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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- Registered
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$28Mrevenue
FY2024 · +9% in 3 yrs150staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin20.4%
Months of reserve8.2mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+19.2%
Middle half of peersMedianCivic Nation
Where the money goes FY2024 · $23M spent
Programs$20M87%Management and general$1.7M8%Fundraising$1.3M6%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking1
A funder worth 15% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Foundation gave $4.0M in FY2021, 15% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsIn its favor2
Strong governance
7 of 7 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 19% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort197funders
$15Ma year, last 3 years
13%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationStopped after FY2022$5.0M$800k–Chan Zuckerberg Initiative FoundationOn and off$4.0MFoundation to Promote Open SocietyOn and off$60k$1.5M$2.0MThe Ford FoundationOn and off$700k$500k$500k$250k$251kThe Anne Wojcicki FoundationSince FY2021$500k$1.0M$500kCatena FoundationSince FY2021$600k$500k$800kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$31k$1.2M$1.6M$404k$4.1M$4.1M$4.2M115 other fundersUp to $1.4M a year each$4.0M$1.8M$1.3M$2.1M$5.9M$4.0M$4.3M
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped