- Revenue 2024
- $2,285,941
- Expenses 2024
- $2,087,056
Program services were 67.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- O30
- Classification
- 1200
- Street
- 594 HOWARD ST STE 301
These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
FIRST GRADUATE'S MISSION IS TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE READY TO PURSUE A CAREER THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO THEM. WE ARE A 12-YEAR+ FREE PROGRAM-RECRUITING STUDENTS IN 6TH GRADE. OFFERINGS INCLUDE HOMEWORK AND STUDY SUPPORT, TEST PREP, SCHOOL EVALUATION, FIELD TRIPS AND SCHOOL/UNIVERSITY VISITS, SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP ACCESS, COMMUNITY BUILDING, CAREER PRESENTATIONS FROM INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS, AND MORE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
OUR MISSION IS TO HELP STUDENTS BECOME THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE READY TO PURSUE MEANINGFUL CAREERS. FIRST GRADUATE IS A SAN FRANCISCO NONPROFIT DEDICATED TO SUPPORTING, EMPOWERING, AND ENABLING FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FROM COLLEGE.
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COLLEGE AND CAREER - WE ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ENROLL IN COLLEGE, COMPLETE ALL FINANCIAL FORMS, HELP THEM FIND SCHOLARSHIPS, COACH AND GUIDE THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE YEARS, CONNECT THEM WITH PAID INTERNSHIPS, AND GRADUATE WITHIN SIX YEARS OF ENROLLING IN COLLEGE. WE ALSO HELP THEM TRANSITION FROM COLLEGE INTO CAREERS AND THE WORKFORCE.
Expenses $516,354 · Grants $247,371
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HIGH SCHOOL - WE CONTINUE HELPING FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS BECOME COMPETITIVE COLLEGE CANDIDATES WITH TUTORING, SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, CAREER EXPOSURE, NETWORKING, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS, APPLYING TO HIGH SCHOOL, SAT AND ACT TEST PREPARATION, COLLEGE VISITS, COLLEGE APPLICATIONS, SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION, PARENT SUPPORT DURING THE PROCESS, FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS, FILING FAFSA, SELECTING COLLEGE, ETC.
Expenses $399,046 · Grants $45,021
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MIDDLE SCHOOL - WE RECRUIT STUDENTS IN 6TH GRADE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH ACADEMIC TUTORING, CAREER EXPOSURE, AND OTHER SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENABLE THEM TO TRANSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGIN THEIR PATH TOWARD BECOMING FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE GRADUATES.
Expenses $388,923 · Grants $12,702
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GENERAL PROGRAM
Expenses $105,102 · Grants $2,716
As filed on the 2024 return.
Officers and directors · 2024
As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.
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Terri FormanTERRI FORMAN
SECRETARY AND CEO
- Total calculated
- $164,700
- From this org
- $164,700
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $164,700
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $0
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0
- Filer's total
- $164,700
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Gopa DasariGOPA DASARI
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ryan BaumRYAN BAUM
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Hanish RathodHANISH RATHOD
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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John A SpensieriJOHN A SPENSIERI
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Rosemary Arriada KeiperROSEMARY ARRIADA KEIPER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Marvell C AllenMARVELL C ALLEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Mark HamiltonMARK HAMILTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan E KnowlesSUSAN E KNOWLES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Tucker SerenbetzTUCKER SERENBETZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ana CazeneuveANA CAZENEUVE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alex LazoALEX LAZO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jenina S SotoJENINA S SOTO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Dionne TeasleyDIONNE TEASLEY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Shelly VernickSHELLY VERNICK
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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.
Filings
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,285,941
- Expenses
- $2,087,056
- Contributions
- $2,316,727
- Grants paid
- $307,810
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2023
- Revenue
- $1,910,932
- Expenses
- $2,032,987
- Contributions
- $1,915,863
- Grants paid
- $254,527
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,748,727
- Expenses
- $1,918,527
- Contributions
- $1,769,383
- Grants paid
- $156,700
The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.
Other returns filed
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,044,310
- Expenses
- $1,640,076
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,974,240
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,827,168
- Expenses
- $1,340,775
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,743,010
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,626,293
- Expenses
- $1,344,969
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,252,664
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,476,162
- Expenses
- $1,801,684
- Assets (EOY)
- $821,373
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,939,658
- Expenses
- $2,167,199
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,140,926
Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.
Grants made
No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.
Grants received
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$214,200
2023 PROVIDE GAP FUNDING SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT STUDENTS
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GOLDEN STATE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$160,250
2023 GENERAL PROGRAMMING
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$134,700
2024 PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT
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$100,000
2023 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
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$100,000
2022 ADVISED - FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
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$96,809
2024 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
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$89,900
2024 GENERAL SUPPORT
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WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION
$70,000
2022 SEE PART IV
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$61,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION
$60,000
2023 SEE PART IV
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.