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Kipp Bay Area Schools FY2020 filing

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Oakland, CA501(c)(3)Since 2006Education EIN 20-5010766Revenue $100.5M in FY2020

On file with the IRSkippnorcal.org1 Kaiser Plz Ste 550, 94612-3611 · Oakland, CATax-exempt since Dec 2006School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent Schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose college, career, and beyond so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. We are building a growing tk-12 network of inclusive, community-focused, college-preparatory Schools that empower students and parents; supporting students through college and to career; and developing highly effective teachers and leaders -- Kipp Bay Area Schools will disrupt racial and socio-economic inequities in educational access and outcomes, and achieve a catalytic impact on the broader public education system.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
84¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $10.7M a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
84%
of spending
Looks good: 84% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.6M
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
10 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 9.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$12.0M
8% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 8% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
Looks good: 19 of 19 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$100.5M
Spent
$89.3M
To programs
84%
Net assets
$143.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$100.5M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$100.5M
FY2021$112.3M
FY2022$135.6M
FY2023$132.1M
FY2024$156.9M
FY2025$168.8M
Expenses
$89.3M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$89.3M
FY2021$97.4M
FY2022$110.6M
FY2023$134.8M
FY2024$148.1M
FY2025$162.0M
Net assets
$143.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$143.6M
FY2021$158.5M
FY2022$177.9M
FY2023$175.0M
FY2024$186.5M
FY2025$195.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Dec 2006.

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Where the money goes

84 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 84% · $74.9M Management & general 15% · $13.4M Fundraising 1% · $998K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

27 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$314,957Pt VII · Sec A
Lisa Daggs
Chief External Affairs Officer
$240,849Pt VII · Sec A
Marie Huxley
Chief of Schools
$207,354Pt VII · Sec A
Cherese Brauer
Chief Equity & Inclusion Officer
$184,269Pt VII · Sec A
Judy Li
Chief Growth and Operating Officer
$179,242Pt VII · Sec A
David Ling
Chief People Officer
$179,141Pt VII · Sec A
Cory Harris
Managing Dir of Finance
$169,848Pt VII · Sec A
Philonda Jonhson
Managing Dir of Schools
$156,992Pt VII · Sec A

Elizabeth Thompson’s $332K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 16th percentile of top reported officer pay among 674 $100M+ education nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Elizabeth Thompson$331,929—————
Beth Sutkus-Thompson————$326,088$314,957
Cherese Brauer—$127,785$317,873$251,861$187,075$184,269
Elizabeth Sutkus-Thompson—$180,993—$310,408——
Jenny Tan$247,692$262,939$223,193———
Hilary Harmssen$220,527$251,664————
Cory Vastola$232,608$248,765$244,521$208,355——
David Ling—$245,545$214,264$212,893$185,454$179,141

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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1 program · $74.9M · in their own filed words · FY2019
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Kipp bay area schools supports the growth, quality, and sustainability of kipp schools in the san francisco bay area. Part of this effort involves fundraising to support the educational activities at each of our schools.

$74.9Mprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Urbieta Family FoundationFY2025$2K
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $159K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$12,974
Unitemized GrantFY2023$9,982
Unitemized GrantFY2022$17,233
Unitemized GrantFY2021$16,398
Unitemized GrantFY2020$32,174
Unitemized GrantFY2019$70,276

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$100.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$575K
Money outPt IX
$89.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$74.9M
Managementcol C$13.4M
Fundraisingcol D$998K
Owns and owesPt X
$143.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$70.3M
Total assetsLn 16$155.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.0M
PeoplePt VI, VII
27
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$97.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$77.0M
Investment incomeLn 3$2.0M
Other incomeLn 4–11$575K
Gains on assetsLn 7−$83K
Total revenueLn 12$100.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$642K
SavingsLn 2$69.7M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$70.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$42.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14.1M
Total assetsLn 16$155.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.0M
Net assetsLn 32$143.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 51,310
VolunteersI 6121
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$104.5M$70.3M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$42.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11.5M$14.1M
Total assetsLn 16$143.2M$155.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$12.3M$12.0M
Net assetsLn 32$130.9M$143.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$70K$70K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$763K$657K$98K$8K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$51.8M$44.6M$6.7M$590K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$2.2M$1.9M$265K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$5.9M$5.2M$739K
Payroll taxesLn 10$4.0M$3.5M$519K
Legal feesLn 11b$319K$319K
Accounting feesLn 11c$88K$42K$46K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.3M$1.8M$1.4M$186K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$904K$746K$154K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$1.5M$1.4M$62K
Information technologyLn 14$2.4M$1.9M$471K$3K
OccupancyLn 16$6.5M$5.9M$611K
TravelLn 17$909K$486K$423K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.2M$939K$181K$36K
InterestLn 20$34K$34K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$1.1M$1.1M$13K
InsuranceLn 23$351K$338K$13K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$3.5M$3.3M$184K
All other expensesLn 24e$2.3M$909K$1.2M$171K
Total functional expensesLn 25$89.3M$74.9M$13.4M$998K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $168.8M$162.0M$6.8M$195.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $156.9M$148.1M$8.8M$186.5M 990 PDF
FY2023 $132.1M$134.8M−$2.7M$175.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $135.6M$110.6M$25.0M$177.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $112.3M$97.4M$14.9M$158.5M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $100.5M$89.3M$11.2M$143.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $100,462,974 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $88,651,020$97,937,342
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,851,657$1,951,056
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $409,163$574,576
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $92,911,840$100,462,974
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $17,312$70,276
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $57,176,051$64,712,475
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $24,080,073$24,467,977
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $81,273,436$89,250,728
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $11,638,404$11,212,246
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $100,462,974 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $24,217 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$77,023,657
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$20,913,685
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$97,937,342
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,034,067$2,034,067
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax −$83,011−$83,011
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $222,092 · Excluded from tax $328,267$550,359
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $246,309 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $2,279,323$100,462,974
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $89,250,728 across 20 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $70,276$70,276
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $656,908 · Management $97,935 · Fundraising $7,871$762,714
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $44,572,843 · Management $6,686,211 · Fundraising $589,619$51,848,673
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,905,126 · Management $264,623$2,169,749
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $5,192,601 · Management $739,198$5,931,799
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $3,480,535 · Management $519,005$3,999,540
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $318,969$318,969
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $41,547 · Management $46,347$87,894
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,802,243 · Management $1,361,037 · Fundraising $186,442$3,349,722
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $746,369 · Management $154,163 · Fundraising $3,931$904,463
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $1,448,068 · Management $62,291$1,510,359
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $1,923,199 · Management $470,530 · Fundraising $2,764$2,396,493
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $5,922,752 · Management $610,536$6,533,288
IX-17 TravelPrograms $485,827 · Management $422,991$908,818
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $938,924 · Management $181,410 · Fundraising $36,122$1,156,456
IX-20 InterestPrograms $34,492$34,492
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $1,062,540 · Management $12,621$1,075,161
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $337,938 · Management $13,498$351,436
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $3,347,931 · Management $184,224$3,532,155
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $909,326 · Management $1,228,011 · Fundraising $170,934$2,308,271
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $74,879,445 · Management $13,373,600 · Fundraising $997,683$89,250,728
Part X · Balance sheet $155,644,498 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,649,180$642,000
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $102,836,658$69,699,456
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,595,506$10,166,403
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,609,768$16,977,109
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,027,427$1,330,690
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $11,508,668$14,094,101
X-11 Publicly traded securities$42,734,739
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $143,227,207$155,644,498
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $7,361,283$8,116,536
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $49,420$8,200
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $3,723,946$3,776,887
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $1,204,550$109,936
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,339,199$12,011,559
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $120,292,502$133,466,536
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,595,506$10,166,403
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $130,888,008$143,632,939
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $143,227,207$155,644,498
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $143,632,939 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$100,462,974
XI-2 Total expenses$89,250,728
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$11,212,246
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$130,888,008
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$1,532,685
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$143,632,939

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