California · Nonprofit
ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc
ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,158 to it, the largest being MCGUIRE & HESTER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $44k
- Net assets
- $420k
What ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc does
Mission
The primary purpose is to enlighten and motivate high school-aged students towards pursuing careers in architecture, construciton, engineering and related fields.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Scholarships/awards are granted to high school students to assist them in obtaining an education that will allow them to pursue of a career in construction related industries.
$58,844 spentof which $55,700 as grants82% of program spendingAllowed youths to attend a virtual summer camp which provided them the opportunity to explore careers in architecture, engineering and construction.
$6,087 spent8% of program spendingProvide professional role models, career advisors and mentors to youths interested in pursuing a career in construction related industries.
$2,935 spent4% of program spendingDonation of funds to enable organizations to conduct a skilled trades fair at which youths are able meet professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction industries, and to learn about careers and job opportunities in these professions.
$2,578 spent4% of program spendingProvide funds to cover expenses of conducting construction industry related competitions intended to encourage and foster an interest in youths in pursuing a career in construction related industries.
$1,553 spent2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $71,997.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $251k to $365k (+45%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Victor Nunez
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $15k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 67% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
74% of ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 625 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 625 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc?
- ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $44,158 to it, the largest being MCGUIRE & HESTER FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $44,158 in grants to ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc?
- MCGUIRE & HESTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACE Mentor San Francisco Bay Area Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing