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National Board for Professional Teaching Standards INC

Public charityFed auditsIRS 990
DBA: STANDARDS INC
Other · ARLINGTON, VA · EIN 52-1512323

About

The founding mission of the national board for professional teaching standards is to advance the quality of teaching and learning by: maintaining high and rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be ABLE to do; providing a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards; and advocating related education reforms to integrate national board certification in american education and to capitalize on the expertise of national board certified teachers.

DBA Standards INC

Donations are tax-deductible
Category
Other
Employees
50
Volunteers
30

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2023-06-30
Revenue
$24.9M
Expenses
$24.5M
Assets
$14.3M
Liabilities
$14.4M

Financial history

$33.1M$16.5M$0
1617181920212223
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2023: $24.9M · Peak FY2017: $31.4M · Avg: $27.0M

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
Lobbying
$136K
Grants Given
$21K
NATIONAL BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHING STANDARDS INC
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Address

1525 Wilson BLVD STE 700
Arlington, VA, 22209-244

Governance

Voting board members30
Independent members30
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo

Financial detail (Schedule D)

Permanent endowment %100.0%
Endowment held by related orgNo
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