EIN 82-5421304

The Modern Classrooms Project

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
24
Year formed
2018
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
The Modern Classrooms Project empowers educators to build classrooms that respond to every student's needs. The project works with partner schools and districts to provide implementation support, including site visits for classroom observations, in-person implementer discussions, and meetings with educators. The organization continuously evaluates the effectiveness of its programs and products through an ongoing process of collecting and analyzing data.
Total revenues
$7,754,867
2022
Total expenses
$4,623,179
2022
Total assets
$5,458,403
2022
Num. employees
24
2022

Program areas at The Modern Classrooms Project

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 our 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 our instructional model.
Educator recruitment The Modern Classrooms Project is an opt-in program. We support our partners in recruiting educators into our programs by building a comprehensive marketing campaign to inform, engage, and recruit educators through info sessions, targeted email outreach, and referral programs.
Program development and evaluation 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 program and free course and use The data to continuously improve The training experience. We seek to understand educator implementation practices and use The data to continuously improve our implementation support services. And we measure The impact of our model on teachers, students, and schools.
Implementation support we work with partner schools and districts to provide: site visits (in person): upon request, we will travel to schools/districts to conduct classroom observations, lead in-person implementer discussions, and meet with educators. Implementer discussions (virtual): we run one-hour webinars to discuss trends in implementation and methods to build more equitable and differentiated Classrooms. Expert consultation: educators may sign up for on-demand coaching calls with our teacher mentors. Educators may pay for this service individually, or partners may provide this for their educators. Free online course our free online course is our most popular product. It contains every resource, guide, video, and template we have ever created for our teachers. Participants typically spend 3-5 hours completing The course. The goal of The course is to give any teacher, anywhere, The materials and best practices to launch a blended, self-paced, mastery-based classroom of their own. As of january 2023, over 50,000 educators in 150+ countries have enrolled in this course.

Who funds The Modern Classrooms Project

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$510,000
NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)Edge$500,000
Bush FoundationModern Classrooms Will Spread the Implementation of Student-Centered Learning Practices in Minnesota Through Training and Support To Individual Educators.$300,000
...and 23 more grants received totalling $2,594,174

Personnel at The Modern Classrooms Project

NameTitleCompensation
Kareem FarahChief Executive Officer and Co - Founder$75,000
Robert Barnett -ChiefOperating Officer$57,200
Samantha du PreezDirector of Marketing and Community Engagement
Jim FlanaganDirector of Business Development
Steven RiceDirector of Systems and Strategic Operations
...and 18 more key personnel

Financials for The Modern Classrooms Project

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$5,216,647
Program services$2,532,699
Investment income and dividends$3,314
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$670
Miscellaneous revenues$1,537
Total revenues$7,754,867

Form 990s for The Modern Classrooms Project

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-05-11990View PDF
2021-122022-08-16990View PDF
2020-122021-05-21990View PDF
2019-122020-08-28990View PDF
2018-122019-07-29990View PDF

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Data update history
December 24, 2023
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $500,000 from NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF)
August 21, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $25,000 from Prosper Road Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $110,000 from The Roxanne and Henry Brandt Foundation
July 12, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
July 7, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsSchoolsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Provides grantsNational levelManagement and technical assistanceTax deductible donations
General information
Address
15 14th St Se
Washington, DC 20003
Metro area
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
County
District of Columbia, DC
Website URL
modernclassrooms.org/ 
Phone
(202) 750-1084
IRS details
EIN
82-5421304
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2018
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B90: Educational Services
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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