Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Feb 2016.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
79 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
18 people listed on the 990; $1.6M paid to officers and key staff.
Ana F Ponce’s $320K as Executive Director is at the 96th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3395 $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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ana F Ponce | $319,819 | $322,159 | $335,237 | $306,377 | $315,000 | $312,500 |
| Ana Teresa Dahan | $243,574 | $234,961 | $215,868 | $205,105 | $180,000 | $143,708 |
| Monica Garcia | $197,194 | $201,280 | $200,146 | — | — | — |
| Marshall Tuck | — | — | — | $120,251 | $196,991 | — |
| Isabel O Acosta | — | — | — | — | — | $177,145 |
| Adrian Sandoval | $170,075 | $163,671 | $155,463 | — | — | — |
| Vereaux Reynolds | $132,503 | $163,766 | $157,318 | — | — | — |
| Tommy Chang | — | — | — | — | — | $161,000 |
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.
See Great Public Schools Now executive salaries →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 15aNo
Programs and updates
Invests in public education initiatives, convenes leaders, and drives civic engagement to advocate for high-quality public schools and increase nonpartisan voter turnout.
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Collective Action Initiative
Our collective action initiative invests in strengthening the organizations engaged in advocacy to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for los angeles public school students. In addition, we provide capacity building support to amplify their advocacy through earned and social media.
Student Impact
Our student impact initiative, formerly education recovery, expands access to high-quality academic, enrichment, and career-connected opportunities for students across los angeles. This includes partnerships that deliver free summer programming for students in low-income communities, increase access to meaningful high school internships…
Catalytic Initiatives
Our catalytic initiatives fund supports our research and poll publications as well as our innovation pilots. This includes our annual polling of los angeles families on their perspectives of los angeles public education and research on the state of los angeles public schools.
Funders
Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $9.9M | $6.6M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $145K | $100K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $10.6M | $7.0M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.3M | $538K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $9.2M | $6.5M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $2.2M | $2.2M | ||
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $2.0M | $1.5M | $328K | $206K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $131K | $56K | $69K | $6K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $239K | $185K | $32K | $21K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $188K | $103K | $67K | $18K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $7K | $7K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $63K | $63K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $610K | $522K | $44K | $44K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $451K | $420K | $31K | |
| Office expensesLn 13 | $252K | $75K | $171K | $6K |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $146K | $237 | $146K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $31K | $11K | $20K | |
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $72K | $72K | ||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $49K | $49K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $14K | $14K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $6.4M | $5.1M | $1.0M | $302K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Jun 10, 2026 | $3.7M | $6.4M | −$2.7M | $6.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Jun 30, 2025 | $5.7M | $9.9M | −$4.2M | $9.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2024 | $8.0M | $8.5M | −$536K | $13.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Sep 20, 2023 | $8.1M | $13.2M | −$5.0M | $13.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2022 | $15.1M | $16.5M | −$1.4M | $18.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 12, 2021 | $10.6M | $12.6M | −$2.0M | $20.4M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $3,716,921 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, 2 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,716,921 across 4 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $6,437,514 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $7,046,818 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,508,430 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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