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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by STUDENTS FOR FAIR ADMISSIONS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,962,419
Total expenses
$4,412,679
Contributions and grants received
$1,882,903
Grants paid
$2,575,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$79,516
Other revenue
$3,000,000
Total assets, end of year
$2,544,685
Total liabilities, end of year
$100,000
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,444,685
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,184,193
Management and general expenses
$169,906
Fundraising expenses
$58,580
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,184,193

Program services were 94.8% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $210

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,882,693

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $79,516 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscell award

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $3,000,000 · related or exempt $3,000,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,000,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,575,000 · program services $2,575,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $117,160 · program services $0 · management and general $58,580 · fundraising $58,580

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,600,769 · program services $1,600,769 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,190 · program services $0 · management and general $14,190 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,446 · program services $0 · management and general $4,446 · fundraising $0

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,097 · program services $0 · management and general $18,097 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $18,540 · program services $0 · management and general $18,540 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,452 · program services $0 · management and general $1,452 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: Contract Labor

    total $38,957 · program services $0 · management and general $38,957 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Website Management

    total $4,660 · program services $0 · management and general $4,660 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Other Filings

    total $10,984 · program services $0 · management and general $10,984 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: News & Press Releases

    total $8,424 · program services $8,424 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,149,315 · end of year $1,066,558

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $1,478,127

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $257,497 · end of year $100,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,891,818 · end of year $2,444,685

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The purposes of the organization are to defend human and civil rights secured by law,including the right of individuals to equal protection under the law,through litigation and any other lawful means.

  • The organization challenged in 3 lawsuits the admissions policy against the Air Force Academy, the US Naval Academy and West Point.

    Expenses $1,550,000 · Revenue $1,550,000

  • The organization donated funds to American Alliance for Equal Rights to aid in its corporate mission.

    Expenses $2,525,000

  • The organization gave talks/speeches around the country concerning discriminatory college admissions policies. The organization continued litigation against the University of Texas Austin claiming racial discrimination in its admissions process. The organization sent letters to various colleges questioning the colleges admissions policies.

    Expenses $109,193 · Revenue $50,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Edward J Blum

    President

    Total calculated
    $112,160
    From this org
    $112,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    15
  • Richard Fisher

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abigail Fisher

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Kenny Xu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0
  • Joe Zhou

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Eva Guo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

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. 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

None.

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
18 August 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202502309349300445

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