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The Modern Classrooms Project
The Modern Classrooms Project reported $13.8 million in revenue and $11.3 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $91.99 went to program services, $4.14 to management and general costs and $3.87 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was contributions and grants: 80.0% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $286,949 (EXECUTIVE OF). 19 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 2829% between 2019 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.
Where $100 of spending went
The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $11MFor context, the median across 1,001 covered philanthropy, voluntarism & grantmaking charities: $91.65 programs, $6.50 management, $1.85 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).
Where $100 of revenue came from
The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $14MThe 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades
| Measure | FY2025 | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Program services Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A) | 92.0% | 90.2% |
| Management & general Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A) | 4.1% | 6.4% |
| Fundraising Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A) | 3.9% | 1.8% |
| Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h | $0.04 | $0.02 |
| Contributions & grants share of revenue Part VIII 1h ÷ 12 | 80.0% | 79.9% |
| Government grants share of revenue Part VIII 1e ÷ 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Program service revenue share Part VIII 2g ÷ 12 | 18.9% | 0.0% |
| Highest reported compensation Part VII-A, columns D–F | $286,949 | $325,675 |
| Highest compensation as share of expenses Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A) | 2.53% | 1.56% |
| People paid over $100,000 Part VII, line 2 | 19 | 3 |
| Net assets, in months of expenses Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses | 10.6 | 56.6 |
| Independent voting board members Part VI 1a–1b | 11 of 12 | 100.0% |
A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.
What the money paid for, in its own words
FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expenseCurriculum solutions through the mcp's curriculum solutions program, the Modern Classrooms Project works with partner schools and districts to support their implementation of high-quality curricula through the mcp model
Virtual mentorship program this is our flagship program. Educators from around the world enroll in an online course, through which they work hand-in-hand with one of mcp's expert educators to design blended, self-paced, mastery-based instructional materials of their own. Each educator receives one-on-one coaching, feedback on lesson materials, certified credentials, and other support to help implement mcp's instructional model. The Modern Classrooms Project provides a collection of educator-created courses intended for graduates of mcp's virtual mentorship program. These courses push…
Partnership development the Modern Classrooms Project continuously evaluates the effectiveness of its programs and products to ensure it delivers its intended results through an ongoing process of collecting and analyzing data. The organization has been driven by data from the start and collects data from a variety of sources across the year both for evaluative and continuous improvement purposes and by integrating action-oriented data review into its team's standard activities. Through our program development and evaluation work, we assess teacher growth through our virtual mentorship…
Highest reported compensation
FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here| Role | From this org | From related orgs | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXECUTIVE OF Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $271,581 | $0 | $15,368 | $286,949 |
| INNOVATION O Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $232,891 | $0 | $9,897 | $242,788 |
| CHIEF GROWTH Officer, 40.00 hrs/week | $232,689 | $0 | $2,879 | $235,568 |
| PARTNERSHIPS Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $186,109 | $0 | $13,501 | $199,610 |
| DIRECTOR Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $135,061 | $0 | $33,047 | $168,108 |
| PARTNERSHIPS Key employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $158,995 | $0 | $5,442 | $164,437 |
| PROGRAMS Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $136,394 | $0 | $16,834 | $153,228 |
| TRANSFORMATI Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week | $141,288 | $0 | $9,476 | $150,764 |
19 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from The Modern Classrooms Project (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $1.7M (Part IX, line 5).
7 years of filings
Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linkedGovernance answers, as filed
FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means- Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b12 · 11 independent
- Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
- Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
- Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
- Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
- Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
- Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
- Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
- Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
- Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
- Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
- Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
- Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18Yes
- Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
- Employees Part I, line 548
- Volunteers Part I, line 614
Private foundation grants it received
21 private foundations reported grants to The Modern Classrooms Project totaling $2.2M on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.
Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.
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Every number above is copied from The Modern Classrooms Project's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for The Modern Classrooms Project, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.
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Of every $100 The Modern Classrooms Project spent in FY2025, $91.99 went to programs. The full breakdown, from its IRS Form 990:
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Questions people ask
How much of The Modern Classrooms Project's spending goes to programs?
In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, The Modern Classrooms Project reported that 92.0% of its $11.3 million in expenses went to program services, 4.1% to management and general and 3.9% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).
How much does The Modern Classrooms Project pay its top executive?
The largest total compensation The Modern Classrooms Project reported for one person in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 was $286,949, for the role of EXECUTIVE OF (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).
Where does The Modern Classrooms Project get its money?
Of $13.8 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 80.0% came from contributions and grants and 18.9% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).
Is The Modern Classrooms Project a registered charity?
The IRS lists EIN 82-5421304 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.
Sources
- FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, object 202620269349300112 · read the filing · XML
- FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, object 202500859349300015 · read the filing
- 2023: Form 990 for calendar year 2023, object 202410459349301446 · read the filing
- 2022: Form 990 for calendar year 2022, object 202331319349307228 · read the filing
- 2021: Form 990 for calendar year 2021, object 202242289349300304 · read the filing
- 2020: Form 990 for calendar year 2020, object 202130979349300718 · read the filing
- 2019: Form 990 for calendar year 2019, object 202020789349300902 · read the filing
All filings for EIN 82-5421304: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.