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Filing year 2024

ADVANCED EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND

Oakland, California·EIN 85-3624930·NTEE B05 · Education·3
Total revenue
$29.3M
Total assets
$51.6M
Total expenses
$37.4M
Reported officers
17
Mission

AERDF WILL CONDUCT INCLUSIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SO THAT DIVERSE TEAMS OF EDUCATORS, RESEARCHERS AND DEVELOPERS CAN TACKLE INTRACTABLE TEACHING AND LEARNING CHALLENGES THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT BLACK AND LATINO STUDENTS, AND (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) STUDENTS OF ALL RACES EXPERIENCING POVERTY.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Chief Executive Officer
$485k
$514k
Base
$407k
Bonus
$42k
Other
Benefits
$12k
Executive Director
$295k
$313k
Base
$257k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Chief Learning Officer
key employee
$293k
$310k
Base
$277k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$117
Executive Director
$290k
$307k
Base
$254k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$18k
Chief Public Affairs/dev. Officer
key employee
$289k
$306k
Base
$259k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Coo/secretary/treasurer
$285k
$302k
Base
$241k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$24k
Executive Director
$252k
$267k
Base
$223k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$12k
Executive Director
$233k
$247k
Base
$205k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$16k
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$231k
$244k
Base
$201k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$15k
Chief Program Innovation & Strategy
key employee
$219k
$232k
Base
$198k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Education

Up 41%
from 2023

From $344k in 2023 to $485k in 2024.

$344k
2023
$485k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 37% in real terms$374k to $514k

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

ADVANCED EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$28.7M
$30.8M
2023
$29.3M
$37.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Education executives earn in California

Comparable education organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $148,506.

25th percentile
$76k
Median
$148,506
75th percentile
$230k
90th percentile
$390k

These are education sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 1,455 organizations across 1,455 filings (2021 – 2023).

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