Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1972.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
17 people listed on the 990; $468K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Kaufman | $213,254 | $191,399 | $179,208 | $171,428 | $158,328 | $145,000 |
| Natalie Guandique | $186,613 | $174,567 | $158,553 | $151,458 | $132,500 | $104,167 |
| Anson Louie | $178,323 | $136,202 | $135,116 | $117,042 | — | — |
| Robert Benavidez | — | — | — | — | $160,200 | $138,672 |
| Trina Ramsey | — | $156,462 | $150,204 | $141,690 | $17,400 | — |
| Adam Michael Royston | — | — | — | — | — | $131,932 |
| Eli Moreno | $130,998 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Suzanne Sheedy | $129,366 | — | — | — | — | — |
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
Programs and updates
Helps San Francisco K-12 students prepare for and complete college.
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Mission Community Beacon (mcb)
Almost 30 years ago, the organization partnered with the san francisco beacon initiative and city and county funders to develop an innovative model for programming that meets more than just the academic or social needs of youth at everett middle school, it also creates a space for youth to develop into leaders in their community.
Extended Day Program (edp)
The edp provides afterschool and summer education to alvarado, cleveland, and marshall elementary schools and the thomas edison charter academy, and helps almost 1,375 students develop their english language skills and increase literacy levels, as well as shore up academic skills for students who are below grade in certain academic…
College Access
College connect (CC):CC is a family-based college access and success program that launched in spring 2008. CC annually recruits 25 four-year college bound high school juniors living, or attending school, in the mission and excelsior districts of san francisco who are the first generation to attend college.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2021 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY21 | End FY21 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $209K | $2.3M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $16K | $96K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $1.8M | $4.6M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.2M | $2.6M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $627K | $1.9M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $315K | $315K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $692K | $279K | $247K | $166K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $4.7M | $4.0M | $480K | $186K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $173K | $155K | $14K | $4K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $407K | $338K | $52K | $17K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $439K | $357K | $63K | $19K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $9K | $9K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $33K | $30K | $578 | $2K |
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $724K | $667K | $13K | $44K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $13K | $5K | $647 | $8K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $181K | $83K | $79K | $19K |
| Information technologyLn 14 | $128K | $105K | $14K | $10K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $173K | $141K | $19K | $13K |
| TravelLn 17 | $9K | $5K | $436 | $4K |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $52K | $29K | $2K | $21K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $12K | $10K | $1K | $884 |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $32K | $26K | $4K | $2K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $160K | $157K | $2K | $2K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $8.2M | $6.7M | $992K | $516K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $13.0M | $13.0M | $30K | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $12.5M | $12.9M | −$404K | $3.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $11.4M | $10.8M | $560K | $4.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $11.3M | $9.9M | $1.5M | $3.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 Viewing | $8.5M | $8.2M | $329K | $1.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $6.9M | $7.0M | −$130K | $627K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $8,535,671 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,535,671 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,206,509 across 18 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $4,589,325 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,943,701 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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