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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
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$1.3Mrevenue
FY2024 · +215% in 3 yrs13staff
5 of 5years filed
’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−4.4%
Months of reserve8.7mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+32.9%
Middle half of peersMedianFrom Prison Cells to Phd
Where the money goes FY2024 · $1.3M spent
Programs$947k73%Management and general$218k17%Fundraising$141k11%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking3
A funder worth 13% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Wm Keck Foundation gave about $55k a year for two years, 13% of revenue in FY2021.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 93% in FY2024
$152k in FY2023, $10k in FY2024.
990 Part VIIIDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$34k in FY2022 and −$55k in FY2024. Cash covers 8.7 months, above the peer median of 4.1.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 33% a year since FY2020, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortFunders stay
3 of the 5 funders that gave before FY2021 are still giving.
Funders’ 990-PF grant lists15funders
$256ka year, last 3 years
61%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23Education Development Center IncSince FY2020$155k$161k$151k$157kWm Keck FoundationStopped after FY2021$60k$50k–The Abell Foundation IncSince FY2020$20k$10k$33k$23kAnnie E Casey Foundation IncOn and off$25k$15k$10kThe Amgen Foundation IncNew in FY2023$15kAmerican Documentary IncOn and off$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$17$36k4 other fundersUp to $60k a year each$2k$25k$11k$60k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped