Nonprofit · EIN 37-1665745
ZEARN
Tax-exempt · CLAYMONT, DE 19703
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $48,442,804 | $38,634,245 | $9,808,559 | $84,513,127 | $8,834,843 | $75,678,284 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $54,894,713 | $45,393,326 | $9,501,387 | $81,928,873 | $16,332,639 | $65,596,234 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $9,309,755
- Program service revenue
- $36,026,935
- Investment income
- $3,106,114
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $811,743
- Other salaries and wages
- $21,341,361
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $26,452,095
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $128,914
- Accounting fees
- $57,400
- Occupancy
- $178,103
- Depreciation
- $2,732,375
- Program services (functional)
- $33,185,178
- Management and general (functional)
- $5,195,659
- Fundraising (functional)
- $253,408
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $81,928,873
- Total assets, end of year
- $84,513,127
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $8,834,843
- Net assets, end of year
- $75,678,284
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $26,485
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $75,678,284
- Gross receipts
- $73,440,624
- Employees
- 216
- Volunteers
- 12
- Year formed
- 2014
- State of legal domicile
- DE
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHALINEE SHARMA | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $728,778 | $64,248 |
| ASHLEY BIRSIC | CHIEF PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $556,373 | $63,514 |
| LEIGHA DONOVAN | CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $555,473 | $63,514 |
| CHRISTOPHER WONG | CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $560,498 | $54,853 |
| STEPHANIE ELY | CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $507,756 | $63,079 |
| NEENA HENDERSHOTT | CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $512,893 | $53,806 |
| NORMAN ATKINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID LEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SALTZMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LARRY ROBBINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHRUTI SEHRA | CHAIR AND DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| AIMEE EUBANKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG GUNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY COOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
2 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| JEFF LIVINGSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KUNJAN NARECHANIA | TREASURER & DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHALINEE SHARMA | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 60 | $696,278 | $62,452 |
| ASHLEY BIRSIC | CHIEF PARTNERSHIPS OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $490,700 | $62,452 |
| CHRISTOPHER WONG | CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $489,646 | $53,669 |
| LEIGHA DONOVAN | CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $477,077 | $62,452 |
| STEPHANIE ELY | CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $441,190 | $62,452 |
| NEENA HENDERSHOTT | CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Highest-paid employee | 50 | $443,381 | $51,083 |
| NORMAN ATKINS | CHAIR AND DIRECTOR - THRU JUNE 2024 Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID LEVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID SALTZMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LARRY ROBBINS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN BAILEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JUDY WURTZEL | DIRECTOR - RESIGNED DURING YEAR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHRUTI SEHRA | CHAIR AND DIRECTOR - AS OF JUNE 2024 Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AIMEE EUBANKS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG GUNN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDY COOK | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFF LIVINGSTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KUNJAN NARECHANIA | TREASURER & DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE, CLAYMONT, DE 19703-2424
- In care of
- % SHALINEE SHARMA
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SHALINEE SHARMA, 2093 PHILADELPHIA PIKE 2282, CLAYMONT, DE 19703
- Signed the 990
- SHALINEE SHARMA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Phone
- (212) 967-6070
- Website
- WWW.ZEARN.ORG
- Return prepared by
- MENGEL METZGER BARR & CO LLP
Mission
ZEARN IS THE 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION BEHIND ZEARN MATH, THE TOP-RATED MATH LEARNING PLATFORM RATED "STRONG" (TIER 1) BY EVIDENCE FOR ESSA. ZEARN MATH IS USED BY 1 IN 4 ELEMENTARY-SCHOOL STUDENTS AND MORE THAN 1 MILLION MIDDLE-SCHOOL STUDENTS NATIONWIDE. EVERYTHING WE DO IS DRIVEN BY THE BELIEF THAT EVERY KID IS A MATH KID.
Program accomplishments
- ZEARN MATH IS AN ONLINE LEARNING PROGRAM RATED "STRONG" (TIER 1) BY EVIDENCE FOR ESSA THAT PROVIDES DIGITAL MATH LESSONS FOR EVERY CONCEPT OF K-8 MATH.AS A NONPROFIT, ZEARN IS MOTIVATED BY IMPACT, NOT DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHY ALL 500+ HOURS OF INTERACTIVE DIGITAL LESSONS ARE FREE TO ALL KIDS, TEACHERS, AND FAMILIES. ZEARN ALSO SUPPORTS STATES, DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS INCLUDING PUBLIC, PRIVATE, CHARTER, RELIGIOUS AND HOME SCHOOLS TO DRIVE PROGRAMMATIC ADOPTION.Expenses $33,185,178 · revenue $36,026,935
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 37-1665745
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B19)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $84,513,127
- Income (IRS master file)
- $73,440,624
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $48,442,804 | $38,634,245 | $84,513,127 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $54,894,713 | $45,393,326 | $81,928,873 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $45,280,223 | $40,533,895 | $62,511,129 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2022 | $46,021,974 | $28,955,923 | $56,895,764 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 37-1665745).
Questions about ZEARN
- What is the EIN of ZEARN?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of ZEARN is 37-1665745.
- Is ZEARN tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to ZEARN tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does ZEARN file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of ZEARN due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did ZEARN last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of ZEARN?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names SHALINEE SHARMA.
- Who are the officers and directors of ZEARN?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 17 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $728,778 (SHALINEE SHARMA, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER &).
- How much revenue does ZEARN have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $48,442,804, expenses of $38,634,245 and total assets of $84,513,127 at year end.
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