Irvine Public Schools Foundation

Tax-deductible

Irvine, CA501(c)(3)Since 1996Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 33-0733191Revenue $7.8M in FY2025

On file with the IRSipsf.net1 Venture Ste 230, 92618-7413 · Irvine, CATax-exempt since Nov 1997Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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Irvine Public Schools foundation's mission is to enrich the educational experience of each child in every school. We achieve this by providing programs, raising funds, and uniting the community in support of educational excellence.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 200 volunteers and 253 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $68K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$983K
to officers and key staff · 13% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 93% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 13% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
3 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $5K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$3.3M
31% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 31% 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
$7.8M
+8% vs prior year
Spent
$7.8M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$7.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.8M
FY2025▲ +8%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.6M
FY2021$4.2M
FY2022$6.3M
FY2023$7.0M
FY2024$7.2M
FY2025$7.8M
Expenses
$7.8M
FY2025▲ +4%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$6.5M
FY2021$5.3M
FY2022$6.1M
FY2023$7.3M
FY2024$7.5M
FY2025$7.8M
Net assets
$7.4M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$7.0M
FY2021$7.2M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$6.8M
FY2024$6.9M
FY2025$7.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Nov 1997.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $6.3M Management & general 9% · $672K Fundraising 10% · $788K

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

25 people listed on the 990; $983K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President & Chief Executiv
$281,050Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Vice President
$183,601Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$182,170Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Marketing & Co
$131,580Pt VII · Sec A
Senior Human Resources Man
$104,374Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Programs
$100,042Pt VII · Sec A
Beyond Education Manager
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Neda Eaton’s $281K as President & Chief Executiv is at the 93rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1690 $1–10M philanthropy & grantmaking 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 · 7 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Neda Eaton$281,050$286,174$252,573$220,823$209,484$229,023
Keegan Bell$183,601$175,314$167,662$152,935$116,844—
Sherry Slunka$182,170$173,950$164,030$153,122$155,904$146,786
Kellie Pendergest$131,580$125,373$124,385$115,264$105,506$105,506
Cheryl Braun———$111,612$102,945—
Patricia Kasey$104,374$101,300————
Michelle Luna$100,042$100,617————

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

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

Programs and updates

Provides afterschool academic and enrichment classes to students in Irvine public schools.

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3 programs · $5.2M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Summer enrichment academy (sea)enrichment and academic classes offered to k-12 students during the summer, serving over 7,300 students.

$2.4Mprogram expense
02

Classroom and health support for the irvine unified school district (iusd). Funds were granted to iusd to provide extra teachers and instructional assistants to mitigate the effects of larger class sizes, to provide and support music and science instruction, to provide mental health resources, and to provide athletic trainers and nurses…

$1.4Mprogram expense
03

Afterschool classroom enrichment (ace)enrichment and academic classes offered before and after school at 30 schools in the district serving 7,200 students.

$1.4Mprogram expense

Funders

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
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$5K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $10.3M · 2019–2024
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2024$1,666,009
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2023$1,714,563
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2022$1,721,671
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2021$1,697,858
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2020$1,641,138
Irvine Unified School DistrictCA · FY2019$1,826,885

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.8M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$173K
Money outPt IX
$7.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$6.3M
Managementcol C$672K
Fundraisingcol D$788K
Owns and owesPt X
$7.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.2M
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.4M
Government grantsLn 1e$2.0M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$188K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$554K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$173K
Gains on assetsLn 7$25K
Total revenueLn 12$7.8M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$2.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$7.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$26K
Other assetsLn 15$870K
Total assetsLn 16$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$7.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5253
VolunteersI 6200
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M$2.2M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$6.7M$7.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$12K$26K
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M$10.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M$3.3M
Net assetsLn 32$6.9M$7.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1.7M$1.7M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.0M$432K$288K$305K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.8M$1.4M$87K$289K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$147K$84K$22K$41K
Payroll taxesLn 10$225K$161K$28K$37K
Accounting feesLn 11c$110K$51K$59K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$34K$31K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$379K$350K$19K$10K
Information technologyLn 14$177K$97K$28K$52K
OccupancyLn 16$142K$85K$57K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$38K$20K$11K$6K
InsuranceLn 23$93K$53K$36K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.9M$1.8M$22K$44K
All other expensesLn 24e$56K$43K$11K$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.8M$6.3M$672K$788K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $7.8M$7.8M−$9K$7.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $7.2M$7.5M−$324K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $7.0M$7.3M−$273K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $6.3M$6.1M$173K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $4.2M$5.3M−$1.2M$7.2M 990 PDF
FY2020 $7.6M$6.5M$1.2M$7.0M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $7,784,652 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,442,253$3,401,844
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,624,517$4,575,184
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $168,276$173,447
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$31,663−$365,823
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $7,203,383$7,784,652
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $1,714,563$1,666,009
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $3,290,559$3,200,899
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,522,227$2,926,371
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $7,527,349$7,793,279
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$323,966−$8,627
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 $7,784,652 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$554,368
VIII-1e Government grants$1,987,053
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$860,423
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$187,610
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,401,844
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,575,184$4,575,184
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $148,405$148,405
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $25,042$25,042
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$365,823−$365,823
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,575,184 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$192,376$7,784,652
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,793,279 across 14 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,666,009$1,666,009
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $431,914 · Management $287,933 · Fundraising $305,168$1,025,015
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,426,911 · Management $87,413 · Fundraising $289,454$1,803,778
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $84,094 · Management $22,068 · Fundraising $40,506$146,668
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $160,590 · Management $28,190 · Fundraising $36,658$225,438
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $51,425 · Management $58,780$110,205
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $30,634 · Management $3,401$34,035
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $350,442 · Management $19,330 · Fundraising $9,665$379,437
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $97,230 · Management $27,882 · Fundraising $51,634$176,746
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $85,279 · Management $56,853$142,132
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $20,044 · Management $11,419 · Fundraising $6,086$37,549
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $53,304 · Management $35,932 · Fundraising $3,296$92,532
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,831,865 · Management $21,651 · Fundraising $44,000$1,897,516
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $43,214 · Management $11,005 · Fundraising $2,000$56,219
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $6,332,955 · Management $671,857 · Fundraising $788,467$7,793,279
Part X · Balance sheet $10,634,577 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,427,609$2,239,877
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $156,245$4,819
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $120,081$131,225
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,083$26,241
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $6,716,888$7,362,581
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $9,485$869,834
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,442,391$10,634,577
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $632,453$671,160
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $1,914,902$1,670,372
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $42,976$939,221
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,590,331$3,280,753
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,490,311$6,899,866
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $361,749$453,958
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,852,060$7,353,824
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,442,391$10,634,577
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $7,353,824 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$7,784,652
XI-2 Total expenses$7,793,279
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$8,627
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,852,060
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$406,246
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$104,145
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$7,353,824

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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