Harvard Business Impact

Overview

Mission

For decades, Harvard Business Impact has helped organizations around the world achieve their goals by developing their leaders. Leveraging the remarkable depth and breadth of Harvard Business School, Harvard Business Review, and a network of industry experts, we create research-based and contextualized active learning experiences informed by the latest thinking in leadership and management. From on-demand digital learning to immersive cohort-based journeys, we support capability building at scale to help organizations align leadership development with their most critical business priorities. Meet our leadership team.

What it reported doing in 2024

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Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 81% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
043177990
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Website reviewed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Headquarters
Brighton, MA, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Official website

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 52
  • Accountability: 57
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.3%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
  • Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Impact reporting controls: 0 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.62; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 93.3% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $292.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $943K · 24 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 217 filed related-organization links