Khan Academy

Khan Academy maintains exceptional nonprofit governance: a four-star Charity Navigator rating (100% accountability and finance score), with 84% of its $72.5M in 2023 expenses going directly to program activities. The organization publishes annual reports with detailed financial data, makes Form 990s publicly accessible, maintains an independent board, and reports no political spending or lobbying. CEO Sal Khan's compensation of $1.2M and a 4.9 compensation ratio are within industry norms for a nonprofit of its size. Major donors include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation ($38M total) and Stand Together Trust ($20M five-year commitment).

Khan Academy has scaled its free educational platform to over 180 million registered users across 190+ countries by 2025, with content available in over 50 languages. During the 2023-2024 school year alone, the platform added 14.8 million new users. The U.S. Districts Partnerships program reached 945,000 students, with 64% qualifying for free/reduced lunch, 20% Black and 36% Hispanic, demonstrating strong reach into under-resourced communities. International expansion includes Brazil (2.3M users) and the Philippines (34 public schools).

Khan Academy implements comprehensive student data privacy protections: restricted accounts for users under 13 consistent with COPPA, Data Protection Agreements with school districts asserting FERPA/COPPA/PPRA compliance, and explicit policies preventing LLM providers from training on student data. Names and personal information are not shared with AI model providers. No COPPA violations or major data privacy incidents have been reported against Khan Academy through 2025, distinguishing it from many ed-tech peers who have faced FTC enforcement actions.

Khan Academy launched Khanmigo in March 2023 as an AI-powered Socratic tutor built on OpenAI's GPT-4, reaching 1.4 million users by 2025. In May 2024, Microsoft partnered to make Khanmigo for Teachers free to all U.S. educators, with global expansion to 180+ countries by July 2024. Khan Academy committed that no student data would be used to train AI models. The tool operates as a Socratic guide, asking questions rather than giving answers, reflecting pedagogically responsible AI design.

Khan Academy created a dedicated Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging role, hiring Dr. Sam Kline in 2022 and also employing Erica Coffey as Director of DEIB. The organization committed to anti-racism in hiring processes, design principles, and content creation. Content is translated into 80+ languages. Accessibility features include screen reader support, reduced motion settings, and multiple learning modalities. The platform explicitly designs for learners with varying abilities and commits to equal employment regardless of protected characteristics.