Saga Innovations: Nonprofit Profile, Financials & Form 990 (EIN 47-2168942)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$10.8M
FY2021	$21.7M
FY2022	$39.2M
FY2023	$28.8M
FY2024	$17.9M
FY2025	$18.7M

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$8.8M
FY2021	$15.0M
FY2022	$21.4M
FY2023	$27.2M
FY2024	$29.4M
FY2025	$25.4M

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$4.6M
FY2021	$11.6M
FY2022	$29.5M
FY2023	$31.1M
FY2024	$19.3M
FY2025	$12.6M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2015.

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

Where the money goes

85 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

85%

13%

Program services 85% · $21.6M Management & general 13% · $3.4M Fundraising 2% · $433K

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

22 people listed on the 990; $2.1M 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

Alan Safran

Chief Executive Officer

$338,196Pt VII · Sec A

Yessica Cancel

President

$298,520Pt VII · Sec A

Sean Kelly

VP Engineering

$214,098Pt VII · Sec A

Antonio Gutierrez

Cppao (until 4/15/25)

$212,196Pt VII · Sec A

Thomas Fischaber

Chief Technology Officer

$193,002Pt VII · Sec A

Monivett Acevedo

Chief Financial Officer

$186,955Pt VII · Sec A

Christopher Dupuis

Chief Direct Programs Officer

$186,227Pt VII · Sec A

R Brent Milne

VP Product R&d

$176,103Pt VII · Sec A

Alan Safran’s $338K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 71st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3683 $10–100M 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Alan Safran	$338,196	$238,259	$238,260	$175,089	$175,089	$178,469
Yessica Cancel	$298,520	—	—	—	—	—
Sean Kelly	$214,098	$198,744	$198,744	$132,600	$153,870	—
Antonio Gutierrez	$212,196	$204,220	$204,220	$130,030	$130,030	$131,127
Thomas Fischaber	$193,002	$177,734	$177,734	$132,600	$146,893	—
Monivett Acevedo	$186,955	$177,946	$177,946	$103,764	$119,925	$73,845
Christopher Dupuis	$186,227	$180,566	$180,567	$146,596	$146,596	$138,798
R Brent Milne	$176,103	$172,492	$172,492	$132,600	$145,243	—

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

Provides intensive, small-group tutoring integrated into the school day to improve public education.

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1 program · $21.6M · in their own filed words · FY2024

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In FY25, saga had a presence with programs in new york, chicaco, and maryland while expanding its service scope.

$21.6Mprogram 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 · FY2025

Community Foundation for Metrowest INCFY2025$50K

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$50K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$18.7M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$660K

Money outPt IX

$25.4M

Ln 25

Programscol B$21.6M

Managementcol C$3.4M

Fundraisingcol D$433K

Owns and owesPt X

$12.6M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$8.6M

Total assetsLn 16$13.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M

PeoplePt VI, VII

22

listed · VII A

PaidVII A10

Voting boardVI 1a12

IndependentVI 1b11

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$13.0M

Government grantsLn 1e$7.1M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$5.1M

Investment incomeLn 3$660K

Total revenueLn 12$18.7M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$1.5M

SavingsLn 2$7.2M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$8.6M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$242K

Total assetsLn 16$13.9M

LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M

Net assetsLn 32$12.6M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 5314

VolunteersI 64

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

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$8.2M	$8.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$126K	$242K
Total assetsLn 16	$21.0M	$13.9M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$1.7M	$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32	$19.3M	$12.6M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$1.2M	$218K	$855K	$115K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$16.5M	$14.8M	$1.6M	$187K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$182K	$158K	$22K	$3K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$1.6M	$1.5M	$121K	$19K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$1.4M	$1.2M	$189K	$24K
Legal feesLn 11b	$61K		$61K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$43K		$43K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$1.4M	$1.2M	$157K	$33K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$353K	$284K	$61K	$8K
Office expensesLn 13	$85K	$68K	$15K	$2K
OccupancyLn 16	$164K	$132K	$29K	$4K
TravelLn 17	$467K	$376K	$81K	$10K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$69K	$56K	$12K	$2K
InsuranceLn 23	$121K	$97K	$21K	$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$1.7M	$1.5M	$207K	$26K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$25.4M	$21.6M	$3.4M	$433K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest Viewing	$18.7M	$25.4M	−$6.7M	$12.6M	990 PDF
FY2024	$17.9M	$29.4M	−$11.5M	$19.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$28.8M	$27.2M	$1.6M	$31.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$39.2M	$21.4M	$17.8M	$29.5M	990 PDF
FY2021	$21.7M	$15.0M	$6.7M	$11.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$10.8M	$8.8M	$2.0M	$4.6M	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

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Part I · Summary $18,740,783 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $8,361,519$12,956,394

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,759,378$5,124,504

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $801,042$659,885

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $17,921,939$18,740,783

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $23,805,055$20,925,712

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $5,634,545$4,500,536

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $29,439,600$25,426,248

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$11,517,661−$6,685,465

Part VI · Governance 11 of 12 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body12

VI-1b Independent voting members11

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 $18,740,783 across 6 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$7,122,293

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$5,834,101

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$12,956,394

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $5,124,504$5,124,504

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $659,885$659,885

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $5,124,504 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $659,885$18,740,783

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $25,426,248 across 15 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $217,980 · Management $854,979 · Fundraising $114,526$1,187,485

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $14,808,365 · Management $1,553,127 · Fundraising $186,660$16,548,152

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $157,836 · Management $21,646 · Fundraising $2,709$182,191

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,468,347 · Management $121,184 · Fundraising $18,637$1,608,168

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $1,186,592 · Management $189,202 · Fundraising $23,922$1,399,716

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $60,839$60,839

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $42,900$42,900

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,206,930 · Management $157,462 · Fundraising $33,025$1,397,417

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $283,856 · Management $61,432 · Fundraising $7,767$353,055

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $68,017 · Management $14,720 · Fundraising $1,861$84,598

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $132,162 · Management $28,603 · Fundraising $3,616$164,381

IX-17 TravelPrograms $375,655 · Management $81,299 · Fundraising $10,279$467,233

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $55,863 · Management $12,089 · Fundraising $1,529$69,481

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $97,370 · Management $21,073 · Fundraising $2,664$121,107

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,505,842 · Management $207,454 · Fundraising $26,229$1,739,525

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $21,564,815 · Management $3,428,009 · Fundraising $433,424$25,426,248

Part X · Balance sheet $13,941,671 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,083,712$1,472,559

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $7,089,137$7,152,823

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $3,146,791$3,179,731

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,497,648$1,701,385

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $294,772$193,654

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $125,995$241,519

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $20,968,981$13,941,671

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,662,088$1,323,886

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $3,643$0

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,665,731$1,323,886

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $16,613,250$9,284,399

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $2,690,000$3,333,386

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $19,303,250$12,617,785

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $20,968,981$13,941,671

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $12,617,785 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$18,740,783

XI-2 Total expenses$25,426,248

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$6,685,465

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$19,303,250

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$12,617,785

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

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