California · Nonprofit
SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY
SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,294,612 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,156,468). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2022
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $746k
What San Francisco Forty-Niners Academy does
Mission
The San Francisco 49ers Academy (49ers Academy) provides students with a community of support that empowers them to be engaged in school, reach their full potential, and achieve academic and personal success in middle school, high school and beyond.
As stated on its FY2022 Form 990.
Programs
The 49ers Academys programming empowers students to succeed in school through a strength-based approach and social-emotional learning opportunities that allow students to increase their academic self-efficacy, positive identity, and social skills. The 49ers Academys programs and needs-based services consist of School-wide Strategies: build awareness and create an inclusive environment where all students have access to enrichment opportunities and resources to succeed in school; Targeted, Needs-based Services: assess students individual and family needs to deploy services accordingly; Intensive Individualized Support: provide one-on-one case management for the most vulnerable students.Middle School Program provides a personalized community of support for students in grades 6-8 to promote academic skill-building and social-emotional learning that builds a foundation for a positive school experience. Activities include: 1. Academic & Enrichment: welcome-back barbeque, thanksgiving/holiday afterschool dinners, field trips, STEM workshops, tutoring in literacy and math2. School-wide events that build positive identity and social skills3. High School Transition: enrollment, course…
$347,433 spent38% of program spendingHigh School Program provides a safe space for East Palo Alto & East Menlo Park students as they navigate high school. Students receive one-on-one case management and guidance, connections to resources, and academic enrichment opportunities aimed to promote success. Our high school program aims to keep students on track to graduate and pursue post-secondary endeavors. Key activities:1. Facilitating campus tours to colleges, connecting students to internships and job shadowing 2. Connecting students to mentors to help prepare for SATs, complete college applications and apply for scholarships; implementing workshops to promote college and career readiness 3. Working with school administrators to build awareness of how to engage with students and families in a culturally responsive way and provide a welcoming, inclusive and equitable school environment 4. Meaningful opportunities to participate and shape the school district's efforts to advance equity
$309,476 spent34% of program spendingFamily and Student Support Program-The 49ers Academy delivers care that reaches beyond academics and focuses on the well-being of the whole child. East Palo Alto students and their families face persistent inequality and have access to significantly fewer economic, educational, and healthcare opportunities than nearby wealthier communities. The pandemic has created further pressure as they face growing rates of displacement, homelessness, unemployment and food insecurity. The Family and Student Support Program aids students holistic well-being through:1. Giving Center - Provides weekly food distribution, hygiene, cleaning supplies, diapers, clothing, blankets, dental essentials and school supplies.2. Case Management - Creating strategic support plans that detail how best to support the most vulnerable students and their families through levels of support3. Advocacy - Promoting an equitable school environment for disenfranchised communities of color by helping students and families advocate their needs and enact meaningful change4. Community Partnerships - Connecting families to community service agencies for mental health support, legal aid, housing assistance, financial coaching,…
$253,400 spent28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2021 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $910,309.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $682k to $926k (+36%).
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: 2022 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Lauri Adach
int. exec. dir.
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $122k → $62k.
8 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 50% of grant income and the top three 68%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
80% 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 SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 82% · 2019 55% · 2020 73% · 2021 41% · 2022 50% · 2023 26% — 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
27% of SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
72% of SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS 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 $648k that is directly attributable, 78% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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.
Organizations like SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY?
- SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,294,612 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,156,468). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $2,294,612 in grants to SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,156,468 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN FRANCISCO FORTY-NINERS ACADEMY 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 FY2022 (financials across 2017–2022), and the filings of 31 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