Mind Education

Public charity · Grantmaker Irvine, CA EIN: 33-0798804

The organization's mission is to ensure that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world's most challenging problems through developing and deploying math instructional software and systems.

Mind Education at a glance

Total assets
$37,137,925
-3.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$31,260,780
-8.6% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$65,519
+532.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$32,153,484
-4.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Mind Education funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $1–5M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Irvine

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$1M$2M$3M$4M0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $3.3M.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Mind Research Institute Inc Irvine, CATransfer of assets to sister organization to fund initial program services.$3,304,270
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$37,137,925$31,260,780$32,153,484——$65,519
2024$38,449,610$34,187,709$33,608,787——$10,365
2023$28,527,994$32,128,532$33,030,469——$83,722
2022$30,499,790$38,037,109$37,930,654$3,304,2701$9,644
2021$24,530,561$32,576,092$28,958,877——$2,627
2020$17,123,694$23,413,706$30,151,090——$7,929
2019$12,038,593$27,356,934$27,163,534——$14,575

About Mind Education

Based on IRS filings

Mind Education is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Irvine, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $37.1M in total assets. Net investment income was $66K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Mind Education is led by Brett Woudenberg, Chief Executive Officer on filings since 2019; 14 of 23 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Brett Woudenberg

    Chief Executive Officer

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $663K (2019) → $438K (2025)

  • Terry Crane

    Chair

    Director → Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mark Bodner

    Senior Director, Research & Co-Founder

    Senior Director & Research → Senior Director, Research & Board Member, 2023

    Senior Director, Research & Board Member → Senior Director, Research & Co-Founder, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $170K (2019) → $120K (2025)

  • Christina Earl

    Director & Sustained Engineering

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $199K (2023) → $205K (2025)

  • Paulo De Oliveira

    Senior Director & Engineering

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $207K (2023) → $214K (2025)

  • Shawn Carl Franklin

    Senior Director & Engineering

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $195K (2023) → $205K (2025)

  • David Horowitz

    Director

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Garcia

    Director

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Steve Litchfield

    Director

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ellen Bialo

    Director

    Director → Board Member, 2023

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2022

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rudy Crew

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ed Fuller

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Weili Cheng

    Director

    Board Member → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Hammer

    Senior Vice President & Engineering

    Vice President & Engineering → Senior Vice President & Engineering, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $234K (2019) → $260K (2025)

  • Matthew Feldmann

    Vice President & Product

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $199K (2019) → $203K (2025)

  • Garrett Girouard

    Senior Education Partnerships Manager

    Executive Director Partnerships Manager → Senior Education Partnerships Manager, 2024

    On filings since 2022

    40 hrs/week

    $441K (2022) → $448K (2025)

  • Caroline Bist Wynne

    Vice President & Engagement

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $82K (2023) → $203K (2025)

  • Geri L. Cohen

    Chief Financial Officer

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $229K (2023) → $279K (2025)

  • Karen Scarborough Talbert

    Vice President & Partnerships

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $224K (2023) → $269K (2025)

  • Brienne Albert

    Vice President & Education Successor

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $140K (2024) → $179K (2025)

  • Jason Mendenhall

    Chief Product Officer

    Cpo → Chief Product Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $76K (2024) → $238K (2025)

  • Chelsea Marie Staton

    Education Partnerships Manager

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $252K (2025)

