Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← All organizations

INNOVATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

EIN 46-2155826 MENLO PARK, CA

Revenue 2024
$3,362,425
Expenses 2024
$4,736,721

Program services were 54.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
T30
Classification
1000
Street
101 JEFFERSON DR

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

BUILD THE PARENT AND COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR WORLD-CLASS PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND TO ACCELERATE THE GROWTH OF THESE SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS, STUDENTS OF COLORS, AND STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.

  • RESEARCH & POLICY - THE ORGANIZATION PUBLISHES ACTIONABLE RESEARCH AND DATA ON SCHOOL QUALITY, DESIGNED TO SHOW THE URGENCY OF IMPROVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS, PARTICULARLY FOR HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS. THROUGH PUBLIC EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES. THE ORGANIZATION WORKS TO GET THIS RESEARCH AND DATA INTO THE HANDS OF PARENTS, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, SCHOOL LEADERS, AND LOCAL EDUCATION ADVOCATES.

    Expenses $677,841 · Revenue $255,493

  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZING - PPARENTS HAVE A UNIQUE AND CRITICAL ROLE IN IMPROVING PUBLIC SCHOOLS. INNOVATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EMPOWERS PARENTS ACROSS THE NATION TO BUILD ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THAT CAN SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATE FOR BETTER SCHOOLS AND HOLD THE SYSTEM ACCOUNTABLE TO THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN.

    Expenses $1,525,208

  • CONSULTING & TRAINING - THE ORGANIZATION TRAINS AND DEVELOPS PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND PARENT VOLUNTEER LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER TRAINING PROGRAM AND THE NATIONAL PARENT LEADER INSTITUTE.

    Expenses $256,740

  • STATEWIDE - INNOVATE ORGANIZES THOUSANDS OF PARENTS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. IN 2025, 10 PARENT LEADERS SERVED ON INNOVATE'S CA STATEWIDE PARENT LEADER BOARD. THE CA STATEWIDE PARENT LEADER BOARD IS A BODY OF VOLUNTEER PARENT LEADERS REPRESENTING THOUSANDS OF BLACK AND LATINO PARENTS, PARENTS OF STUDENTS WITH LEARNING DIFFERENCES, AND PARENTS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS. PARENT LEADERS LIVE AND WORK IN LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, REDWOOD CITY, AND EAST PALO ALTO.

    Expenses $96,857

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.

  • ANTONIO GUTIERREZ

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JON DEAN

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KATHY DOMINGUEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ORSON AGUILAR

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PASTOR PETER WATTS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMMA HIZA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • VINCENT QUAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MICHELLE VILCHEZ

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $200,905
    From this org
    $200,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,905
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $200,905

  • JOSE ARENAS

    HIGH COMP

    Total calculated
    $165,536
    From this org
    $165,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $165,536
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $165,536

  • HANNAH GRAVETTE

    HIGH COMP

    Total calculated
    $154,953
    From this org
    $154,953
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,953
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $154,953

  • SEAN MICHAEL HARDY

    HIGH COMP

    Total calculated
    $129,754
    From this org
    $129,754
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • CELIA BENAVIDES

    HIGH COMP

    Total calculated
    $143,769
    From this org
    $143,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • TERRANCE WATSON

    HIGH COMP

    Total calculated
    $145,767
    From this org
    $145,767
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
    $3,362,425
    Expenses
    $4,736,721
    Contributions
    $2,970,318
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,685,203
    Expenses
    $6,030,648
    Contributions
    $3,384,364
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $6,940,086
    Expenses
    $7,565,819
    Contributions
    $6,548,926
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $7,956,314
    Expenses
    $7,691,501
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,500,964

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,088,776
    Expenses
    $7,790,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,096,835

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,990,134
    Expenses
    $6,695,047
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,504,028

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,722,273
    Expenses
    $7,044,776
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,304,230

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,383,667
    Expenses
    $5,872,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,909,690

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,202,200
    Expenses
    $4,114,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,216,588

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,049,027
    Expenses
    $2,611,001
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,834,559

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,753,305
    Expenses
    $1,494,562
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,290,328

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,634,746
    Expenses
    $727,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,952,618

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

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 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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.