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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$12Mrevenue
FY2025 · +11% in 3 yrs194staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−1.3%
Months of reserve8.4mo
Revenue growth (annualized)−1.9%
Middle half of peersMedianGilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Where the money goes FY2025 · $12M spent
Programs$9.4M80%Management and general$1.5M13%Fundraising$893k8%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
Its largest funder stopped after FY2021
Gilder Foundation Inc gave $5.8M in FY2021, 64% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Strong governance
38 of 39 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIA history of government grants
Government grants on 6 of its 6 returns, 3% of revenue in FY2024. $4.3M is traced federal awards from Department of Education.
990 Part VIII · USAspending118funders
$4.4Ma year, last 3 years
44%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Gilder Foundation IncOn and off$5.8MThe Rockefeller FoundationOn and off$1.4M$1.5M$1.5M$8kFulk Family Foundation IncOn and off$100k$2.0M$50k$200k$75k$575kHelen and Will Webster FoundationOn and off$400k$250k$950k$100kRobertson FoundationSince FY2019$600k$650k$10k$35k$15kSeven Turns Fund IncEvery year since FY2017$55k$55k$455k$430k$175k$106k$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$528k$1.7M$641k$1.1M$1.1M$807k$899k79 other fundersUp to $400k a year each$1.0M$849k$1.0M$764k$1.5M$1.1M$871k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund