ACHIEVEKIDS

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B28Z

Classification

1000

Street

3860 MIDDLEFIELD RD

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

• SPECIAL EDUCATION: ACHIEVEKIDS OPERATES TWO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS LOCATED IN PALO ALTO AND EAST SAN JOSE. WE SERVE OVER 100 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION STUDENTS FROM FOUR BAY AREA COUNTIES. ACHIEVEKIDS PROVIDES DYNAMIC AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATION SERVICES FOR STUDENTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION. THROUGH A COMMUNITY OF ACCEPTANCE AND RESPECT, ACHIEVEKIDS SPECIALIZES IN CREATING LEARNING FOR STUDENTS WITH SEVERE EMOTIONAL, LEARNING, AND/OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES. OUR DEDICATED TEACHERS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TEAM, AND SPEECH THERAPISTS WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY AND INDEPENDENCE IN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS. THIS INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM BECOMES A SKILLFUL PROBLEM SOLVING GROUP THAT INSTRUCTS AND GUIDES STUDENTS TOWARD GREATER INDEPENDENCE AND SELF-RELIANCE, ENABLING A PATH TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. WASC ACCREDITED, ACHIEVEKIDS IS A LEARNING ORGANIZATION, WHERE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY LEARNS AND GROWS. ACHIEVEKIDS IS A MEMBER OF CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO WWW.CAPSES.COM, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE, WWW.ACHIEVEKIDS.ORG.HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED AND SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS: WE USE A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIVE APPROACH, BLENDING BEST PRACTICES FROM THE FIELDS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION TO DEVELOP HIGHLY INDIVIDUALIZED CURRICULA AND TEACHING APPROACHES. OUR PROGRAM IS INDIVIDUALIZED TO EACH STUDENT, AND OUR APPROACHES ARE FOCUSED ON POSITIVE PRACTICES, SKILL DEVELOPMENT, ENHANCING COMMUNICATION, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION. WE ARE A DATA-DRIVEN ORGANIZATION THAT MAKES CURRICULAR AND INSTRUCTIONAL DECISIONS BASED ON DATA SYSTEMS TO HELP OUR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY GROW. THROUGH THIS MULTI-FACETED APPROACH, THE GOAL IS TO TEACH OUR STUDENTS THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO RETURN TO FIND SUCCESS BEYOND OUR DOORS. THIS CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT STUDENTS, AND INCLUDES RETURNING TO THEIR PUBLIC SCHOOL OR A LESS RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT, OR FINDING POST-SECONDARY OPTIONS APPROPRIATE FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL. OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, AND HELP STUDENTS FIND SUCCESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.HIGHLY QUALIFIED STAFF: BOTH SCHOOLS ARE COMPOSED OF EXPERIENCED, HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS FROM VARYING DOMAINS. SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, MENTAL HEALTH THERAPISTS, SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS, BOARD CERTIFIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS, VOCATIONAL AND TRANSITION COORDINATORS, AND PROGRAM COUNSELORS MAKE UP OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND ENCOMPASS OUR COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO HELPING MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS.

  Expenses $9,274,119 · Revenue $9,599,573

• BEHAVIORAL HEALTH: ACHIEVEKIDS IS COMMITTED TO A POSITIVE SCHOOL CLIMATE DESIGNED FOR INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY LEARNING. TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS, WE HAVE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT HAS PROFESSIONALS FROM THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD (MFT'S, MSW'S, LPCC'S) AND BEHAVIOR ANALYTICS (BCBA'S AND THOSE TRAINING TOWARDS BCBA). THIS DIVERSE SET OF PROFESSIONALS AND EXPERTISE ALLOWS US TO ADAPT AND MEET THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS. USING A VARIETY OF EVIDENCED-BASED THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES, MH AND ABA THERAPISTS CONDUCT INDIVIDUAL, GROUP, AND FAMILY THERAPY. THERAPISTS WORK COLLABORATIVELY WITH CLASSROOMS TO ENSURE A CONSISTENT APPROACH WITH MEASURED SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL LEARNING. DATA DRIVEN, WE INFORM OUR INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND POSITIVE BEHAVIORAL SUPPORTS WITH THE COLLECTION OF A VARIETY OF DATA POINTS, INCLUDING ACADEMIC, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL.

  Expenses $581,033 · Revenue $1,075,977

• TRANSITION: TRANSITION STARTS FROM THE DAY WE MEET A STUDENT AND FAMILY. HELPING PREPARE A STUDENT WITH THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIES IS IMPORTANT FOR THEIR LIFE-LONG SUCCESS. THE ACHIEVEKIDS TEAM APPROACHES HELPING MAKE SUCCESSFUL TRANSITIONS THROUGH A VARIETY OF MEANS, INCLUDING INDIVIDUALIZED ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION, A FOCUS ON ENHANCING NEEDED HARD AND SOFT SKILLS, AND BY HELPING IDENTIFY AND DEVELOP TOOLS NECESSARY TO NAVIGATE CHALLENGES THE STUDENT IS EXPERIENCING. IN ADDITION, ACHIEVEKIDS HAS A WELL-DEVELOPED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES COURSEWORK, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, JOB COACHING, JOB PLACEMENTS, AND INTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY FOR EXPERIENCE.VOCATIONAL PROGRAM: THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM PROVIDES PRE-EMPLOYMENT TRAINING TO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND WORK EXPERIENCE (CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - WORKABILITY 1 PROGRAM) FOR STUDENTS FROM AGES 14 TO 22, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SPECIFIC LEVEL OF CAPABILITY. AS A VITAL PART OF ACHIEVEKIDS' CURRICULUM, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROVIDES A POSITIVE, ENCOURAGING, AND HIGHLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM AFFORDING STUDENTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN VALUABLE WORK AND LIFE SKILLS.COACHING FOR SUCCESS: STUDENTS WORK CLOSELY WITH A JOB COACH ON A JOB. THEIR JOB COACH TRAINS THE STUDENTS, COACHES AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK AT THE SITE, WORKS WITH THE JOB MANAGER AROUND WHAT SKILLS MAY NEED REFINING, AND PROVIDES FEEDBACK TO CLASSROOMS FOR INTEGRATION OF SKILLS. AS A STUDENT BEGINS TO DISPLAY MASTERY, JOB COACHES PHASE OUT TO FOSTER INDEPENDENCE IN SKILLS.SKILLS FOR SPECIFIC SOCIAL SITUATIONS: VOCATIONAL EDUCATION GIVES STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP CORE JOB SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM INTERACT WITH THE TYPICAL WORKFORCE; DEVELOP SOCIAL SKILLS; LEARN INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS AND SIMULTANEOUSLY RAISE AWARENESS OF HOW PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES CAN THRIVE IN A WORK ENVIRONMENT.

  Expenses $134,945 · Revenue $177,384

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.

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

  $11,259,081

  Expenses

  $11,847,799

  Contributions

  $294,903

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $11,416,585

  Expenses

  $11,200,678

  Contributions

  $580,971

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,440,184

  Expenses

  $11,227,670

  Contributions

  $567,173

  Grants paid

  $12,000

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

  $10,900,823

  Expenses

  $11,634,771

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,461,225

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,126,753

  Expenses

  $11,370,738

  Assets (EOY)

  $11,513,011

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,647,729

  Expenses

  $11,519,247

  Assets (EOY)

  $12,069,327

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,240,959

  Expenses

  $11,414,618

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,579,592

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,225,509

  Expenses

  $11,285,480

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,487,967

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,975,531

  Expenses

  $11,124,775

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,487,637

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,381,051

  Expenses

  $11,141,463

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,666,983

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,424,289

  Expenses

  $10,357,650

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,678,810

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $10,145,103

  Expenses

  $10,064,730

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,488,136

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $9,804,502

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,238,972

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

• AMERICAN JEWISH UNIVERSITY

  $70,233

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $28,448

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $22,800

  2022 · EDUCATION

• THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND

  $20,000

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $15,428

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $11,900

  2024 · EDUCATION

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,500

  2022 · Education

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,500

  2023 · Education

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $10,350

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · Education

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

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

• DONATE FOR CHARITY INC.

  $480 raised

  2023 · Commercial Fundraiser

  $287 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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