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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by OAKLAND KIDS FIRST.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,774,329
Total expenses
$1,954,813
Contributions and grants received
$1,721,645
Grants paid
$13,739
Program service revenue
$41,451
Investment income
$11,233
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,895,547
Total liabilities, end of year
$378,339
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,517,208
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,439,105
Management and general expenses
$370,221
Fundraising expenses
$145,487
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,439,105

Program services were 73.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $924,552

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $797,093

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Honoraria & Earned Income

    total $41,451 · related or exempt $41,451

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,233 · excluded $11,233

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $13,739 · program services $13,739

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $140,417 · program services $28,083 · management and general $84,251 · fundraising $28,083

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $829,383 · program services $649,597 · management and general $113,120 · fundraising $66,666

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,377 · program services $5,344 · management and general $7,281 · fundraising $752

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,556 · program services $45,098 · management and general $3,014 · fundraising $5,444

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $77,403 · program services $54,182 · management and general $15,481 · fundraising $7,740

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $877 · management and general $877

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,781 · management and general $43,781

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $104,245 · program services $72,921 · management and general $18,268 · fundraising $13,056

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,610 · fundraising $4,610

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $156,583 · program services $117,690 · management and general $28,136 · fundraising $10,757

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $26,925 · program services $88 · management and general $26,249 · fundraising $588

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $54,975 · program services $40,610 · management and general $9,249 · fundraising $5,116

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,445 · program services $8,445

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $20,020 · program services $14,014 · management and general $4,004 · fundraising $2,002

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $15,166 · management and general $15,166

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,722 · program services $4,705 · management and general $1,344 · fundraising $673

  • 24a · Other expenses: Youth stipends

    total $341,906 · program services $341,906

  • 24b · Other expenses: Youth retreats

    total $42,683 · program services $42,683

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $504,921 · end of year $239,863

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,057,185 · end of year $767,871

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $161,440

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $187,829 · end of year $430,049

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $5,874 · end of year $17,314

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $75,341

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $18,358

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $27,905 · end of year $56,983

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $7,568 · end of year $222,027

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $93,590 · end of year $117,319

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $38,993

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $222,027

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $463,682 · end of year $533,644

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,234,010 · end of year $983,564

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Oakland Kids First is a community-based nonprofit in Oakland, CA that empowers young people to reimagine broken systems and organize for equitable public schools by providing youth leadership development, youth organizing, and community school services.

  • OKF served as lead agency at Castlemont High School to provide community school services that engaged 577 total students in grades 9-12 through extended day program activities and college, career and community readiness initiatives. 293 students participated in stipend CastleWorks linked learning pathway career readiness opportunities, and OKF offered academic support, one on one care management and intervention for 404 students including tutoring, dual enrollment and credit recovery.

    Expenses $756,347 · Grants $7,000

  • OKF provided the foundational REAL HARD youth leadership development and organizing program after school for 152 high school students after school at five Oakland public high schools including Castlemont, Fremont, Oakland High, Oakland Tech and Skyline high schools. Youth leaders conducted research into school equity issues and developed then led campaigns to improve the conditions at their schools.

    Expenses $398,954 · Grants $6,739

  • Thecross-site Youth Organizing Council engaged 23 students from across five high schools during a summer institute and an additional 17 youth participated in weekly sessions throughout the school year. YOC members developed campaigns to improve public education based on research they conducted with their peers rooted in a Student Justice Platform and supported Oakland Youth Vote implementation.

    Expenses $214,787 · Revenue $11,451

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lukas Brekke-Miesner

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $147,182
    From this org
    $138,704
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,478
    Hours/week
    40
  • Sabaa Shoraka

    Associate Director

    Total calculated
    $122,021
    From this org
    $107,631
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,390
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bill Heiser

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Dr Phoumy Sayavong

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Niema Jordan

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Ijeoma Arum

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202431369349311578

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