EIN 20-0651886

Math for America

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
20
Year formed
2004
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
At Math for America, we do everything we can to make teaching a viable, rewarding, and respected career choice for the best minds in science and mathematics.
Total revenues
$24,004,679
2023
Total expenses
$23,566,565
2023
Total assets
$31,310,984
2023
Num. employees
20
2023

Program areas at Math for America

Fellowship programs: mfa is an organization committed to teachers. Our goal is to inspire outstanding professionals to stay in the classrooms and to amplify their impact throughout their career. -fellowships: we offer four-year fellowships for accomplished nyc public school mathematics and science teachers, creating opportunities for their professional and intellectual growth. Our fellowships provide an enormous array of professional learning opportunities - workshops, mini-courses, and seminars - while bringing together a community of expert teachers who share a passion for mathematics or science. -professional community: we believe participation in a professional community is critical to sustain teachers in their classroom work. Throughout each fellowship mfa teachers engage in numerous learning opportunities together. They meet regularly both professionally and socially, online and in person, building strong professional relationships that they otherwise would not have. They explore common themes to develop new skills and strategies for their practice. -professional growth: through our fellowships, mfa teachers deepen their own content knowledge, refine and expand their skills as pedagogues, and examine the best ways to teach every student in their classrooms. Mfa teachers engage in a wide range of high quality, stem-focused professional courses and events - much of it designed by and for the teachers themselves - throughout the school year. -professional recognition: teachers in our fellowships are impressive professionals, and we elevate their achievements to build the respect, trust, and recognition they deserve. We provide stipends to teachers, honor them through special events, and offer opportunities to share their voices both locally and nationally. In all these ways, we celebrate not only our teachers but the teaching profession.
Advocacy: our fellowship program is based on specific values, which we see as the heart of our organization and advocate to other states and cities. Teaching is a true profession. It is often forgotten that teaching is the most important profession, the one that makes all other professions possible. A life-long teaching career is a prestigious accomplishment. We have enormous respect for teachers as expert professionals and as mathematicians and scientists. We honor their skills, creativity, and drive every day. Great teachers are always learning. Teacher quality is the foundation for student success. The best teachers strive to grow continually in three areas: their depth of content knowledge, their expertise in the craft of teaching, and their ability to know and teach to the strengths of every student in their classrooms. Excellence comes out of deep collaboration and ongoing growth. When excellent teachers come together within a community, with intention, and over a sustained period, they learn from each other, innovate instruction, and bring new ideas to their classrooms. Professional communities that are built on teacher-to-teacher collaboration lead to new ideas and practices that advance the profession overall. Accomplished teachers are trusted as professionals that they are. We not only respect teachers, we trust them to curate their own professional learning goals. Outstanding teachers know their students best and know what they need to grow as professionals. We empower them to take advantage of opportunities that make their professional lives richer and more rewarding, and recognize them as experts in their field. Honoring greatness elevates the profession. When we celebrate, recognize, and advocate for teachers, we elevate the profession, encouraging the best teachers to create life-long, meaningful careers in the classroom and attracting the best possible candidates to the profession. Above all, we work to change the way we talk about teachers and teaching. Form 990, part iii, line 4d recruitment and selection: Math for America recruits talented individuals to apply for the fellowship programs. The recruitment and selection process consists of attending campus recruitment events, advertising, processing applications and conducting interview sessions.
Extending our model: our goal is to see programs similar to the mfa fellowship model replicated across the country. We believe the principles that underlie mfa are essential to retain and attract the very best mathematics and science teachers. We advocate for teachers across new york city and beyond, to be respected and trusted as professionals and to have access to a meaningful professional community where their voices are prominent. We want our fellowships to change the way we think about teaching in America.
Recruitment and Selection
Sponsorship and granting activities
Fellowship programs:see statement 12
Recruitment and selection:see statement 13
Advocacy:see statement 14

Grants made by Math for America

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Carnegie Science (CIS)Grant To Support Mfa DC$46,000
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI)General Grant$40,000
Queens College FoundationGeneral Grant$34,500
...and 13 more grants made

Who funds Math for America

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Simons FoundationMfa New Pledge$19,000,000
Dancing Tides FoundationCharitable Contribution$205,000
American Institute of Mathematics (AIM)MTC Seed$25,568
...and 3 more grants received

Personnel at Math for America

NameTitleCompensation
Michael DriskillChief Operating Officer$236,500
Latoya SingletonChief Financial Officer$223,750
Leah HirschDirector of Professional$117,912
Sarah RooneyDirector of Communic$132,000
Ava JavidDirector of Recruitment A$142,899
...and 4 more key personnel

Financials for Math for America

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$23,916,115
Investment income and dividends$53,191
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Gross sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$35,373
Total revenues$24,004,679

Form 990s for Math for America

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062023-12-07990PFView PDF
2022-062023-02-10990PFView PDF
2021-062021-10-28990PFView PDF
2020-062021-04-05990View PDF
2019-062020-06-26990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
October 19, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $5,000 from Kristin and Michael Reed Family Foundation
February 6, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990PF for fiscal year 2023
February 6, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
February 4, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
January 3, 2024
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $19,000,000 from Simons Foundation
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsPrivate foundationsPrivate non-operating foundationsSchoolsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
Education
Characteristics
Provides grantsLobbyingNational levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
915 Broadway 16th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
County
New York County, NY
Website URL
mathforamerica.org/ 
Phone
(646) 437-0904
Facebook page
mathforamerica 
Twitter profile
@mathforamerica 
IRS details
EIN
20-0651886
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990-PF
Year formed
2004
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B90: Educational Services
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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