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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)
$1.6Mrevenue
FY2025 · +295% in 3 yrs67staff
6 of 6years filed
’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin51.9%
Months of reserve25.6mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+44.7%
Middle half of peersMedianHeadwaters Science Institute
Where the money goes FY2025 · $760k spent
Programs$704k93%Management and general$24k3%Fundraising$33k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 45% 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 lists23funders
$83ka year, last 3 years
25%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Mightycause Charitable FoundationStopped after FY2022$9k$17k$15k$17k–Dean and Margaret Lesher FoundationSince FY2022$15k$15kThe Joseph & Mercedes McMicking FoundationSince FY2022$10k$10kTeichert FoundationOn and off$4k$4k$3kThe Lipman Family Foundation IncSince FY2020$500$1k$2k$2kBessie Minor Swift FoundationStopped after FY2022$3k$3k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$17k$21k$22k$29k$37k$56k$57k3 other fundersUp to $2k a year each$250$500$100$350$2k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped