STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE (EIN 30-0231116)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-05-06
IRS object ID: 202041279349302069
Schema version: 2019v5.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule I
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-05-06T15:23:05-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	462108854	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	KENDALL PREBOLA AND JONES LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	PO BOX 259	AddressLine1Txt
City	BEDFORD	CityNm
State Abbreviation	PA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	155220259	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	300231116	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH	BusinessNameLine1Txt
Business Name Line2	PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE	BusinessNameLine2Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	STRA	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	2022238555	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1100 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 1310	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	MARY SUZANNE DONOVAN	PersonNm
Person Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	2022238555	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-05-06	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	RICHARD M JONES CPA	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00621721	PTIN
Phone	8146231880	PhoneNum
Preparation	2020-05-06	PreparationDt
Self Employed	Yes (X)	SelfEmployedInd

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	96.66.174.73	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-05-06	IPDt
IP Tm	15:23:05	IPTm
IP Timezone	CD	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	40F142099320BCBF3253D3CC2542A11C54071661	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	C30376C388881F1B385EFCF33C2388E6828D9EE3	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-23 17:36:50Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	MARY SUZANNE DONOVAN	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1100 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$4,185,136	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	WWW.SERPINSTITUTE.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2003	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	DC	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO GENERATE INNOVATIVE, SCALABLE SOLUTIONS TO OUR SCHOOLS' MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS THROUGH SUSTAINED COLLABORATIONS AMONG EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS, AND DESIGNERS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	11	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	11	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	22	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	11	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$3,547,774	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,874,848	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$537,480	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$274,876	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$1,936	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$7,033	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$725	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$28,379	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$4,087,915	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$4,185,136	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$632,366	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$578,906	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,839,900	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$2,254,081	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$1,954	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$797,264	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$745,205	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$3,269,530	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,578,192	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$818,385	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$606,944	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$1,705,918	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$2,391,725	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$278,120	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$356,983	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$1,427,798	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$2,034,742	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	THE STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE MOBILIZES THE EXPERTISE OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THE POWER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE TALENT OF INNOVATIVE DESIGNERS, AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$1,486,768	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$93,116	GrantAmt
Desc	BUILDING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STRUGGLING ADOLESCENT READERS SERP WAS AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR, 7.8-MILLION EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (EIR) MID-PHASE GRANT STARTING IN OCTOBER 2018 TO BUILD THE CAPACITY TO SCALE THE STRATEGIC ADOLESCENT READING INTERVENTION (STARI). IN A PRIOR STUDY, STARI SHOWED IMPACTS THAT ARE STATISTICALLY AND SUBSTANTIVELY SIGNIFICANT ON COMPONENT READING SKILLS AND ON DEEP COMPREHENSION. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW SERP TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY- BUILDING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR STARI AND SCALE THE PROGRAM TO MORE DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS. TO MEET THE COST-MATCHING REQUIREMENT, SERP HAS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ABELL FOUNDATION AND BLAUSTEIN FOUNDATIONS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN-KIND DONATIONS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED TO NEARLY 100 TEACHERS AND COACHES, PROGRAM MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO AN ESTIMATED 3,500 STUDENTS, INCLUDING WORKBOOKS, FLUENCY PASSAGES WRITTEN AT FOUR LEVELS, AND THE NOVELS, NON-FICTION TEXTS, AND POETRY THAT ACCOMPANY EACH UNIT. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WILL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE STARI OR THE SCHOOL'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL READING INTERVENTION, AND MDRC WILL CONDUCT THE EVALUATION. CAPACITY WILL BE SHIFTED FROM THE PROJECT TEAM TO DISTRICT STAFF TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND EXPANSION IN PARTNER DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ENABLE MORE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY IN THE FUTURE. THUS, ANTICIPATED IMPACT FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DIRECTLY SERVED THROUGH THE PROJECT. BY THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, WE EXPECT TO (1) SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PERFORMANCE ON COLLEGE AND CAREER ALIGNED STATE TESTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,500 STUDENTS IN 246 CLASSROOMS ACROSS FOUR PARTNER DISTRICTS; 2) VALIDATE THE EFFICACY OF STARI WHEN IMPLEMENTED ON A LARGER SCALE FOR SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS; 3) IMPROVE DISTRICT CAPACITY TO HELP STRUGGLING READERS MEET COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS; AND 4) EXPAND SERP'S CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE USE OF STARI IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR THE PRODUCTS OF THE PROJECT WILL OCCUR DURING 2018-2020.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$452,933	ExpenseAmt
Desc	SCALING SERP PROJECTS: SERP RECEIVED A ONE-YEAR, 660,000 GRANT FROM THE CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT SCALING OF SERP'S FIFTEEN PRODUCTS BY: 1) CREATING AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND COACHES TO SUPPORT THE USE OF WORD GENERATION; 2) IMPROVING THE COHERENCE, USABILITY, AND VISIBILITY OF SERP'S WEBSITES AND DOWNLOAD CENTERS; AND 3) CONVERTING EXISTING WORDGEN WEEKLY MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOMS THAT USE TECHNOLOGY. THIS INVESTMENT WILL NOT ONLY YIELD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL OF EACH STRATEGY TO SUPPORT SCALING OF SERP PRODUCTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A REVENUE GENERATING MODEL THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FUTURE PRODUCT MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS. THE LESSONS FROM THE WORD GENERATION COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENT CONVERSION PROJECTS WILL INFORM SIMILAR EFFORTS WITH OTHER SERP PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE. AND THE INVESTMENT IN THE WEBSITE REDESIGN AND IN SEO WILL LEVERAGE 15 RESEARCH-BASED, PRACTICE-DRIVEN PRODUCTS.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$337,818	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$160,738	GrantAmt
Desc	TRU-LESSON STUDY: SUPPORTING A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING THIS FOUR-YEAR, 3 MILLION NSF-FUNDED PROJECT IS AN EXTENSION OF AN OUSD PARTNERSHIP WITH SERP. TRU MATH (TRU) AND LESSON STUDY (LS), BOTH STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PILOTED IN OUSD, ARE THE SPRINGBOARDS FOR THIS WORK. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST AN INTEGRATION OF THE TWO. TRU-LS IS A MATH DEPARTMENT LEVEL STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING THE TEACHING OF HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, PARTICULARLY IN ALGEBRA 1 AND GEOMETRY. THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICS CALL FOR A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE, PLACING URGENT DEMANDS ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THAT SHIFT. THIS PROJECT IS BUILDING A COHERENT AND SCALABLE PLAN FOR PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS BY BRINGING TOGETHER FOUR CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT WE CONTEND ARE REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE: A) A THEORETICALLY ROBUST FRAMEWORK THAT CHARACTERIZES THE FIVE ESSENTIAL DIMENSIONS OF POWERFUL MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS (THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK); B) CURRICULAR MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT TEACHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT FRAMEWORK (THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT LESSONS); C) LESSON STUDY PROTOCOLS AND MATERIALS FOCUSED ON THE CURRICULAR CONTENT AND ALIGNED WITH THE DIMENSIONS OF THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK TO CREATE AN INTENSE FOCUSING EXPERIENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (PLCS); AND D) AN APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) THAT CAN BE USED IN SCHOOL-BASED PLCS (THE TRUMATH COACHING SYSTEM, GROUNDED IN THE TRUMATH CONVERSATION GUIDE). THE WORK INCLUDES: 1) THE DESIGN/REVISION OF TRUMATH PD AND COACHING GUIDES VIA AN ITERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS, 