American Indian Model Schools

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Oakland, CA501(c)(3)Since 1996EducationEIN 94-3309981Revenue $24.5M in FY2025

On file with the IRSaipch.org171 12th Street, 94607-4900 · Oakland, CATax-exempt since Mar 1999School — 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)

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To meet the academic,social,cultural and developmental need of students in an environment that respects the integrity of the individual student and diverse cultures and knowledge which creates educational partnerships among teacher, students, parents and the wider to community consisting of individuals, businesses, institutions, and cultural organizations on grades levels k through 12.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 185 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · 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 $627K a year · 3% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.3M
to officers and key staff · 5% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 73% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 5% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
7 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 6.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $9K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$14.5M
57% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 57% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$24.5M
+10% vs prior year
Spent
$24.2M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$11.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$24.5M
FY2025▲ +10%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$15.4M
FY2021$19.5M
FY2022$20.0M
FY2023$22.6M
FY2024$22.2M
FY2025$24.5M
Expenses
$24.2M
FY2025▲ +12%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$17.8M
FY2021$17.6M
FY2022$19.4M
FY2023$19.7M
FY2024$21.7M
FY2025$24.2M
Net assets
$11.1M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$4.4M
FY2021$6.3M
FY2022$6.9M
FY2023$9.8M
FY2024$10.3M
FY2025$11.1M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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 Mar 1999.

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

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $20.0M Management & general 18% · $4.2M Fundraising 0% · $4K

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

13 people listed on the 990; $1.3M 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
Superintendent
$348,967Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Business Officer
$198,306Pt VII · Sec A
Of Academic & Data Processing
$149,606Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Schools
$147,729Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Health & Student Support
$141,794Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Sped
$141,361Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Compliance
$136,446Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President (from Mar '25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Maya Woods-Cadiz’s $349K as Superintendent is at the 73rd 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Maya Woods-Cadiz$348,967$294,083$315,576$250,933$218,017$204,432
Katema Ballentine$198,306$238,077$201,078$156,090$119,109$100,587
Natalie Glass—$162,511————
Christopher Ahmad Director$149,606—————
Julia Li$147,729—————
Christopher Ahmad—$131,613$141,952$147,445$141,698$118,434
Marisol Magana$141,794$127,488—$111,897——
Deborah Woods$141,361$129,149————

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

Supports K-12 students' academic, social, and developmental needs through community partnerships.

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1 program · $20.0M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Provide education and enrichment youth activities to the students of american indian model schools (the organization). The following authorized charters are operated by the organization: american indian public charter school currently serves 212 students in grades sixth through eightamerican indian public charter school ii currently…

$20.0Mprogram 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 · FY2020
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$9K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$24.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$554K
Other incomeLn 4–11$98K
Money outPt IX
$24.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$20.0M
Managementcol C$4.2M
Fundraisingcol D$4K
Owns and owesPt X
$11.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$13.8M
Total assetsLn 16$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A7
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$23.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$23.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$554K
Investment incomeLn 3$958
Other incomeLn 4–11$98K
Total revenueLn 12$24.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
SavingsLn 2$13.8M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$13.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.1M
Other assetsLn 15$564K
Total assetsLn 16$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$14.5M
Net assetsLn 32$11.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5185
VolunteersI 610
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$15.4M$13.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.3M$7.1M
Total assetsLn 16$27.9M$25.6M
LiabilitiesLn 26$17.5M$14.5M
Net assetsLn 32$10.3M$11.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$773K$773K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$10.2M$8.2M$1.9M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.5M$1.3M$206K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.1M$974K$155K
Payroll taxesLn 10$906K$741K$165K
Legal feesLn 11b$410K$338K$72K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$3.6M$2.9M$623K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$78K$69K$9K
Office expensesLn 13$968K$875K$92K
Information technologyLn 14$346K$331K$15K
OccupancyLn 16$283K$262K$21K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$308K$236K$72K
InterestLn 20$403K$381K$21K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$353K$335K$18K
InsuranceLn 23$186K$178K$8K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$2.5M$2.5M$44K
All other expensesLn 24e$312K$299K$9K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$24.2M$20.0M$4.2M$4K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $24.5M$24.2M$261K$11.1M 990 PDF
FY2024 $22.2M$21.7M$540K$10.3M 990 PDF
FY2023 $22.6M$19.7M$2.9M$9.8M 990 PDF
FY2022 $20.0M$19.4M$567K$6.9M 990 PDF
FY2021 $19.5M$17.6M$1.9M$6.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 $15.4M$17.8M−$2.4M$4.4M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $24,468,639 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $22,144,855$23,815,437
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$553,752
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,883$958
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $53,666$98,492
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,201,404$24,468,639
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 $12,405,211$14,470,529
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $9,256,287$9,737,537
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $21,661,498$24,208,066
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $539,906$260,573
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $24,468,639 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$23,812,231
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$3,206
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$23,815,437
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $553,752$553,752
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $958$958
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $98,492$98,492
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $553,752 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $99,450$24,468,639
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $24,208,066 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $772,533$772,533
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $8,248,786 · Management $1,935,264$10,184,050
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,272,617 · Management $206,453$1,479,070
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $974,118 · Management $155,193$1,129,311
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $741,033 · Management $164,532$905,565
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $338,436 · Management $71,946$410,382
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $2,930,643 · Management $623,005$3,553,648
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $69,196 · Management $8,725$77,921
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $875,306 · Management $92,327$967,633
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $331,047 · Management $15,421$346,468
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $262,133 · Management $20,827$282,960
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $235,898 · Management $71,887$307,785
IX-20 InterestPrograms $381,394 · Management $21,410$402,804
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $335,062 · Management $17,598$352,660
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $178,031 · Management $8,448$186,479
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,492,320 · Management $44,307$2,536,627
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $298,892 · Management $9,274 · Fundraising $4,004$312,170
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $19,964,912 · Management $4,239,150 · Fundraising $4,004$24,208,066
Part X · Balance sheet $25,558,978 assets, 15 lines filed
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $15,394,686$13,768,515
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $4,925,808$4,041,962
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $135,159$49,784
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $7,342,723$7,134,627
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $88,300$564,090
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $27,886,676$25,558,978
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,810,031$2,627,670
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $4,377,692$3,740,233
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $8,307,140$8,062,872
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $51,562$33,160
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $17,546,425$14,463,935
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $9,875,309$10,782,818
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $464,942$312,225
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $10,340,251$11,095,043
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $27,886,676$25,558,978
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $11,095,043 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$24,468,639
XI-2 Total expenses$24,208,066
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$260,573
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$10,340,251
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$494,219
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$11,095,043

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