New Teacher Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262427526
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sacramento, CA, US
Phone
8316002200
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,239,790
Expenses
$21,125,612
Assets
$33,307,735
Liabilities
$2,399,759

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOMMY CHANG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • KRYSTEN WENDELL (VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM DELIVERY)
  • ANN WENZEL (VICE PRESIDENT, PROGRAM DELIVERY)
  • JENNIFER DOUGLASS (VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE & CULTURE)
  • NINA BRUDER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JNTP)

Highest reported compensation

  • TOMMY CHANG (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $346,376 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER DOUGLASS (VICE PRESIDENT, PEOPLE & CULTURE): $254,610 total reported compensation
  • NINA BRUDER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JNTP): $247,467 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

NTC partners with school systems to ensure every student receives a powerful and equitable education by accelerating the effectiveness of educators and developing leadership at every stage of their careers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educator induction & instructional coaching: the new teacher center provides comprehensive, research-backed educator induction and instructional coaching services to support teacher effectiveness, leadership capacity, and improved student outcomes. Through collaboration with schools and districts, ntc designs and implements aligned systems of support for new and experienced educators, including program leader consultation, strategic planning, and progress monitoring grounded in data-driven problem-solving.ntc's induction services support new teachers entering the profession through multiple pathways by building mentoring capacity, (continued on schedule o)aligning district policies with effective induction practices, and delivering foundational professional learning grounded in adult learning science, trust-building, and relationship-centered coaching. Mentors and instructional coaches participate in professional learning, communities of practice, and virtual and on-site in-field coaching to ensure instructional strategies translate into classroom practice.instructional coaching services integrate social-emotional learning with culturally responsive, high-impact instruction and are tailored to each district's context and readiness for change. Pre-implementation planning establishes sustainable coaching systems aligned with district goals, while ongoing implementation support and evaluation tools, including guskey's 5+1 framework, are used to monitor progress and support continuous improvement. These integrated services strengthen educator effectiveness, improve teaching conditions, and create coherent systems that benefit educators and students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 96% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $346K · 25 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $352K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 20 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.