2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR LESSON STUDY MATHEMATICAL RESOURCE PACKAGES USING THE TRUMATH LENS, AND 3) STUDY OF CHANGES IN INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING, AND 4) DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS USE BY OTHER DISTRICTS AND SIMILAR WORK BY OTHER RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW FOR TESTING OF THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK WILL PRODUCE IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT LEARNING BY COMBINING THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK WITH A LESSON STUDY PROCESS THAT FOCUSES ON ENACTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION. THE RESEARCH DESIGN, FOCUSED ON PRE-POST CHANGES AND NATURAL VARIATION AS WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SITES, IS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE "TRAVEL" OF THE IDEAS TO OTHER DISTRICTS THAN PURE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS. THE RESEARCH WILL ALSO PRODUCE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GROWTH TRAJECTORIES OF TEACHERS IN URBAN DISTRICTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN NOVEL BUT SUSTAINED FORMS OF PD. A ONE-YEAR, NO-COST EXTENSION WAS GRANTED IN JUNE 2019 TO COMPLETE PROJECT ACTIVITIES.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty Other ProgSrvcAccomActyOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$708,593	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$325,052	GrantAmt
Revenue	$274,876	RevenueAmt
Desc	1. TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE 2. MATH BY EXAMPLE 3. BUILDING PROOF POINTS FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION 4. DCPS PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY SUCCESS 5. GEOMETRY BY EXAMPLE 6. LEARNING PROGRESSIONS IN SCIENCE 7. OAKLAND URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$708,593	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Grant	$325,052	TotalOtherProgSrvcGrantAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$274,876	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,986,112	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
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Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (true)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	Yes (true)	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	54	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	22	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (true)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	11	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	11	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	Yes (true)	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	false	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	CA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	BEVERLY HOFFMASTER	PersonNm
Phone	2022238555	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1100 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 1310	AddressLine1Txt
City	WASHINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	DC	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	20036	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (14 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Key EmployeeKeyEmployeeInd	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
BRUCE ALBERTS
CHAIRPERSON	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
PHIL DARO
VICE CHAIRPE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CATHERINE SNOW
SECRETARY	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
STEVE CARNEVALE
TREASURER	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CAREY WRIGHT - EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BILL HONIG
VICE PRESIDE	2.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
BARBARA JENKINS
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LOUIS GOMEZ
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JAL MEHTA
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JORGE AGUILAR
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PATRICK BRENNAN
BOARD MEMBER	2.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARY SUZANNE DONOVAN
EXECUTIVE DI	37.50			$316,244	$0	$42,368	Yes (X)
MATTHEW ELLINGER - LEARNING
EXPERIENCE D	37.50			$128,507	$0	$28,616		Yes (X)
MARGARET TROYER
PROGRAM DIRE	37.50			$101,396	$0	$11,749		Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$546,147	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$82,733	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	3	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (true)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (5 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
GOETZ PRINTING
7939 ANGUS COURT	SPRINGFIELD	VA	22153	PRINTING	$379,341
MDRC
200 VESEY STREET	NEW YORK	NY	10281	SUBAWARDEE	$229,026
CENTER FOR NONPROFIT ADVANCEMENT
1666 K ST NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20006	SUBAWARDEE	$210,580
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
25 BUICK STREET 2ND FLOOR	BOSTON	MA	02215	SUBAWARDEE	$175,089
OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
1000 BROADWAY SUITE 600	OAKLAND	CA	94607	SUBAWARDEE	$103,774

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	5	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Government Grants	$2,391,840	GovernmentGrantsAmt
All Other Contributions	$1,483,008	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$3,874,848	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
PUBLICATION SALES	900099	$141,031	$141,031
CONSULTING	900099	$133,845	$133,845

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$274,876	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$6,133	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$6,133	ExclusionAmt

Gross Amount Sales Assets GrossAmountSalesAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$900	SecuritiesAmt

Gain Or Loss GainOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Securities	$900	SecuritiesAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$900	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$900	ExclusionAmt

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	RECOVERY OF BAD DEBT	Desc
Total Revenue Column	$28,379	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$28,379	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$28,379	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$4,185,136	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$274,876	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Exclusion	$35,412	ExclusionAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$578,906	TotalAmt
Program Services	$578,906	ProgramServicesAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$357,821	TotalAmt
Program Services	$202,414	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$153,833	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,574	FundraisingAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,462,568	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,200,205	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$262,352	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$11	FundraisingAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$136,930	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,601	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$28,263	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$66	FundraisingAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$170,572	TotalAmt
Program Services	$135,283	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$35,207	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$82	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$126,190	TotalAmt
Program Services	$100,083	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,046	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$61	FundraisingAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$36,688	TotalAmt
Management And General	$36,688	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$318,640	TotalAmt
Program Services	$318,640	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$177,623	TotalAmt
Program Services	$172,949	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,606	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$68	FundraisingAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$19,270	TotalAmt
Program Services	$16,730	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,523	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$17	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$108,928	TotalAmt
Program Services	$87,311	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$21,542	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$75	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$49,840	TotalAmt
Program Services	$44,034	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,806	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$15,967	TotalAmt
Program Services	$14,663	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,304	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,461	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,673	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$788	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$10,169	TotalAmt
Management And General	$10,169	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (3 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE	$3,129	$2,646	$483
DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS	$1,045	$529	$516
RECRUITING EXPENSE	$445	$445

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,578,192	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,986,112	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$590,126	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,954	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$126,386	BOYAmt
EOY	$107,946	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$331,182	BOYAmt
EOY	$690,759	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,172,407	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,525,177	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,306	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,206	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$39,229	BOYAmt
EOY	$40,215	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$36,193	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$31,061	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$7,118	BOYAmt
EOY	$5,132	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,290	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,705,918	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,391,725	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$266,823	BOYAmt
EOY	$333,137	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,372	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,846	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$925	BOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$278,120	BOYAmt
EOY	$356,983	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$477,562	BOYAmt
EOY	$676,507	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$950,236	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,358,235	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,427,798	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,034,742	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,705,918	BOYAmt
EOY	$2,391,725	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$606,944	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd
Federal Grant Audit Performed	Yes (true)	FederalGrantAuditPerformedInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,429,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,235,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,967,795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,547,774	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,874,848	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15,056,192	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,429,810	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,235,965	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,967,795	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$3,547,774	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$3,874,848	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15,056,192	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantial Contributors Tot	$2,746,836	SubstantialContributorsTotAmt
Public Support Total170	$12,309,356	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,245	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$4,450	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,356	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$2,661	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$6,133	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$15,845	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$15,072,037	TotalSupportAmt
Gross Receipts Rltd Activities	$1,990,403	GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt
Public Support CY170	0.81670	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.86350	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART II, LINE 10	FormAndLineReferenceDesc

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Equipment EquipmentGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$36,193	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$31,061	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$5,132	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$5,132	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$4,417,764	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services And Use Fclts	$232,628	DonatedServicesAndUseFcltsAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$232,628	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$4,185,136	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$4,185,136	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,810,820	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Donated Services Use Fclts	$232,628	DonatedServicesUseFcltsAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$232,628	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,578,192	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,578,192	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PROVIDE CONSISTENT GUIDANCE FOR THE ACCOUNTING FOR UNCERTAINTY IN INCOME TAXES RECOGNIZED IN THE INSTITUTE'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND PRESCRIBE A THRESHOLD OF "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" FOR RECOGNITION OF TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN. THE INSTITUTE PERFORMED AN EVALUATION OF UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019, AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WERE NO MATTERS THAT WOULD REQUIRE RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OR THAT MAY HAVE ANY EFFECT ON ITS TAX-EXEMPT STATUS. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019, THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR TAX YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2018 REMAINS OPEN WITH THE U.S. FEDERAL JURISDICTION OR THE VARIOUS STATES AND LOCAL JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH THE INSTITUTE FILES TAX RETURNS. IT IS THE INSTITUTE'S POLICY TO RECOGNIZE INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES RELATED TO UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS, IF ANY, IN INCOME TAX EXPENSE. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019, THE INSTITUTE HAD NO ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND/OR PENALTIES.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Recipient Table RecipientTable (5 entries)

Business Name Line2RecipientBusinessName/BusinessNameLine2Txt	Address Line1USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityUSAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationUSAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPUSAddress/ZIPCd	Recipient EINRecipientEIN	IRC SectionIRCSectionDesc	Cash GrantCashGrantAmt	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrantTxt
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY
TEMPLE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES BLD	1852 N 10TH STREET 083-11	PHILADELPHIA	PA	19122	231365971	501C3	$27,387	SUBAWARD - RESEARCH
OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
	1000 BROADWAY SUITE 680	OAKLAND	CA	94607	946000385	GOV	$91,186	SUBAWARD - RESEARCH
MILLS COLLEGE
	5000 MACARTHUR BLVD	OAKLAND	CA	94613	941156566	501C3	$69,552	SUBAWARD - RESEARCH
MDRC
	16 E 34TH STREET 19TH FLOOR	NEW YORK	NY	10016	237379473	501C3	$297,665	SUBAWARD - RESEARCH
BOSTON UNIVERSITY
	25 BUICK STREET 2ND FLOOR	BOSTON	MA	02215	042103547	501C3	$93,116	SUBAWARD - RESEARCH

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total501c3 Org	5	Total501c3OrgCnt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	ALL GRANTS ARE MONITORED THROUGH THE ANNUAL AND INTERIM REPORTS AS REQUIRED BY THE GRANTEE	ExplanationTxt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Written Employment Contract	Yes (X)	WrittenEmploymentContractInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	false	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	false	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	false	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	false	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	false	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	false	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	false	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	false	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	false	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp (2 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Base Compensation Filing OrgBaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Bonus Filing OrganizationBonusFilingOrganizationAmount	Other Compensation Filing OrgOtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt	Nontaxable Benefits Filing OrgNontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt	Total Compensation Filing OrgTotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
MARY SUZANNE DONOVAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$295,452	$20,000	$792	$42,368	$358,612
MATTHEW ELLINGER - LEARNING
EXPERIENCE DESIGNER	$128,079		$428	$28,616	$157,123

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THE STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP INSTITUTE MOBILIZES THE EXPERTISE OF OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, THE POWER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, THE TALENT OF INNOVATIVE DESIGNERS, AND THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION IN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A	BUILDING CAPACITY TO SUPPORT STRUGGLING ADOLESCENT READERS SERP WAS AWARDED A FIVE-YEAR, 7.8-MILLION EDUCATION INNOVATION AND RESEARCH (EIR) MID-PHASE GRANT STARTING IN OCTOBER 2018 TO BUILD THE CAPACITY TO SCALE THE STRATEGIC ADOLESCENT READING INTERVENTION (STARI). IN A PRIOR STUDY, STARI SHOWED IMPACTS THAT ARE STATISTICALLY AND SUBSTANTIVELY SIGNIFICANT ON COMPONENT READING SKILLS AND ON DEEP COMPREHENSION. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW SERP TO EXPAND THE CAPACITY- BUILDING RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR STARI AND SCALE THE PROGRAM TO MORE DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, AND STUDENTS. TO MEET THE COST-MATCHING REQUIREMENT, SERP HAS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE ABELL FOUNDATION AND BLAUSTEIN FOUNDATIONS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL IN-KIND DONATIONS. OVER THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, TRAINING WILL BE PROVIDED TO NEARLY 100 TEACHERS AND COACHES, PROGRAM MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED TO AN ESTIMATED 3,500 STUDENTS, INCLUDING WORKBOOKS, FLUENCY PASSAGES WRITTEN AT FOUR LEVELS, AND THE NOVELS, NON-FICTION TEXTS, AND POETRY THAT ACCOMPANY EACH UNIT. ELIGIBLE STUDENTS WILL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO RECEIVE STARI OR THE SCHOOL'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL READING INTERVENTION, AND MDRC WILL CONDUCT THE EVALUATION. CAPACITY WILL BE SHIFTED FROM THE PROJECT TEAM TO DISTRICT STAFF TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY AND EXPANSION IN PARTNER DISTRICTS. IN ADDITION, PROFESSIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES WILL BE DEVELOPED TO ENABLE MORE SCHOOLS AND DISTRICTS TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM SUCCESSFULLY IN THE FUTURE. THUS, ANTICIPATED IMPACT FAR EXCEEDS THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DIRECTLY SERVED THROUGH THE PROJECT. BY THE END OF THE FIVE-YEAR GRANT PERIOD, WE EXPECT TO (1) SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE PERFORMANCE ON COLLEGE AND CAREER ALIGNED STATE TESTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 3,500 STUDENTS IN 246 CLASSROOMS ACROSS FOUR PARTNER DISTRICTS; 2) VALIDATE THE EFFICACY OF STARI WHEN IMPLEMENTED ON A LARGER SCALE FOR SUBGROUPS OF STUDENTS IN DIVERSE CONTEXTS; 3) IMPROVE DISTRICT CAPACITY TO HELP STRUGGLING READERS MEET COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS STANDARDS; AND 4) EXPAND SERP'S CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE USE OF STARI IN OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS. DEVELOPMENT WORK FOR THE PRODUCTS OF THE PROJECT WILL OCCUR DURING 2018-2020.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B	SCALING SERP PROJECTS: SERP RECEIVED A ONE-YEAR, 660,000 GRANT FROM THE CHAN ZUCKERBERG INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT SCALING OF SERP'S FIFTEEN PRODUCTS BY: 1) CREATING AN ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COURSE FOR TEACHERS AND COACHES TO SUPPORT THE USE OF WORD GENERATION; 2) IMPROVING THE COHERENCE, USABILITY, AND VISIBILITY OF SERP'S WEBSITES AND DOWNLOAD CENTERS; AND 3) CONVERTING EXISTING WORDGEN WEEKLY MATERIALS FOR CLASSROOMS THAT USE TECHNOLOGY. THIS INVESTMENT WILL NOT ONLY YIELD AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL OF EACH STRATEGY TO SUPPORT SCALING OF SERP PRODUCTS, BUT IT WILL ALSO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE A REVENUE GENERATING MODEL THAT WILL ALLOW FOR FUTURE PRODUCT MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS. THE LESSONS FROM THE WORD GENERATION COURSE DEVELOPMENT AND DOCUMENT CONVERSION PROJECTS WILL INFORM SIMILAR EFFORTS WITH OTHER SERP PRODUCTS IN THE FUTURE. AND THE INVESTMENT IN THE WEBSITE REDESIGN AND IN SEO WILL LEVERAGE 15 RESEARCH-BASED, PRACTICE-DRIVEN PRODUCTS.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4C	TRU-LESSON STUDY: SUPPORTING A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING THIS FOUR-YEAR, 3 MILLION NSF-FUNDED PROJECT IS AN EXTENSION OF AN OUSD PARTNERSHIP WITH SERP. TRU MATH (TRU) AND LESSON STUDY (LS), BOTH STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY PILOTED IN OUSD, ARE THE SPRINGBOARDS FOR THIS WORK. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND TEST AN INTEGRATION OF THE TWO. TRU-LS IS A MATH DEPARTMENT LEVEL STRATEGY FOR IMPROVING THE TEACHING OF HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS, PARTICULARLY IN ALGEBRA 1 AND GEOMETRY. THE COMMON CORE STATE STANDARDS FOR MATHEMATICS CALL FOR A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE, PLACING URGENT DEMANDS ON SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING THAT SHIFT. THIS PROJECT IS BUILDING A COHERENT AND SCALABLE PLAN FOR PROVIDING THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENTS BY BRINGING TOGETHER FOUR CRITICAL COMPONENTS THAT WE CONTEND ARE REQUIRED TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE CHALLENGE: A) A THEORETICALLY ROBUST FRAMEWORK THAT CHARACTERIZES THE FIVE ESSENTIAL DIMENSIONS OF POWERFUL MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS (THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK); B) CURRICULAR MATERIALS THAT SUPPORT TEACHING THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT FRAMEWORK (THE FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT LESSONS); C) LESSON STUDY PROTOCOLS AND MATERIALS FOCUSED ON THE CURRICULAR CONTENT AND ALIGNED WITH THE DIMENSIONS OF THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK TO CREATE AN INTENSE FOCUSING EXPERIENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES (PLCS); AND D) AN APPROACH TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (PD) THAT CAN BE USED IN SCHOOL-BASED PLCS (THE TRUMATH COACHING SYSTEM, GROUNDED IN THE TRUMATH CONVERSATION GUIDE). THE WORK INCLUDES: 1) THE DESIGN/REVISION OF TRUMATH PD AND COACHING GUIDES VIA AN ITERATIVE DESIGN PROCESS, 2) THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOUR LESSON STUDY MATHEMATICAL RESOURCE PACKAGES USING THE TRUMATH LENS, AND 3) STUDY OF CHANGES IN INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE AND ITS IMPACT ON STUDENT LEARNING, AND 4) DOCUMENTATION THAT SUPPORTS USE BY OTHER DISTRICTS AND SIMILAR WORK BY OTHER RESEARCH-PRACTICE PARTNERSHIPS. THIS PROJECT WILL ALLOW FOR TESTING OF THE HYPOTHESIS THAT INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT ALONG THE DIMENSIONS OF THE FRAMEWORK WILL PRODUCE IMPROVEMENTS IN STUDENT LEARNING BY COMBINING THE TRUMATH FRAMEWORK WITH A LESSON STUDY PROCESS THAT FOCUSES ON ENACTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF INSTRUCTION. THE RESEARCH DESIGN, FOCUSED ON PRE-POST CHANGES AND NATURAL VARIATION AS WE WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SITES, IS MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE "TRAVEL" OF THE IDEAS TO OTHER DISTRICTS THAN PURE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGNS. THE RESEARCH WILL ALSO PRODUCE VALUABLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GROWTH TRAJECTORIES OF TEACHERS IN URBAN DISTRICTS AS THEY ENGAGE IN NOVEL BUT SUSTAINED FORMS OF PD. A ONE-YEAR, NO-COST EXTENSION WAS GRANTED IN JUNE 2019 TO COMPLETE PROJECT ACTIVITIES.
FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	1. TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY THROUGH CLIMATE CHANGE 2. MATH BY EXAMPLE 3. BUILDING PROOF POINTS FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION 4. DCPS PARTNERSHIP TO PROMOTE EARLY LITERACY SUCCESS 5. GEOMETRY BY EXAMPLE 6. LEARNING PROGRESSIONS IN SCIENCE 7. OAKLAND URBAN TEACHER RESIDENCY
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 2	CATHERINE SNOW JAL MEHTA SECRETARY BOARD MEMBER BUSINESS
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR REVIEW THE 990 TAX RETURN UPON RECEIPT FROM THE PREPARER. EACH REVIEWS THE RETURN SEPARATELY, AND THEN THEY MEET TO REVIEW AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS EACH PERSON MAY HAVE. ONCE THE 990 IS APPROVED INTERNALLY, THE 990 TAX RETURN IS FORWARDED TO THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD FOR AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD ARE DIRECTED TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. ONCE THE TREASURER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARE SATISFIED AS TO THE COMPLETION OF THE 990 TAX RETURN, THE TAX RETURN IS FORWARDED TO THE REMAINING BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THEIR REVIEW. ONCE THE FULL BOARD REVIEWS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SIGNS THE RETURN FOR FILING.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION ANNUALLY REVIEWS THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY EACH MAY WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND KEY EMPLOYEES. EACH ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE ANY ITEM THAT MAY PRESENT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THEIR BOARD MEETING REGARDING COMPENSATION.
FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.