Opportunity scholar's mission is to support education and training pathways for students from low income and ethnically underrepresented communities. Opportunity Scholars serves as the connection between students and their families, k-12 schools, higher education providers and local businesses. Through culturally appropriate coaching, academic support and risk-free financing, Opportunity Scholars helps students achieve the academic and technical qualifications for great jobs in the priority workforce shortage areas within the communities we serve. By helping students get high paying jobs while targeting priority workforce development needs, both the students and their communities achieve transformational improvement in their economic status and a reduction in income inequality.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$37K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $166K a year · 29% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$37K
to officers and key staff · 6% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 6% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
15 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 15.0 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
15
named funders · $402K
Looks good: 15 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$313K
33% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 33% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
13
of 13 voting members
Looks good: 13 of 13 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$481K
+17% vs prior year
Spent
$670K
To programs
91%
Net assets
$626K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$481K
FY2023▲ +17%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$308K
FY2021$657K
FY2022$412K
FY2023$481K
FY2024$679K
FY2025$854K
Expenses
$670K
FY2023▲ +143%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$88K
FY2021$169K
FY2022$276K
FY2023$670K
FY2024$519K
FY2025$671K
Net assets
$626K
FY2023▼ -26%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$224K
FY2021$711K
FY2022$847K
FY2023$626K
FY2024$1.0M
FY2025$1.2M

From the FY2023 Form 990 · 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 May 2020.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $610K Management & general 8% · $52K Fundraising 1% · $8K

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

14 people listed on the 990; $37K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
$37,477Pt VII · Sec A
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Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Rachel Schaefer’s $54K as Former Director is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1992 $100K–1M youth development 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Rachel Schaefer$53,636$132,290——
Julie Overbaugh——$37,477$19,962
Lorna Martinez Magill———$19,872

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 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

Programs and updates

Connects underserved students with education, training, and jobs.

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2 programs · $610K · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Isa program expenses

$402Kprogram expense
02

Isa Programs

Tuition assistance provided

$208Kprogram expense

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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
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By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$481K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$461K
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$690
Money outPt IX
$670K
Ln 25
Programscol B$610K
Managementcol C$52K
Fundraisingcol D$8K
Owns and owesPt X
$626K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$836K
Total assetsLn 16$939K
LiabilitiesLn 26$313K
PeoplePt VI, VII
14
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a13
IndependentVI 1b13
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$461K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$690
Investment incomeLn 3$19K
Total revenueLn 12$481K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$143K
SavingsLn 2$693K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$836K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$506
Other assetsLn 15$0
Total assetsLn 16$939K
LiabilitiesLn 26$313K
Net assetsLn 32$626K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 517
VolunteersI 60
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$873K$836K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$674$506
Total assetsLn 16$923K$939K
LiabilitiesLn 26$76K$313K
Net assetsLn 32$847K$626K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$314K$299K$8K$8K
Management feesLn 11a$71K$51K$21K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$12K$11K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$11K$9K$1K
OccupancyLn 16$18K$18K
InterestLn 20$1K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$168$168
InsuranceLn 23$5K$4K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$236K$219K$18K
All other expensesLn 24e$664$664
Total functional expensesLn 25$670K$610K$52K$8K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $854K$671K$183K$1.2M 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 21, 2025 $679K$519K$159K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 ViewingFiled with the IRS Jul 31, 2024 $481K$670K−$189K$626K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Oct 16, 2023 $412K$276K$136K$847K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $657K$169K$488K$711K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 21, 2021 $308K$88K$220K$224K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $480,827 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $412,077$461,213
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$690
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $0$18,924
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $412,077$480,827
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 $161,983$314,367
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $114,015$355,492
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $275,998$669,859
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $136,079−$189,032
Part VI · Governance 13 of 13 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body13
VI-1b Independent voting members13
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $480,827 across 4 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $690 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$461,213
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$461,213
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $18,924$18,924
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $19,614 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$480,827
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $669,859 across 10 lines filed
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $298,649 · Management $7,859 · Fundraising $7,859$314,367
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $50,550 · Management $20,587$71,137
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $11,159 · Management $1,240$12,399
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $9,132 · Management $1,424$10,556
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $17,897$17,897
IX-20 InterestManagement $1,000$1,000
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $168$168
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $3,968 · Management $1,323$5,291
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $218,753 · Management $17,627$236,380
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $664$664
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $610,276 · Management $51,724 · Fundraising $7,859$669,859
Part X · Balance sheet $938,612 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $872,753$142,683
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investments$693,286
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $30,230$100,737
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,881$1,400
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $674$506
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $16,757$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $923,295$938,612
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,267$235,934
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $50,500$51,500
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $23,100$25,675
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $75,867$313,109
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $847,428$511,406
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictions$114,097
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $847,428$625,503
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $923,295$938,612
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $625,503 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$480,827
XI-2 Total expenses$669,859
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$189,032
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$847,428
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$32,893
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$625,503

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