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SILICON SCHOOLS FUND INC

EIN 45-4860788 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$8,239,053
Expenses 2024
$8,614,408

Program services were 95.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B12
Classification
1000
Street
827 BROADWAY STE 300

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

THE MISSION OF THE SILICON SCHOOLS FUND IS TO IMPROVE EDUCATION THROUGH SUPPORTING THE LAUNCH OF EXCELLENT NEW SCHOOLS, IMPROVING ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION IN EXISTING SCHOOLS, AND BY FUNDING SOME OF THE BOLDEST INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION HAPPENING IN THE COUNTRY. OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS SERVE AS LABS OF INNOVATION AND PROOF POINTS FOR THE SECTOR.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SUPPORT THE LAUNCH OF EXCELLENT NEW SCHOOLS AND INNOVATIVE PRACTICES THAT IMPROVE EDUCATION.

  • SILICON SCHOOLS FUND (SSF) CONDUCTED A DUE DILIGENCE AND GRANT-MAKING PROGRAM FOCUSED ON PROVIDING SEED FUNDING TO EXCELLENT SCHOOLS IMPLEMENTING NEXT GENERATION LEARNING MODELS, INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS, AND INNOVATION IN EDUCATION. IN 2024, SILICON SCHOOLS FUND MADE GRANTS TO 56 ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL USE THE FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE CREATION OF NEW SCHOOLS, IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING SCHOOLS AND RELATED INNOVATION EFFORTS.

    Expenses $8,217,765 · Grants $6,036,344

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

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.

  • Caitrin Wright

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $392,990
    From this org
    $353,627
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,363
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $343,627
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,563
    Filer's total
    $392,990

  • John Fisher

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Grace Voorhis

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Lisa Sobrato Sonsini

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Shauntel Garvey

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tommy Chang

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Brian Greenberg

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $5,000
    From this org
    $5,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Felix Ruano

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kathleen Donohue

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kelly Garcia

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $298,746
    From this org
    $256,517
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,229
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $251,517
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $42,229
    Filer's total
    $298,746

  • Amy Ng

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $198,628
    From this org
    $188,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,128
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,500
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,800
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,328
    Filer's total
    $198,628

  • Elena Sanin

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $193,278
    From this org
    $169,833
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,445
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,833
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,867
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,578
    Filer's total
    $193,278

  • Robert Schwartz

    PARTNER

    Total calculated
    $161,214
    From this org
    $132,586
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $28,628
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,586
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,491
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,137
    Filer's total
    $161,214

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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,239,053
    Expenses
    $8,614,408
    Contributions
    $7,754,453
    Grants paid
    $6,036,344
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,600,788
    Expenses
    $7,946,477
    Contributions
    $7,304,844
    Grants paid
    $5,016,898
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,685,576
    Expenses
    $8,764,964
    Contributions
    $6,509,525
    Grants paid
    $6,260,333

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

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,890,035
    Expenses
    $6,983,032
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,590,142

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,009,564
    Expenses
    $7,622,259
    Assets (EOY)
    $26,357,525

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,197,608
    Expenses
    $7,494,464
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,054,725

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,997,197
    Expenses
    $8,086,072
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,248,040

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,341,672
    Expenses
    $6,575,527
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,036,817

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,411,429
    Expenses
    $5,397,180
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,736,712

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,679,368
    Expenses
    $4,275,155
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,778,953

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,447,075
    Expenses
    $3,353,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,107,344

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,182,081
    Expenses
    $2,574,774
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,104,159

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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 13 October 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 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.