NonprofitsConference Board Inc

Community Improvement

Conference Board Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$95.5M

Total expenses

$77.2M

Net assets

$68.0M

Grants received

$4.3M

91 grants

EIN

131624108

Tax year

2024

Mission

The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. We help Members anticipate "What's Ahead," improve their performance, and better serve society. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States.

Programs

3 programs

Research: the conference board creates and disseminates knowledge about management and the marketplace to help businesses strengthen their performance and better serve society. Working as a global independent membership organization in the public interest, the conference board conducts research and produces research reports .

Expenses: $13.5M

Publications: through a wide range of reports and periodicals, the conference board analyzes and reports on business practices and policies and evaluates worldwide economic trends.

Expenses: $1.1M

Information: the communication department communicates the value and public benefits of the conference board to major media, including newspapers, magazines, radio/tv, and internet users. Through press releases, news alerts, personal contacts and news briefings, the department publicizes the conference board's management and economic research and programs.

Expenses: $1.0M

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$14.6M
Program service revenue$77.7M
Investment income$3.3M
Other revenue
Total revenue$95.5M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$47.9M
Fundraising
Other expenses$29.3M
Total expenses$77.2M
Total assets$129.5M
Net assets$68.0M

People

37 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Steve Odland

President and CEO, Trustee

Board

$1.5M

35 hrs/wk

James Slamp

EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (until 6/30/24)

Board

$348K

35 hrs/wk

Steve Forrey

Chief Financial Officer (as of 7/1/24)

Board

$250K

35 hrs/wk

Daniel Saltman

Assistant Treasurer

Board

$179K

35 hrs/wk

Jennifer Chan

Assistant General Counsel and Secretary

Board

$160K

35 hrs/wk

Scott DeRue

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Beth Brooke-Marciniak

Vice Chair and Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Tamara Lundgren

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Thomas McInerney

Trustee (as of 7/23/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Vicky Bailey

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Susan Black

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

EDWARD B RUST JR

VICE CHAIRMAN AND TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

George S Barrett

Vice Chairman and Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Harry M Kraemer Jr

Vice Chairman and Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert Moritz

Vice Chairman and Trustee (until 7/23/24)

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ronald Williams

Chairman and Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Susan Schwab

Vice Chairman and Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Anna Mok

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Asutosh Padhi

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Camille Olson

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ellen Alemany

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Gabrielle Sulzberger

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Holly Gagnon

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kathy Hopinkah Hannan

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Kathy Horgan

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Maria Sastre

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Sara Murray

Managing Director, International

Staff

$428K

35 hrs/wk

Dana Peterson

Chief Economist

Staff

$427K

35 hrs/wk

Ivan Pollard

Marketing & Communications Center Leader

Staff

$426K

35 hrs/wk

Carol Orenstein

Chief Strategy Officer

Staff

$421K

35 hrs/wk

Kathleen Plotkin

Chief U.S. Member Development Officer

Staff

$391K

35 hrs/wk

Jennifer Tarlow

Chief Human Resource Officer

Staff

$389K

35 hrs/wk

Diana Scott

U.S. Human Capital Center Leader

Staff

$352K

35 hrs/wk

Matthew Dornfeld

Senior Director, U.S. Member Development

Staff

$351K

35 hrs/wk

Tricia La Marca

Council Relationship Executive (Former Chief Exec. Programming Officer)

Staff

$337K

35 hrs/wk

Kelly Zimmerman

Chief Events Officer (as of 4/8/24)

Staff

$220K

35 hrs/wk

Paul Washington

Executive Director, Environmental, Social, and Governance Center (until 4/12/24)

