FORD: Future Of Research & Development
Legal name: International Fellowships Fund Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 134162722
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2013
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2013
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2128838200
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- International Academic Exchange
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $803,592
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MS JOAN DASSIN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- AMBASSADOR DONALD F MCHENRY (TRUSTEE AND BOARD CHAIRMAN)
- MR BARRON M TENNY (TRUSTEE)
- DR KAREN A HOLBROOK (TRUSTEE)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
At FORD: Future Of Research & Development, our mission is simple: we help school leaders and governing bodies harness the potential of Educational Technology (EdTech) to drive school improvement.
What it reported doing in 2013
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Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 1
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 30.8%; rating input score 31
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 54.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 30.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $248K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.