Henry George School of Social Science
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 131677402
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2128898020
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $859,243
- Expenses
- $950,124
- Assets
- $25,095,316
- Liabilities
- $13,358
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SUSAN SCHUYLER (PRESIDENT)
- MARY HARDIN (1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
- DENISE FAVORULE (2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
- IOANA MARIA ANDRADA CHERECHES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- IOANA MARIA ANDRADA CHERECHES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $153,547 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is (1) informing the public and policymakers about the analytical framework and policy reforms proposed by the pioneering late-19th century u.s. Economist henry george; and (2) explaining how his ground-breaking formula for shared prosperity and sustainable growth is just as relevant for overcoming today's challenges.
What it reported doing in 2024
Smart talk program: well-known and widely respected economists, political scientists and social thinkers examine henry george's philosophies in today's society and economy. The smart talk program contains more than 80 interviews and received 11,624 views during the 2024-2025 year.snapshots: a short video series where we look at current events through a georgist lens. The videos received 102 views during the 2024/2025 year.hgs youtube channel: the school channel offers access to courses, seminars, special events, and smart talk videos. The channel had over 13,650 subscribers and received more than 74,160 views during the year 2024/2025.henry george school podcast: our well-known smart talk series, now in a podcast format and released on a weekly basis. The podcast received approximately 5,087 listens during the 2024/2025 year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 26.41; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $664K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $154K · 19 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.