Teaching Lab

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813546317
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
9785058947
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$31,245,354
Expenses
$25,661,806
Assets
$19,238,253
Liabilities
$994,743

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH JOHNSON (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $378,776 total reported compensation
  • ANDREA MCDADE (CHIEF PEOPLE & CULTURE OFFICER): $323,476 total reported compensation
  • HAMY VU (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $245,995 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Listen to an overview of our mission and the values we bring to our work: Our Supporters We are grateful for the support of:. Teaching Lab is a non-profit organization on a mission to fundamentally shift the paradigm of teacher professional learning in pursuit of excellent educational outcomes for every child. We believe that great teaching can be learned. That’s why our coaching and support model is grounded in research and designed to transform mindsets, build instructional expertise, and drive measurable improvements in student learning. Through sustained, curriculum-based training and coaching cycles, we support teachers, coaches, school leaders, and system leaders to build the knowledge, skills, and beliefs necessary for lasting change. Together, we are shaping the future of education—empowering every educator.

What it reported doing in 2024

Teaching lab scales high-quality and curriculum-based professional learning and coaching to schools, districts, and state education agencies. Teaching lab's core model is described as core academic content ("head"); teacher-led communities of learning ("heart") and cycles of inquiry ("habits"). Teaching lab integrates curriculum-based professional learning and side-by-side teacher and leadership coaching to build the capacity of educators to improve instruction. In 2016, tl had one state partnership and limited district partnerships. In fy25, we reached over 10,000 educators and over 1,000,000 students across 140 school systems.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 17.9%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.75; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 31.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 76.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $379K · 21 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.