High Resolves America

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Ideological Alignment: Left of Center
Issue Areas: Education Policy
Formation:

2018

Parent Organization:

High Resolves Group

Location: Los Angeles, CA View on map
Tax ID: 82-2740156
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $0 Revenue: $1,719,420 Expenses: $237,810

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    High Resolves America develops video-based educational tools and curricula to promote “global citizenship” among young people.  1  2 It is a subsidiary of High Resolves Group, an Australian charitable nonprofit founded by Iranian-born Australian entrepreneur Mehrdad Baghai and his wife, Roya. 3

    Activities

    High Resolves America develops video-based educational tools and curricula to promote “global citizenship” among young people. Its curricula “exposes biases about identity, race and social constructs” and encourages young people to become “individuals that act in the long-term, collective interest of humanity.”  1  2

    It is a subsidiary of High Resolves Group, an Australian charitable nonprofit founded by Iranian-born Australian entrepreneur Mehrdad Baghai and his wife, Roya. 3

    Funding

    In 2022, High Resolves America received a grant from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. 4 It has also received funding from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and through crowdfunding platforms and donor-advised funds such as the GS Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund For Wealth Management Inc., the Charities Aid Foundation of America, and the PayPal Charitable Giving Fund. 5

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2025 $1,719,420 $237,810 View
    2024 $172,488 $1,884,023 $1,197,655 View
    2023 $152,608 $586,220 $1,547,576 View
    2022 $433,475 $1,908,931 $2,475,291 View
    2021 $217,481 $1,158,126 $2,584,690 View
    2020 $362,048 $2,423,099 $2,498,484 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2017

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 3

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Karen MurphyCEO$71,700
    Paul KelseyCOO/CFO$43,333

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $4,540,223
    • Number of Grants: 33
    • Number of Funders: 13

    Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $150,0002022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $150,0002022 Silicon Valley Community FoundationEducation
    $150,0002021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $150,0002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $142,6002024 Cambiar EducationFuture of Learning grant
    $100,0002023 THE INSTITUTE FOR CITIZENS & SCHOLARSCivics Education
    $100,0002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $50,0002024 The William & Flora Hewlett Foundationfor support of the Symi Save Democracy Challenge
    $50,0002022 John P and Anne Welsh Mcnulty FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
    $32,7602021 Baptist Community MinistriesGROWING CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS' PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    $32,0002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $22,5002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $20,2192023 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION
    $19,4042021 Baptist Community MinistriesGROWING CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS' PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    $18,0002021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $18,0002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $17,6402022 Baptist Community MinistriesGROWING CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION IN GREATER NEW ORLEANS' PUBLIC SCHOOLS
    $15,0002020 Silicon Valley Community FoundationCOVID-19 Related
    $10,0002023 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncEDUCATION
    $10,0002022 Susan Crown Exchange IncPUBLIC CHARITY
    $7,0002022 Charities Aid Foundation of AmericaCHARITABLE DONATION
    $4,6002023 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
    $5002023 The Relief FoundationGENERAL

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $45,000
    • Number of Grants: 1
    • Number of Recipients: 1

    Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $45,0002020 Multiple North America RecipientsSUPPORT HIGH RESOLVES CANADA

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    References

    1. “High Resolves America.” ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Accessed February 16, 2026. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/822740156.
    2. “Leadership Case: High Resolves and Mehrdad Baghai.” McNulty Foundation, February 19, 2026. https://mcnultyfound.org/impact/stories/high-resolves.
    3. “About.” High Resolves Group. Accessed February 16, 2026. https://www.highresolves.org/about.
    4. Scott, Mackenzie. “Helping Any of Us Can Help Us All.” Medium, March 23, 2022. https://mackenzie-scott.medium.com/helping-any-of-us-can-help-us-all-f4c7487818d9.
    5. “IRS Form 990 Schedule I Search for EIN 82-2740156.” ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer. Accessed February 19, 2026. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text_search?sort=best&form%5B%5D=IRS990ScheduleI&q=82-2740156&submit=Apply.