Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by FRIENDS OF SCHOOL OF THE ART FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $438,471
- Total expenses
- $451,528
- Contributions and grants received
- $411,929
- Grants paid
- $331,592
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $10,755
- Other revenue
- $15,787
- Total assets, end of year
- $402,840
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,050
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $399,790
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $440,895
- Management and general expenses
- $9,858
- Fundraising expenses
- $775
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $440,895
Program services were 97.6% 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.
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$66,525
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$345,404
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3 · Investment income
total $10,755 · excluded $10,755
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10a · Gross sales of inventory
$2,100
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $2,100 · excluded $2,100
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11a · Other revenue: Credit Card Rebates
total $957 · excluded $957
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11b · Other revenue: Fiscal Sponsorship Fee
total $12,730 · excluded $12,730
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11e · Other revenue, total
$13,687
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $331,592 · program services $331,592
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $5,000 · management and general $5,000
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $0
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $0
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $0
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $1,774 · management and general $1,774
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $125 · management and general $125
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $2,692 · program services $2,692
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13 · Office expenses
total $0
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14 · Information technology
total $5,173 · program services $3,586 · management and general $1,101 · fundraising $486
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $23 · management and general $23
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
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20 · Interest
total $0
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $4,620 · program services $4,620
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24a · Other expenses: Farm Program
total $65,769 · program services $65,769
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24b · Other expenses: Capstone Projects
total $23,111 · program services $23,111
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24c · Other expenses: Alumni
total $9,333 · program services $9,333
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24d · Other expenses: Meetings
total $981 · management and general $981
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24e · All other expenses
total $1,335 · program services $192 · management and general $854 · fundraising $289
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $18,071 · end of year $7,503
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $436,031 · end of year $276,605
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
end of year $0
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $28,461 · end of year $118,732
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
end of year $0
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $6,130 · end of year $3,050
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25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $65,986
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $357,896 · end of year $344,540
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $52,551 · end of year $55,250
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Friends of Ruth Asawa School of the Arts FOSOTA is dedicated to championing arts education and arts-based learning at San Franciscos groundbreaking public arts high school and beyond. Our community of donors, volunteers, educators, students, alumni, artists, activists, and allies believe in the transformative power of art in the schools. Together we are mighty.
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DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SUPPORT: FOSOTA offers free or low-fee funds management for mission-aligned projects that need access to nonprofit grants. In FY 24-25, the organization managed $200k+ in grant funds for projects by students from schools throughout the city, including a youth literacy laureate program, art workshops supporting mental health, and a community stem lab striving to provide STEM education, hands-on workshops and a space for robotics teams to work.
Expenses $278,963 · Grants $271,947
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MCATEER CAMPUS COMMUNITY FARM: Grants from the USDA, SF Parks Alliance, Youth Empowerment Fund, and SHARP are helping FOSOTA expand multidisciplinary farm-to-school programming and support the McAteer Campus Community Farms mission to become San Franciscos first schoolyard farm providing produce for public school meals. Improvements included raised garden beds, a shade house, fruit trees, a bee mural, lending library, monthly community volunteer days, and the seasons first crops.
Expenses $67,466
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CAPSTONE PROJECT AWARDS: Our application-based grants provide funds for student, teacher, department, and community projects. Among them are grants to seniors to help them realize their capstone projects-- in-depth explorations with real-world applications that integrate the academic, artistic, cultural, and personal experiences of an arts-based education. In FY 24-25, the organization provided $16k in student funding, in addition to providing $18k in funding for the capstone class advisor.
Expenses $40,364 · Grants $16,238
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ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY: FOSOTA partnered with mural artist Nico Berry to create and install a new mural along Woodside Ave in San Francisco. Made possible with a grant from the SF Arts Commission, the mural features large-scale portraits of six arts educators and the names of many others who teach and work in a variety of disciplines, from music, to visual arts, to dance. The murals title, Dreamers of Dreams, comes from a 1873 poem championing the role of the artist in society.
Expenses $36,834 · Grants $35,907
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ALUMNI: FOSOTA supported our Alumni Association by partnering with the school and PTSA on graduation celebrations, administering scholastic awards, providing alumni grants, supporting reunions, and sharing alumni stories. In FY 2025-2026, FOSOTA awarded over $7,000 to students and contributed more than $10,000 to graduation and alumni programs that strengthen our school community.
Expenses $17,268 · Grants $7,500
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
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Suzanne Dehne
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $5,000
- From this org
- $5,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Anne Yanow
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 10
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Adam Maggio
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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Don Fontowitz
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Leslie Lum term 122024
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Cheryl Kapchan term 102024
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jen Burke term 062025
Vice President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Sergey Kahlikulov
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5
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
- 2024
- Filed
- 30 October 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202533039349302813
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