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← UPWARD SCHOLARS

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UPWARD SCHOLARS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,688,819
Total expenses
$1,321,450
Contributions and grants received
$1,663,749
Grants paid
$322,322
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$25,070
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,439,965
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,057
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,393,908
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$786,951
Management and general expenses
$259,339
Fundraising expenses
$275,160
Program service expenses (Part III)
$786,951

Program services were 59.6% 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)

    $15,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,648,749

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $9,561

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $25,070 · excluded $25,070

  • 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 $4,500 · program services $4,500

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $317,822 · program services $317,822

  • 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 $187,237 · program services $65,533 · management and general $56,171 · fundraising $65,533

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $508,226 · program services $311,670 · management and general $52,874 · fundraising $143,682

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,838 · program services $5,411 · management and general $1,306 · fundraising $4,121

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,636 · program services $25,117 · management and general $9,752 · fundraising $13,767

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $63,474 · program services $28,288 · management and general $19,394 · fundraising $15,792

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,773 · management and general $1,773

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,571 · management and general $24,571

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $24,180 · fundraising $24,180

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $33,682 · program services $21,987 · management and general $11,045 · fundraising $650

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $1,343 · management and general $1,303 · fundraising $40

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $27,604 · program services $5,658 · management and general $15,336 · fundraising $6,610

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,776 · management and general $12,034 · fundraising $742

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $13,831 · program services $965 · management and general $12,866

  • 17 · Travel

    total $1,300 · management and general $1,257 · fundraising $43

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $29,792 · management and general $29,792

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,880 · management and general $1,880

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $7,985 · management and general $7,985

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $361,577 · end of year $328,944

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $289,500

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,654 · end of year $11,291

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

    $5,641

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

    $1,880

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $5,641 · end of year $3,761

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $662,122 · end of year $806,469

  • 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

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $17,674 · end of year $46,057

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,008,320 · end of year $746,340

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $8,000 · end of year $647,568

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Upward Scholars provides adult immigrants the boost they need to move up the economic ladder through education and career development support.

  • Upward Scholars fulfills its purpose by offering academic, financial, holistic, and career development programs to adult immigrant community college students throughout San Mateo County and Alameda Countys Peralta Community College District. Our four pillars of support are: Financial Support to lessen the burden of attending college, including free textbooks, course materials, and laptops, transportation assistance, grocery gift cards, and support for other college costs, as well as a Safety Net Fund that assists students with basic living expenses. Academic Support, including community and peer tutors, opportunities to improve English skills, peer learning facilitators, assistance with scholarship applications and applications for transfer to four-year universities, and an annual Graduation Celebration. Career Development, including vocational and entrepreneurship programs to foster students careers as interpreters, nannies, business owners, and teachers, and mentoring. Holistic Support to foster students physical, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being, including counseling, resource navigation, and written references. In 2023, our goal was to serve 400 students; however, we served 477 students.

    Expenses $786,951 · Grants $322,322

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Linda Prieto

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $186,228
    From this org
    $171,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,395
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $171,833
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $5,212
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,183
    Filer's total
    $186,228
  • Erika Pretell

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Marilyn Ezrin

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Eric Takaha

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Gabriel Swank

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Harrison

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Amado Flores Rentera

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anglica Elizondo Bryant

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anuj Gaggar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Moore

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jeannie Karl

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oliver Araque

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rodrigo Espinosa

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stefani Jacobson Willis

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sangita Jayaraman

    Director

    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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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
2023
Filed
25 April 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202421169349301782

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