Technology Access Foundation (TAF) builds collaborative relationships with public education to create access to transformative systems of learning for students and teachers of color to eliminate race-based disparities in an increasingly diverse society.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
70¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$486K 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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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $23K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
70%
of spending
Fine: 70% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$486K
to officers and key staff · 17% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 17% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.9 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
9
named funders · $1.1M
Looks good: 9 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$619K
5% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 5% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
19
of 19 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.7M
Spent
$2.8M
To programs
70%
Net assets
$11.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$2.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.7M
FY2021$3.9M
FY2022$3.5M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$6.3M
FY2025$4.0M
Expenses
$2.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$2.8M
FY2021$3.7M
FY2022$4.2M
FY2023$4.6M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$5.0M
Net assets
$11.4M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$11.4M
FY2021$11.6M
FY2022$10.9M
FY2023$10.6M
FY2024$12.3M
FY2025$11.4M

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Where the money goes

70 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 70% · $2.0M Management & general 13% · $356K Fundraising 17% · $474K

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

23 people listed on the 990; $486K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director
$140,133Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director of Operations and Development
$130,597Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director of Education
$129,692Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Finance
$85,451Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Trish Millines Dziko’s $175K as Executive Director is at the 57th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2832 $1–10M community 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Trish Millines Dziko$174,834$165,445$160,568$151,933$153,168$140,133
Sherry Williams$161,694$155,517$146,110$134,258$134,919$130,597
Heather Lechner—$159,494$148,110$132,949$133,621$129,692
Katherine Figueras$119,683$112,210$104,475———
Adam Tageldin$119,597—$109,696———
Lynn Juniel$115,484—————
Arthur Ross$111,445$107,537————
Malesia Britt$111,082$107,846————

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

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Empowering students and teachers of color with technology to close educational opportunity gaps.

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3 programs · $2.0M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

TAF Academy is a 6th to 12th grade public school with a mission to prepare every student for college and life through a rigorous and relevant Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) focused curriculum.

$1.2Mprogram expense
02

STEMbyTAF School Transformation is a program focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum where TAF supports public schools (Kindergarten through 5th grade) that are interested in transforming their academic environment to model that of our award-winning TAF Academy School.

$414Kprogram expense
03

Network for EdWork is TAF's teacher diversity entity and comprises of the Martinez Fellowship and the Education Leaders of Color Collective program (in it's planning phase in 2019-2020). The Martinez Fellowship is a program established by Edgar and Holli Martinez in 2008, previously known as the Martinez Foundation, with a mission of…

$308Kprogram 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 · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
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Grants paid · 12 grants · $11K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,500
Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,000
Unitemized GrantFY2024$750
Unitemized GrantFY2024$500
Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,100
Unitemized GrantFY2020$650
Unitemized GrantFY2020$350
Unitemized GrantFY2019$1,500
Unitemized GrantFY2019$900
Unitemized GrantFY2019$600
Unitemized GrantFY2019$500

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Money outPt IX
$2.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$2.0M
Managementcol C$356K
Fundraisingcol D$474K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$908K
Total assetsLn 16$12.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$619K
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a19
IndependentVI 1b19
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$0
Noncash giftsLn 1g$516K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$171K
Investment incomeLn 3$15K
Total revenueLn 12$2.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$20K
SavingsLn 2$888K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$908K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.1M
Other assetsLn 15$292K
Total assetsLn 16$12.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$619K
Net assetsLn 32$11.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 548
VolunteersI 6112
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
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$532K$908K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$10.4M$10.1M
Total assetsLn 16$11.7M$12.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$146K$619K
Net assetsLn 32$11.5M$11.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$15K$15K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$566K$224K$226K$116K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.6M$1.3M$59K$272K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$139K$107K$3K$29K
Payroll taxesLn 10$179K$114K$35K$30K
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$360$0$360$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K$13K$5K$4K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$55K$53K$1K$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$3K$0$331$3K
Office expensesLn 13$43K$32K$6K$5K
Information technologyLn 14$32K$21K$7K$4K
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$14K$8K$3K$3K
TravelLn 17$15K$14K$610$522
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$56K$53K$924$1K
InterestLn 20$2K$1K$488$407
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$33K$27K$3K$3K
InsuranceLn 23$4K$2K$786$673
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$27K$21K$4K$1K
All other expensesLn 24e$2K$859$72$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.8M$2.0M$356K$474K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $4.0M$5.0M−$974K$11.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 $6.3M$4.6M$1.7M$12.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $4.3M$4.6M−$253K$10.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.5M$4.2M−$678K$10.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $3.9M$3.7M$175K$11.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $2.7M$2.8M−$112K$11.4M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,687,574 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,601,403$3,055,835
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,840$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $5,475$14,528
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,717,475−$382,789
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $4,329,193$2,687,574
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $10,000$15,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,686,482$2,478,768
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $256,442$306,259
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,952,924$2,800,027
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,376,269−$112,453
Part VI · Governance 19 of 19 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body19
VI-1b Independent voting members19
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 $2,687,574 across 14 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $4,257 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$170,758
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$0
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,885,077
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$516,135
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,055,835
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $14,528$14,528
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$376,121−$376,121
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$12,613−$12,613
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $1,688$1,688
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$368,261$2,687,574
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,800,027 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $15,000$15,000
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $223,800 · Management $226,110 · Fundraising $116,165$566,075
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,263,005 · Management $59,304 · Fundraising $271,696$1,594,005
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $106,653 · Management $3,260 · Fundraising $29,398$139,311
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $114,251 · Management $35,061 · Fundraising $30,065$179,377
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $360 · Fundraising $0$360
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $13,384 · Management $4,608 · Fundraising $3,949$21,941
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $53,358 · Management $1,208 · Fundraising $0$54,566
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $0 · Management $331 · Fundraising $2,767$3,098
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $32,140 · Management $5,604 · Fundraising $4,804$42,548
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $21,142 · Management $6,606 · Fundraising $4,350$32,098
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $7,636 · Management $3,273 · Fundraising $2,727$13,636
IX-17 TravelPrograms $13,915 · Management $610 · Fundraising $522$15,047
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $53,377 · Management $924 · Fundraising $1,219$55,520
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,140 · Management $488 · Fundraising $407$2,035
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $27,023 · Management $3,215 · Fundraising $2,538$32,776
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $2,282 · Management $786 · Fundraising $673$3,741
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $21,450 · Management $3,812 · Fundraising $1,318$26,580
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $859 · Management $72 · Fundraising $1,382$2,313
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,970,415 · Management $355,632 · Fundraising $473,980$2,800,027
Part X · Balance sheet $12,017,228 assets, 23 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $19,293$20,079
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $512,385$887,940
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $409,993$675,174
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,123$15,800
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $919$863
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $19,948$21,594
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,396,140$10,103,385
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $0$0
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $0$0
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $296,976$292,393
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $11,656,777$12,017,228
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $146,467$172,171
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$447,200
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $146,467$619,371
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $10,573,924$9,774,638
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $936,386$1,623,219
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $11,510,310$11,397,857
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $11,656,777$12,017,228
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,397,857 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,687,574
XI-2 Total expenses$2,800,027
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$112,453
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$11,510,310
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$0
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,397,857

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