  • Chuck Amos

    Vice Chair

    Director → Vice Chair, 2023

    On filings since 2019

    5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (77)
  • Former: Andrew Coulson (2019–2025) — Chief Data Science Officer · Filing note: Thru 6/2019
  • Former: John Phelan Jr. (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Mary De Wysocki (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Damon Neiser (2022–2024) — Regional Vice President & Partnerships Central
  • Former: Jim McCluney (2022–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Twana Perriesse Young (2022–2024) — Vice President, Curriculum & Instructions · Filing note: Thru 923
  • Former: Dorene Uhrich (2023–2024) — Vice President & Education Successor · Filing note: Thru 923
  • Former: Josef Brecklin Brzycki (2023–2024) — Strategic Partnerships Director
  • Former: Tony Montoya (2024) — Regional Vice President & Partnerships West · Filing note: Thru 524
  • Former: Matthew Peterson (2019–2023) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: Elizabeth Neiman (2022–2023) — Former Key Employee
  • Former: James Kirchner (2022–2023) — Chief Revenue Officer
  • Former: Rebecca House (2022–2023) — Board Member
  • Former: Josephine N. Garrett (2019–2022) — CFO
  • Former: Karin Wu (2019–2022) — Executive Vice President & Director
  • Former: Cameron White (2022) — Director
  • Former: Doreen Uhrich (2022) — Vice President & Education Successor
  • Former: Elizabeth Oneto Kaplan (2022) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Kristina Faraday (2022) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Larry Higby (2022) — Director
  • Former: Lisa McCorquodale-Robalin (2022) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Amos Chuck (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Casap Jaime (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Coulson Andrew (2020–2021) — Chief Data Science Officer
  • Former: Crane Terry (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: de Wysocki Mary (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Feldmann Matthew (2020–2021) — Vice President & Product
  • Former: Fuller Ed (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Garcia Don (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Garrett Josephine N (2020–2021) — CFO
  • Former: Hammer Kevin (2020–2021) — Vice President & Engineering
  • Former: Higby Larry (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Horowitz David (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: House Rebecca (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Kirchner James (2020–2021) — Chief Revenue Officer
  • Former: Kreisle Claudia (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Litchfield Steve (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: McCluney Jim (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Neiman Elizabeth (2020–2021) — Vice President & Engagement
  • Former: Peterson Matthew (2020–2021) — Chief Research & Development O
  • Former: Phelan John (2020–2021) — Chairman
  • Former: Smith Ted (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Uhrich Dorene (2020–2021) — Vice President & Education Successor
  • Former: Uribe Betty (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Woudenberg Brett (2020–2021) — CEO
  • Former: Wu Karin (2020–2021) — Executive Vice President & Executive Director
  • Former: Bodner Mark (2021) — Senior Director & Research
  • Former: Faraday Kristina (2021) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Girouard Garrett (2021) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Kaplan Elizabeth Oneto (2021) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: McCorquodale-Robalin Lisa (2021) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Neiser Damon (2021) — Regional Vice President & Partnerships Cent
  • Former: Young Twana (2021) — Vice President, Curriculum & Instruction
  • Former: Borno Raymond (2020) — Partnerships Manager
  • Former: De Oliveira Paulo (2020) — Senior Director Engineering
  • Former: Meissenburg Vuaghn (2020) — Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Rudd Victor M (2020) — Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Sbar Eric (2020) — Regional Vice President & Partnerships
  • Former: Becky House (2019) — Director
  • Former: Brian Molitor (2019) — Executive Vice President & Partnerships
  • Former: Claudia Kreisle (2019) — Director
  • Former: Daryl Pelc (2019) — Director
  • Former: Edwin Fuller (2019) — Director
  • Former: Eric Sbar (2019) — Regional Vice President & Partnerships West
  • Former: Gregory Blevins (2019) — Former Vice President & Finance
  • Former: James Doti (2019) — Director
  • Former: James Lund (2019) — Vice President & Edu. Successor
  • Former: James McCluney (2019) — Director
  • Former: Jeff Reeves (2019) — Director
  • Former: Lawrence Higby (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mike Lefkowitz (2019) — Director
  • Former: Raymond Borno (2019) — Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Roberta Jenkins (2019) — Director
  • Former: Shae Rohrer (2019) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager
  • Former: Ted Smith (2019) — Director
  • Former: Vaughn Meissenburg (2019) — Partnership Manager
  • Former: Victor Rudd (2019) — Executive Director Partnerships Manager

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Garrett Girouard — Sr Education Partnerships Manager: $448KGarrett GirouardSr Education Partnerships…$448KBrett Woudenberg — Chief Executive Officer: $438KBrett WoudenbergChief Executive Officer$438KGeri L Cohen — Chief Financial Officer: $279KGeri L CohenChief Financial Officer$279KKaren Talbert — VP, Partnerships (Thru 06/25): $269KKaren TalbertVP, Partnerships (Thru 06/25)$269KKevin Hammer — Sr. VP, Engineering & It: $260KKevin HammerSr. VP, Engineering & It$260KChelsea Marie Staton — Education Partnerships Manager: $252KChelsea Marie StatonEducation Partnerships Manager$252KJason Mendenhall — Chief Product Officer (Thru 10/24): $238KJason MendenhallChief Product Officer (Thru…$238KAndrew Coulson — Chief Data Science Officer: $238KAndrew CoulsonChief Data Science Officer$238KPaulo De Oliveira — Senior Director, Engineering: $214KPaulo De OliveiraSenior Director, Engineering$214KShawn Carl Franklin — Senior Director, Engineering: $205KShawn Carl FranklinSenior Director, Engineering$205KChristina Earl — Director, Sustained Engineering: $205KChristina EarlDirector, Sustained Engineering$205KCaroline Bist Wynne — Vice President, Engagement: $203KCaroline Bist WynneVice President, Engagement$203KMatthew Feldmann — VP, Product: $203KMatthew FeldmannVP, Product$203KBrienne Albert — VP, Education Success: $179KBrienne AlbertVP, Education Success$179KMark Bodner — Sr Director, Research & Co-Founder: $120KMark BodnerSr Director, Research &…$120K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $448K, to Garrett Girouard (Sr Education Partnerships Manager). 15 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Mind Education

How large is Mind Education?

Mind Education reported $37.1M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $31.3M.

What is Mind Education?

Mind Education is a public charity focused on Science & Technology, based in Irvine, CA. It holds $37.1M in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Mind Education operate?

Mind Education has awarded grants in California.

What is Mind Education's EIN?

Mind Education's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 33-0798804. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(2)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS February 23, 2023)
  2. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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