Oregon · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY
FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY (Oregon) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,426,709 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($284,056). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $741k
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What Friends of Saturday Academy does
Mission
Saturday academy develops creative, confident, and curious critical thinkers by engaging students in socially conscious and equitable science, technology, engineering, arts, and math experiences. We spark curiosity, connect with our community, and empower students to become the innovative thinkers and problem solvers of the next generation.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Youth programs - summer camp and days off workshops; full-day, full-week summer camp program offered. 24 camps ran serving k-8 grade students with 201 students served. Saturday academy provided 14k in scholarship support and tuition assistance.
$258,215 spentof which $19,421 as grants$126,610 earned by the program43% of program spendingAse: the apprenticeships in science and engineering (ase) program places high school students in eight-week, part to full time summer internships with a mentor in business, government agency, or university laboratory whose work is in the areas of science, technology, engineering, or math. Applicants (over 400 students annually) have workshop opportunities to learn college and job-finding skills such as crafting an essay, cover letter, or being interviewed during the internships, students are exposed to professional stem careers, enabling them to make choices about high school classes, college, and career trajectories. This program executed 28 apprencieships and 37 internships in fy25. Career pathway exploration: full-day program designed to connect students to diverse steam careers when school is off. Five days off experiences served 85 students; 4k provided in scholarships.
$225,544 spentof which $45,250 as grants$132,828 earned by the program38% of program spendingSchool residency programs provided after school programming designed to introduce and deepen students' understanding and confidence in a wide range of steam subjects. Programming was provided across 9 unique schools. Saturday academy served 192 students and provided 32k in cost assistance. 100% of school residencies were held at title 1 schools.
$114,742 spent19% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $598,501.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2022 to 2023, from $1.8M to $1.5M (−19%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 6% · 2022 8% · 2024 29%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 6 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
Dylan Mcnamee
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $74k → $210k.
11 of 37 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 51% 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 FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
69% 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 FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 51% · 2019 26% · 2020 26% · 2021 38% · 2022 20% · 2023 20% — 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
40% of FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
51% of FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $696k that is directly attributable, 55% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $731k arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY's revenue fell 22% between 2020 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.
- Department of the Interior$11k
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 FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
89%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: 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 FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY?
- FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY (Oregon) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,426,709 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($284,056). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 51% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $1,426,709 in grants to FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $284,056 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 37 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing