California · Nonprofit
DEV MISSION
DEV MISSION (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,338,260 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($1,030,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 26
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What Dev Mission does
Mission
Train untapped young adults ages 16-24 for careers in the Tech industry so we can build wealth and prosperity in local diverse communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pre-Apprenticeship Program: Our goal is to provide untapped young adults ages 18-24 with the support they need to pursue tech opportunities. We equip participants with the necessary hardware, coding skills, and critical tools to help them prepare for careers in tech, especially for those from underserved communities. We connect participants to valuable experiences such as apprenticeships, internships, job shadowing opportunities, mentors, and scholarships to further their careers in the tech industry. The program spans 12 weeks, and upon completion, each participant receives a $1,100 educational stipend, a MacBook computer, and a Certificate of Completion from Dev/Mission and the DAS. Each participant is paired with a tech mentor for six months, meeting once per month to discuss career advancement opportunities and provide personalized advice on pursuing a career in tech. Participants are also eligible to join our employment pathways, where they can earn up to $20.00 per hour as interns. The program runs three sessions per year: Summer, Fall, and Spring.
$614,928 spentof which $25,800 as grants59% of program spendingCommunity Technology Ambassador (CTA) Program: The CTA Program offers affordable housing communities in San Francisco direct tech support, basic digital literacy workshops and computer distribution. Residents of neighborhoods partnered with the CTA program will receive a CTA intern at their location to assist with technical support, troubleshooting, and digital literacy training all completely free of charge. The program operates year-round.
$321,571 spent31% of program spendingSTEAM Hub: The STEAM Hub is an open lab space designed to engage K-12 from low-income families in both formal and informal activities focused on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics). The program offers designated open hours for the exploration of STEAM activities, as well as formal workshops and training facilitated by industry partners and recent Dev/Mission boot camp program graduates. The program runs during the summer session.
$58,487 spent6% of program spendingDigital Music Lab Program: The Digital Music Lab Program engages at-risk youth ages 14 to 21 in hands-on, experiential learning while fostering critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving skills, and real-world applications. Participants receive a stipend for their involvement in the program, and upon graduation, they are awarded a laptop, microphone, and software to continue exploring what they have learned. The program runs during the summer session.
$50,925 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,045,911.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $1.5M to $2.3M (+60%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2022 18% · 2023 20% · 2024 35% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
101% of DEV MISSION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Abraham Velazquez
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $110k → $565k.
10 of 26 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 DEV MISSION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 26 funders by total. 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
DEV MISSION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 31% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund DEV MISSION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 91% · 2019 48% · 2020 40% · 2021 62% · 2022 28% · 2023 44% — 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.
How long its funders stay
75% of DEV MISSION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
73% of DEV MISSION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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
DEV MISSION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,064 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,064 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding DEV MISSION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $717k on record.
- Department of Labor$717k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like DEV MISSION
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.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DEV MISSION: 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 DEV MISSION?
- DEV MISSION (California) receives grants from 26 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,338,260 to it, the largest being STUPSKI FOUNDATION ($1,030,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DEV MISSION have?
- IRS filings report 26 organizations giving $3,338,260 in grants to DEV MISSION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DEV MISSION?
- STUPSKI FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,030,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DEV MISSION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 26 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