The Selah Foundation joins with Schools, Universities, and Community Organizations to help produce special events, workshops, and resources for youth and young adults to encourage higher education via the arts and the natural sciences.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
Run by 2 volunteers and 3 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · 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
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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 3
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $69K a year · 17% of revenue · last 3 filings
Fine: a surplus in 2 of the last 3 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 3 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$12K
to officers and key staff · 59% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 59% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
1
named funder · $1K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$18K
45% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 45% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$47K
+91% vs prior year
Spent
$21K
Net assets
$22K
By yearFY2022–FY2025
Revenue
$47K
FY2025▲ +91%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2022$626K
FY2023$536K
FY2024$24K
FY2025$47K
Expenses
$21K
FY2025▼ -97%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2022$314K
FY2023$669K
FY2024Not on file
FY2025$21K
Net assets
$22K
FY2025▲ +54%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2022$312K
FY2023$180K
FY2024$14K
FY2025$22K

From the FY2025 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Mar 2019.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

3 people listed on the 990; $12K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Founder/President
$5,500Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President/Program Manager
$4,630Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$1,870Pt VII · Sec A

Shyan Selah’s $6K as Founder/President is at the 31st percentile of top reported officer pay among 250 <$100K arts & culture 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 · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Candice Richardson$4,630$4,008$63,881$39,167
Asia Selah——$17,684$12,500
Darion Dotson——$4,202$15,833
Shyan Selah$5,500$9,790——
Lorna Pack$1,870$720——

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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Programs and updates

Supports youth and young adults in pursuing higher education through arts and science events and resources.

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2 programs · $658K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

The Connect to Nature program facilitates cultivating mentorship and life skills for young people of color and provide an environment where such programming can take place in a natural or outdoor setting.

$359Kprogram expense
02

The Artist Workshop is presented by The Shyan Selah Foundation, a non-profit organization that advocates for higher education for young people using the arts and entertainment industries as a driving motivation.

$299Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2022
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$1K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$47K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47K
Money outPt IX
$21K
Ln 25
Owns and owesPt X
$22K
net assets · Ln 32
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
PeoplePt VI, VII
3
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$47K
Total revenueLn 12$47K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
Total assetsLn 16$40K
LiabilitiesLn 26$18K
Net assetsLn 32$22K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 53
VolunteersI 62
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $47K$21K$26K$22K 990 PDF
FY2024 $24K$14K 990 PDF
FY2023 $536K$669K−$132K$180K 990 PDF
FY2022 $626K$314K$312K$312K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support O · Explanations

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

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