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VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION

EIN 20-5961736 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$368,263
Expenses 2024
$403,021

Program services were 71.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Q33
Classification
1000
Street
849 VALENCIA ST

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).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION (VAD) IS A US-BASED NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION WORKING TO INCREASE ACCESS TO EDUCATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOUTH SUDAN BY CONSTRUCTING AND OPERATING SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, TEACHER-TRAINING INSTITUTES, AND COMMUNITY (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O) CENTERS. BEYOND TRADITIONAL CLASSROOM EDUCATION, THE FOUNDATION OFFERS A VARIETY OF EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS DEVELOP LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND ENGAGE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDING: STUDENT GOVERNMENT, DRAMA AND DEBATE CLUBS, COMPETITIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS, AND SOCIAL ACTION GROUPS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO AID THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN SUDAN BY IMPROVING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

  • IN 2024, THE VAD FOUNDATION SPONSORED A TOTAL OF 381 GIRLS ENROLLED IN ITS ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS. KNOWN AS VADF GIRL SCHOLARS, THE GROUP INCLUDES 189 ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AND 192 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE STUDYING IN A SECURE, SUPPORTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AT CORNERSTONES VISION ACADEMY IN AWEIL, NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL STATE. IN ADDITION, THE FOUNDATION SPONSORED 15 LEARNERS PURSUING VOCATIONAL TRAINING AT THE AFFILIATED DON BOSCO CENTER IN WAU, WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL. THESE STUDENTS ARE TRAINING IN ESSENTIAL FIELDS SUCH AS CARPENTRY, MASONRY, MECHANICS, ELECTRICAL WORK, AND ICT. ALL VOCATIONAL LEARNERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUATE IN DECEMBER 2025, AFTER WHICH SOME WILL BE ENGAGED BY THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT ITS EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $289,486

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.

  • Valentino Achak Deng

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $93,750
    From this org
    $93,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Dave Eggers

    CO-FOUNDER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Goldblatt

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Tiffanie Debartolo

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Klemmer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Reece Hirsch

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mascha Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Herlihy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Greg Larson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Schumaker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oscar Van Gelderen

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $368,263
    Expenses
    $403,021
    Contributions
    $367,050
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $261,596
    Expenses
    $390,612
    Contributions
    $260,072
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $254,531
    Expenses
    $347,689
    Contributions
    $265,425
    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
    $242,756
    Expenses
    $307,443
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,042,326
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $420,462
    Expenses
    $374,548
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,113,975
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $290,510
    Expenses
    $371,978
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,061,793
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $423,906
    Expenses
    $394,820
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,083,852
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $407,833
    Expenses
    $405,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,075,139
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $582,864
    Expenses
    $418,025
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,072,960
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $427,817
    Expenses
    $471,944
    Assets (EOY)
    $915,980
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $375,545
    Expenses
    $477,523
    Assets (EOY)
    $960,106
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $313,151
    Expenses
    $381,019
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,066,905
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $430,466
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,137,003

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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