The Social Engineering Project FY2021 filing

Tax-deductible

Oakland, CA501(c)(3)Since 2018EducationEIN 83-4147990

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The Social Engineering Project, Inc. TSEP is an Oakland based, 501c3 tax exempt social impact venture with Stanford University designed to address the lack of diversity in the tech industry through culturally relevant STEM pipeline programs for underrepresented students of color that lead to technical career pathways.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
$50K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990-EZIndependent: 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-EZ
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 4
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $4K a year · 1% of revenue · last 4 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 4 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 4 filings
Pay to officers and key staff
$50K
to officers and key staff
No data yet: the filing does not give pay as a share of spending.
Pt VII · Sec A
Named funders
2
named funders · $109K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15K
total owed
No data yet: the filing does not give total assets.
Pt X · Ln 26
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$166K
Net assets
$14K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$166K
FY2021
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$166K
FY2022$287K
FY2023$365K
FY2024$405K
FY2025$267K
Expenses
—
FY2021
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021Not on file
FY2022$211K
FY2023$413K
FY2024$325K
FY2025$357K
Net assets
$14K
FY2021
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$14K
FY2022$89K
FY2023$41K
FY2024$121K
FY2025$31K

From the FY2021 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 Nov 2020.

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

Who runs it and what they're paid

1 person listed on the 990-EZ; $50K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$49,539Pt VII · Sec A

Kevin Nichols’s $77K as Director is at the 69th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1613 $100K–1M 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 · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
Kevin Nichols$76,923$92,308$94,231$75,000$49,539

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.

  • Loans to or from officersSch L · Pt II1 listed

Programs and updates

Builds tech careers for underrepresented students of color through STEM programs.

Provided by the organization

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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 · FY2024
Tides FoundationFY2024$100K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$109K

By the numbers

The FY2021 990-EZ, line by line.

1The main four
Money in
$166K
Other income$166K
Owns and owes
$14K
net assets
Liabilities$15K
People
1
listed
Paid1
2In more detail
Revenue in detail
Other income$166K
Total revenue$166K
Assets in detailEnd of year
Liabilities$15K
Net assets$14K
Operations
Employees10
Fiscal year endsDecember

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $267K$357K−$90K$31K 990 PDF
FY2024 $405K$325K$80K$121K 990 PDF
FY2023 $365K$413K−$48K$41K 990 PDF
FY2022 $287K$211K$75K$89K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $166K$14K 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

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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