Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2009.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
74 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
20 people listed on the 990; $259K paid to officers and key staff.
John Hiester’s $168K as Executive Director is at the 73rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3394 $1–10M 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Hiester | $168,128 | $166,723 | $161,512 | $147,353 | $138,716 |
| Tamaya Garcia | $155,547 | $145,564 | $126,960 | — | — |
| Kit Yip Fong | $120,489 | $133,054 | $119,160 | $111,299 | $106,861 |
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
Prepares motivated students for college and careers in education.
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High School Program
In spring 2022, 72 BTSV students graduated high school. 93% enrolled into four-year universities, and the remainder enrolled in community colleges or trade school. In the 2021-2022 academic year, BTSV'S college pathways initiative, a seventh year of programming for BTSV graduates in their first year of college, was launched.
Middle School Year-Round Program
BTSV adapted to meet a surge in demand for tutoring (provided in-person and virtually in FY2022), and BTSV grew tutoring by over 20% over the prior year. BTSV has also adapted the content of tutoring to include not just academic subjects, but skills like organization, prioritization, and study SKILLS.WHICH are needed even more in…
Middle School Summer Program
In summer 2021, BTSV delivered a four-week program for BTSV'S rising 7TH, 8TH, and 9TH graders. Some 7TH and 8TH grade families opted into a fully in-person program, while our other middle schoolers and 9TH graders attended classes virtually, with optional in-person community-building days taking place once per week.
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Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2022 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY22 | End FY22 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $2.1M | $2.3M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $2.5M | $2.5M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $336K | $146K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $2.2M | $2.4M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $21K | $21K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $160K | $88K | $32K | $40K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $1.0M | $795K | $48K | $161K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $17K | $15K | $1K | $382 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $86K | $66K | $7K | $14K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $91K | $69K | $6K | $15K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $35K | $503 | $35K | |
| Professional fundraising feesLn 11e | $63K | $63K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $85K | $58K | $27K | |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $5K | $344 | $102 | $4K |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $41K | $33K | $3K | $5K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $27K | $20K | $4K | $4K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $233K | $230K | $110 | $4K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $35K | $15K | $20K | $210 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.9M | $1.4M | $183K | $311K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $2.8M | $3.2M | −$396K | $2.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $2.2M | $2.9M | −$678K | $2.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $3.2M | $2.5M | $609K | $3.0M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 Viewing | $2.1M | $1.9M | $222K | $2.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $1.5M | $1.6M | −$121K | $2.2M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2022 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,125,399 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,903,275 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $2,523,941 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,378,154 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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