Staff

$198K

35 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

GREGG MAURO INC

PD AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

$2.0M

ECONOMIC MODELING LLC

RESEARCH SERVICES

$1.4M

CANON BUSINESS PROCESS SERVICES

COPYING SERVICES

$809K

DATAMATICS GLOBAL SERVICES LIMITED

PROFESSIONAL IT SERVICES

$741K

BRAINSELL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

SOFTWARE CONSULTING

$393K

Grants received

Showing 91 of 91

FromAmountPurposeYear
$35K
Sponsorship of conference
2024
$25K
To enable the institution to continue their public charitable role.
2024
$25K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$25K
SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY
2024
$18K
Community Development
2024
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$8K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
Financial Assistance
2024
$108K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$100K
TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AND OUTREACH PROMOTING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AMONG POLICYMAKERS AND BUSINESS LEADERS.
2023
$100K
Early Care and Education
2023
$50K
TO SUPPORT EVENTS AND CORE ACTIVITIES.
2023
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
$17K
TO SUPPORT EDA GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE NATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE
2023
$16K
Contribution
2023
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$13K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$10K
2023 AWARDS SUPPORT
2023
$10K
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
2023
$10K
Sponsorship of Women Lead Conference
2023
$8K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$5K
2022 MATCHING GIFT
2023
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$100K
produce a 2024 Child Care in State Economies report to serve as a tool for advocates and policymakers to foster a more expansive, equitable, high-quality child care system in the United States
2022
$94K
The 2023 Annual Employee Health Care Conference
2022
$75K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$50K
TO SUPPORT EVENTS AND CORE ACTIVITIES.
2022
$48K
GENERAL ASSISTANCE
2022
$26K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$25K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$25K
EDA GOOD JOBS CHALLENGE NATIONAL COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE PROJECT
2022
$24K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$16K
GENERAL GRANT TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL, CIVIC, CULTURAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PROGRAMS.
2022
$15K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$10K
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
2022
$8K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2022
$248K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$248K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$178K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$125K
engage state and local leaders to build support for investment strategies and policies that address inequities in the supply and quality of child care
2021
$50K
General Support
2021
$50K
Upskilling Rural Americans in a Post-pandemic Economy
2021
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARDS DINNER, WHICH RECOGNIZES BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE NATION'S LONG-TERM INTERESTS.
2021
$30K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$25K
SUPPORT FOR CED AND TCB INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND OUTREACH PROGRAMS
2021
$16K
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2021
$13K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2021
$11K
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COUNCIL FEE COVERING THE PERIOD OF 1/1/22 - 12/31/22
2021
$5K
MATCHING GIFT
2021
$275K
engage state and local leaders to build support for investment strategies and policies that address inequities in the supply and quality of child care
2020
$110K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$85K
Annual Suuport
2020
$75K
ANNUAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE DISTINGUISHED PERFORMANCE AWARDS DINNER, WHICH RECOGNIZES BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE NATION'S LONG-TERM INTERESTS.
2020
$21K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$20K
Sponsorship of Diversity & Inclusion Conference
2020
$16K
SUPPORT NON-PROFIT RESEARCH
2020
$10K
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COUNCIL FEE COVERING THE PERIOD OF 1/1/21 - 12/31/21
2020
$10K
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, CAPACITY BUILDING
2020
$10K
SUPPORT FOR CED & TCB INDEPENDENT RESEARCH/OUTREAC
2020
$5K
MATCHING GIFT
2020
$5K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2020
$30K
Sponsorship of the Annual Diversity & Inclusion Conferences
2019
$15K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$40K
PRACTITIONER RESEARCH - ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND INTEGRATED REPORTING IN LARGE CAP COMPANIES.
2018
$16K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$7K
2018 CONFERENCE BOARD MEMBERSHIP DUES (PHILANTHROPY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SEAT FOR SPRING LACY)
2018
$450K
engage local business leaders across 3-5 states to support increased investment in compensation through an early learning workforce investment credit
2017
$15K
FOR GRANT RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSES
2017
$12K
EVENT SPONSOR
2017

Funded by

$4.3M from 44 funders · 91 grants · 2017–2024

WK Kellogg Foundation

$1.1M · 5 grants · 2017–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$694K · 8 grants · 2017–2023

The Blackbaud Giving Fund

$519K · 3 grants · 2021–2022

Alliance For Early Success Fka

$401K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Peter G Peterson Foundation

$300K · 5 grants · 2020–2023

Tiaa Charitable Inc

$160K · 2 grants · 2020

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc

$104K · 2 grants · 2020–2022

Aarp

$95K · 4 grants · 2019–2024

Details

EIN131624108
NTEE codeS400
Subsection03
Ruling date1930-11
Formed1924
Employees280
Volunteers22
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