships increasingly reflected the need for high-fidelity integration of the framework within ai-enabled and digitally mediated instructional environments. The organization strengthened its oversight and partnership structures to ensure that use of its intellectual property remains aligned to research-based principles of effective teaching while increasing accessibility and scale.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,408,859.
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 $1.9M to $2.1M (+8%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 12% · 2023 20% · 2024 18% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
22% of THE DANIELSON GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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 L Kappes
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Monica Rosen
Chairman
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 → 2021: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $886k → $400k.
From the IRS filings of THE DANIELSON GROUP INC’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
THE DANIELSON GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 56% 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 81% · 2021 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
THE DANIELSON GROUP INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
THE DANIELSON GROUP INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE DANIELSON GROUP INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $166k on record.
- DE$126k
- NJ$40k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
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In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE DANIELSON GROUP INC?
- THE DANIELSON GROUP INC (Illinois) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,285,994 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($717,994). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE DANIELSON GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $1,285,994 in grants to THE DANIELSON GROUP INC.
- Who is the largest funder of THE DANIELSON GROUP INC?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $717,994 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE DANIELSON GROUP INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing