DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT

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2024 · Form 990 · revenue $2.1M · expenses $2.0M · assets $2.3M

EIN
84-3728101
Address
855 EL CAMINO REAL STE 13A PMB 254, PALO ALTO, CA 94301-2326
Website
HTTPS://INQUIRYGROUP.ORG
NTEE code
B90
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
March 2020 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity, 509(a)(2)
Principal officer
Joel Breakstone (its 2022 Form 990-N)
Form 990-N e-postcards
1 filed, 2022 (organizations with gross receipts normally $50,000 or less file this instead of a full Form 990) IRS data ↗
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Mission

THE DIGITAL INQUIRY GROUP STRENGTHENS DEMOCRACY BY PREPARING INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SENSE OF THE PAST AND NAVIGATE OUR DIGITAL PRESENT.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

4 people paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Joel Breakstone EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR2023-2024 $179,666$179,666 1
Mark Smith DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT2024 $164,190$164,190 1
Sam Wineburg CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER2023-2024 $123,581$138,866 1
Teresa Ortega DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM2024 $137,532$137,532 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

5 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Anne Bonaparte TREASURER2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Denholtz SECRETARY2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Pam Grossman DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Roddy Lindsay DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Sandra Schumann DIRECTOR2023-2024 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2024 · 9 people listed · 4 paid, $605K · 7 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JOEL BREAKSTONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $157,811$0$21,855 $179,6661
MARK SMITH DIRECTOR OF ASSESSMENT40 $123,305$0$40,885 $164,1901
TERESA ORTEGA DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM40 $118,277$0$19,255 $137,5321
SAM WINEBURG CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER20 $114,562$0$9,019 $123,5811
ANNE BONAPARTE TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN DENHOLTZ SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
PAM GROSSMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
RODDY LINDSAY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA SCHUMANN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 7 people listed · 1 paid, $15K · 0 employees · 5 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
SAM WINEBURG CO-FOUNDER, CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER10 $15,285$0$0 $15,2851
ANNE BONAPARTE TREASURER1 $0$0$0 $01
JOEL BREAKSTONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR10 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN DENHOLTZ SECRETARY1 $0$0$0 $01
PAM GROSSMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
RODDY LINDSAY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA SCHUMANN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

2024 · 1 contractor · $290K
NameLocationServicePaid
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCHARLINGTON, VAEDUCATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICES$289,510
2023 · 1 contractor · $144K
NameLocationServicePaid
CONSTRUCTIVENEW YORK, NYBRAND STRATEGY AND WEB DESIGN$144,041

Other organizations that listed this one among their highest-paid independent contractors. Contractor lists give no EIN, so these are matched on name and address; check the filing.

YearPaid byServicePaidFiling
2024ICIVICS INCCURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT$430,255view vendor page

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,081,232$1,959,258 $2,344,197$2,155,846 $1,351,963$671,550 $320,37275
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$2,223,556$304,149 $2,298,336$2,025,729 $1,842,452$377,675 $15,28505

Funders of this organization

7 grantors reported grants to this organization, $1,130,510 in all, tax years 2022 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT” 2023-2024 3$600,000 2024$350,000
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ICIVICS INC Public charity Exact 2023 1$160,510 2023$160,510
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MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2023-2024 2$150,000 2024$100,000
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SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor Exact 2023 1$100,000 2023$100,000
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ROBERT & RUTH HALPERIN FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT” 2022-2023 2$100,000 2023$50,000
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EDU21C FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DIGITAL EDUCATION PROJECT” 2025 1$10,000 2025$10,000
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DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor Exact 2022 1$10,000 2022$10,000
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OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
GROUND EDUCATIONCAB90 $1,336,706$1,248,760 CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$69,420 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
PLAYLAB EDUCATION INCCAB90 $3,876,292$1,685,113 President$215,000 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
INNOVATION EDUCATIONCAB90 $1,308,981$1,242,219 President$128,126 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATIONCAB90 $1,881,796$1,888,201 EXEC DIRECTOR$180,200 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
JM EDUCATIONAL GROUPCAB90 $3,634,368$3,343,509 COO$164,265 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
NEWPORT HARBOR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONCAB90 $1,279,141$1,031,219 GRANDPARENTS$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
NU ART EDUCATION INCCAB90 $3,761,962$3,232,839 DIRECTOR$39,500 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTYCAB90 $2,798,209$2,355,047 Chief Executive Officer$191,152 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
THE INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENTCAB90 $2,821,392$3,149,785 PRESIDENT EMERITUS, SENIOR ADVISOR$327,391 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
SCALE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH FOUNDATIONCAB90 $3,985,877$3,961,269 Not reported$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
CHARLIE CART PROJECTCAB90 $1,865,043$2,050,249 Executive Dir.$156,676 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
CONNECT FOUNDATIONCAB90 $3,094,359$3,111,063 CEO$215,590 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATIONCAB90 $2,238,584$2,472,405 CEO$204,796 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CACAB90 $1,722,360$1,677,139 President$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
BRIGHT PROSPECTCAB90 $2,740,975$2,154,479 Executive Dir.$176,807 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
826 NATIONALCAB90 $2,629,119$2,675,689 Chief Dev. Off$213,776 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
DEFINITY PROJECT INCCAB90 $1,557,178$74,128 PRESIDENT$7,692 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
NEW BREATH FOUNDATIONCAB90 $1,804,977$3,165,415 PRESIDENT$221,265 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGOCAB90 $2,990,611$2,791,831 DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT$116,395 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
ONE EAST PALO ALTOCAB90 $1,635,802$1,597,863 CHAIRPERSON$0 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
BAY AREA TUTORING ASSOCIATIONCAB90 $1,795,693$1,300,040 Executive Director$152,399 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
THINKING NATION CORPCAB90 $1,461,070$1,470,845 CHIEF PARTNERSHIP OFFICER$152,036 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
WESTERN FLYER FOUNDATIONCAB90 $1,391,527$2,134,473 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$163,137 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS INCCAB90 $1,962,268$1,896,496 Executive Dir.$171,780 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state
SHASTA COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCAB90 $3,788,016$2,736,923 Interim Dir Sup$253,332 Same NTEE code B90, revenue within 2x, same state

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND DAF sponsor$18,868,106185 442016–2024 KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND; FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION; THE GUY FIERI FOUNDATION; MERONA LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION and 40 more
JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION Private foundation$18,064,33544 82010–2024 LINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE; GET FOCUSED STAY FOCUSED INC; FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION; KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND and 4 more
SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$16,850,82191 172010–2024 LEARNING ACCELERATOR; KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND; FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION; NEW BREATH FOUNDATION and 13 more
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING funds this one DAF sponsor$12,914,789202 392014–2024 THINKING NATION CORP; NATIVITY PREP ACADEMY OF SAN DIEGO; BRIGHT PROSPECT; FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION and 35 more
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor$10,320,23040 172020–2024 826 NATIONAL; EDUCATION REIMAGINED; MERONA LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION; BREAKTHROUGH SILICON VALLEY and 13 more
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$9,421,52147 132010–2024 EDUCATION REIMAGINED; URBAN ED ACADEMY; LEARNING ACCELERATOR; NEW BREATH FOUNDATION and 9 more
MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION funds this one DAF sponsor$8,027,60540 92009–2024 NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS INC; MARIN PROMISE PARTNERSHIP; CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION SONOMA COUNTY; KRISHNAMURTI FOUNDATION OF AMERICA and 5 more
NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR DAF sponsor$7,613,30067 222014–2024 URBAN ED ACADEMY; NEXT GENERATION SCHOLARS INC; MERONA LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION; COLLEGESPRING INC and 18 more
MCCONNELL FOUNDATION Private foundation$6,459,6339 12017–2024 SHASTA COLLEGE FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$5,678,44444 82009–2024 BRIGHT PROSPECT; YOUTH MENTORING CONNECTION; EVERYBODY DANCE LA; LA COMPOST and 4 more
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF ELKHART COUNTY INC DAF sponsor$5,416,68412 12012–2024 HORIZON EDUCATION ALLIANCE INC
GATES FOUNDATION Private foundation$5,109,93811 52012–2024 LEARNING ACCELERATOR; LINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE; KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND; GLOBAL SCHOOL LEADERS and 1 more
GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC DAF sponsor$4,264,62240 152017–2024 TILLYS LIFE CENTER; KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND; EVERYBODY DANCE LA; DIPLOMA EQUITY PROJECT and 11 more
THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT Private foundation$4,264,40127 62013–2024 NEW BREATH FOUNDATION; ORGANIZING ROOTS INC; LINKED LEARNING ALLIANCE; BRIGHT PROSPECT and 2 more
CRANKSTART FOUNDATION Private foundation$3,809,00014 42021–2024 KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND; NEW BREATH FOUNDATION; REAL OPTIONS FOR CITY KIDS; URBAN ED ACADEMY

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2024 · Form 990 · $1,959,258 spent · pay $922,820 · grants $0 · events $6,917
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other salaries and wages $441,960$441,352-$608 22.6%
Other (as described)PROGRAM RESEARCH & DEV $373,895$373,895-- 19.1%
Fees: other services $347,399$196,357$150,255$787 17.7%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $320,372$230,518$84,171$5,683 16.4%
Office expenses $138,289$136,800$1,480$9 7.1%
Other employee benefits $97,986$96,264$1,361$361 5.0%
Information technology $91,841$50,625$40,966$250 4.7%
Payroll taxes $62,502$55,805$6,214$483 3.2%
Fees: accounting $40,763-$40,763- 2.1%
Travel $19,114$17,228$1,871$15 1.0%
Insurance $9,464$533$8,926$5 0.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $6,917$6,793$115$9 0.4%
Fees: legal $4,127-$4,127- 0.2%
Depreciation and depletion $2,620$2,334$266$20 0.1%
Advertising and promotion $1,687$363$1,324- 0.1%
Interest $322-$322- 0.0%
Total$1,959,258100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $304,149 spent · pay $67,689 · grants $0 · events $10,490
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $176,443$158,738$17,705- 58.0%
Other salaries and wages $52,404$52,404-- 17.2%
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $15,285$15,285-- 5.0%
Office expenses $15,271$15,139$132- 5.0%
Advertising and promotion $10,500$8,925$1,050$525 3.5%
Conferences, conventions and meetings $10,490$10,490-- 3.4%
Travel $9,908$9,908-- 3.3%
Fees: professional fundraisers $7,202--$7,202 2.4%
Fees: legal $3,609-$3,609- 1.2%
Insurance $2,489$611$1,842$36 0.8%
Interest $255-$255- 0.1%
Fees: accounting $225-$225- 0.1%
Information technology $68$50$18- 0.0%
Total$304,149100%

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