Totals
- Total revenue
- $10,068,999
- Total expenses
- $6,915,776
- Contributions and grants received
- $8,911,210
- Grants paid
- $170,002
- Program service revenue
- $170,740
- Investment income
- $457,527
- Other revenue
- $529,522
- Total assets, end of year
- $19,395,442
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $2,374,178
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $17,021,264
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $5,342,345
- Management and general expenses
- $624,062
- Fundraising expenses
- $949,369
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $5,342,345
Program services were 77.2% 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)
$723,115
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$8,188,095
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$9,360
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2a · Program service revenue: Program Fees
total $170,740 · related or exempt $170,740
-
3 · Investment income
total $457,527 · excluded $457,527
-
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
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$616,690
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$152,891
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $463,799
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10a · Gross sales of inventory
$88,771
-
10b · Cost of goods sold
$42,595
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $46,176 · related or exempt $46,176
-
11a · Other revenue: Other Income
total $19,547 · related or exempt $19,547
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$19,547
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $170,002 · program services $170,002
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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 $390,567 · program services $299,784 · management and general $32,424 · fundraising $58,359
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $3,550,566 · program services $2,725,277 · management and general $294,760 · fundraising $530,529
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $547,717 · program services $424,737 · management and general $40,297 · fundraising $82,683
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $298,713 · program services $238,928 · management and general $13,532 · fundraising $46,253
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $0
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $716,724 · program services $639,180 · management and general $72,320 · fundraising $5,224
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $201,283 · program services $151,850 · management and general $28,180 · fundraising $21,253
-
14 · Information technology
total $79,504 · program services $41,724 · management and general $2,122 · fundraising $35,658
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $350,799 · program services $275,767 · management and general $23,765 · fundraising $51,267
-
17 · Travel
total $48,140 · program services $37,493 · management and general $3,311 · fundraising $7,336
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $12,772 · program services $7,861 · management and general $2,586 · fundraising $2,325
-
20 · Interest
total $0
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $212,026 · program services $163,386 · management and general $16,834 · fundraising $31,806
-
23 · Insurance
total $55,074 · program services $11,457 · management and general $41,387 · fundraising $2,230
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24a · Other expenses: Dues, licenses, and service fe
total $90,249 · program services $58,252 · management and general $5,807 · fundraising $26,190
-
24b · Other expenses: Printing and Publications
total $72,787 · program services $55,534 · management and general $596 · fundraising $16,657
-
24c · Other expenses: Staff development
total $52,707 · program services $17,000 · management and general $30,922 · fundraising $4,785
-
24d · Other expenses: Fees for services
total $35,346 · program services $9,734 · management and general $14,988 · fundraising $10,624
-
24e · All other expenses
total $30,800 · program services $14,379 · management and general $231 · fundraising $16,190
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,992,535 · end of year $3,966,524
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $830,958 · end of year $2,717,847
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
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
beginning of year $40,986 · end of year $45,319
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $21,107 · end of year $22,417
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$2,917,786
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,755,380
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $1,350,509 · end of year $1,162,406
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $8,996,417 · end of year $9,546,101
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $5,833
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $2,171,500 · end of year $1,928,995
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $212,449 · end of year $257,552
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $2,323,522 · end of year $2,116,626
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,268,041 · end of year $14,401,264
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $600,000 · end of year $2,620,000
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
826 Valencia is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supportingstudents ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills and helping teachers get theirstudents excited about writing. Our work is based on the understanding that strongwriting skills are fundamental to future success and that great leaps in learningcan be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills & helping teachers get students excited about writing. We advocate that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success & that great leaps in learning can be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students.
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Workshops:In our Workshops program, we served 438 students during the 2024-2025 school year. This year, we adapted to our students needs and energy, and decided to do more writing projects that incorporated illustrations and creativity. A highlight was the October haunted house project, where students developed a sales pitch for their haunted house and then built a diorama. At the end of the project, students presented their sales pitch, showcasing all their haunted amenities.
Expenses $1,157,152
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In-School Programs: 826 Valencia partners with public schools throughout San Francisco to collaboratively develop writing curricula and bring 826 staff and volunteer tutors into partner schools, where we provide individualized writing lessons and tutoring. In FY25, we supported 48 teachers and 1,650 students at 13 schools. Our Black Student Cohort, an auxiliary program to our In-Schools programming, served 21 elementary school students as well.
Expenses $1,102,660 · Grants $170,002 · Revenue $170,740
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Field Trip Programs: 826 Valencia hosts Storytelling & Bookmaking and Choose Your Own Adventure writing field trips for elementary students at its Mission Center and podcasting field trips for middle and high schools at its Tenderloin Center. In FY25, we served 4,172 students with 195 field trips. Our podcasting field trips yielded 1,947 student podcasts that reached 29,147 listeners through our SoundCloud page.
Expenses $1,011,840
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Expenses $721,751
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Leadership and Future Pathways:826 provides middle and high schoolers with opportunities to build skills, knowledge, and resources that strengthen the high school-to-college-to-career pathway. In FY25, we awarded five $20,000 college scholarships to graduating seniors who will also receive ongoing college persistence and completion support from our partner ScholarMatch. We provided another 204 twelfth-graders with college application and essay support through in-person workshops, both at our writing centers and with partner schools. Our Youth Leadership Advisory Board, Black Literary Achievement Club, and Middle School Leadership Program offered paid internships, leadership development, and career readiness support to 94 teens. We also provided hands-on workforce development experience and stipends to 62 high school and college students and transitional-aged youth who interned with our education, volunteer, design, and store teams.
Expenses $603,151
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Summer Workshops and Camps:We served 792 students in summer 2025 through project-based writing camps and workshops. Programs included: A) Exploring Words Summer Camp, where students in grades 3-5 work on writing projects that included persuasive writing, screenwriting, field journals, identity/Narrative writing, community mural poetry, and creating fantasy worlds; B) Exploring Leadership Summer Camp, where students in grades 6-8 develop leadership and communication skills by exploring issues that face their communities; C) Young Author's Workshop (YAW), an creative writing camp where high schoolers explore a range of literary genres and compose literary works; and D) writing workshops for students in grades 3-8 through our community partners in the Tenderloin.
Expenses $442,880
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Other Program Accomplishments include the operation of two retail stores (Mission District, Mission Bay). The stores sell educational materials, books for children, and other whimsical childrens toys, and serve as a community touchpoint in the neighborhoods where we operate. Other Programs also include the design and publishing infrastructure for our various publishing programs, our workforce development program for AmeriCorps associates and paid interns, and our volunteer program.
Expenses $302,911
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.
Listed in Part VII
-
Bita Nazarian
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $243,358
- From this org
- $222,627
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $20,731
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $222,627
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $5,666
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,065
- Filer's total
- $243,358
-
Christina Perry
Assoc. Director
- Total calculated
- $150,305
- From this org
- $139,516
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,789
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $139,516
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- $3,117
- Nontaxable benefits
- $7,672
- Filer's total
- $150,305
-
Nicholas Parker
Finance Dir.
- Total calculated
- $147,209
- From this org
- $136,319
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $10,890
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Kathleen Peltier
Giving Dir.
- Total calculated
- $130,984
- From this org
- $114,187
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,797
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Miranda Ling
Dir. Advancement
- Total calculated
- $119,964
- From this org
- $108,277
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $11,687
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Ryan Young
Programs Dir.
- Total calculated
- $109,936
- From this org
- $100,086
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $9,850
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Lisa Brown
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Liza Ramrayka
Board Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ambar Bhattacharyya
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Eric Abrams
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Carolyn Feinstein Edwards
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Enikia Ford Morthel
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Shikha Donde
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Scott Rubin
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Keith Hunter
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Rachel Yeaman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Osvaldo Mrquez-Gmez
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Lindsy Sanders
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Monica Varman
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bianca Catalan
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Josh McHugh
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Melissa Bender
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Bill Bourdon
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
Ipek Burnett
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 25 March 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202640849349301614
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