- Revenue 2024
- $3,990,444
- Expenses 2024
- $4,414,262
Program services were 69.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- NTEE code
- B82
- 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.
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MCSWEENEYS LITERARY ARTS FUND
EIN 82-3546757
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VALENTINO ACHAK DENG FOUNDATION
EIN 20-5961736
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
SCHOLARMATCH'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT UNDERSERVED FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS TO EARN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, PROVIDING VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALIZED ADVISING, TARGETED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND CAREER MENTORING FROM HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
SCHOLARMATCH SUPPORTS UNDERSERVED FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS TO EARN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE WITHIN FIVE YEARS, PROVIDING VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALIZED ADVISING, TARGETED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND CAREER MENTORING FROM HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH COLLEGE.
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DESTINED FOR COLLEGE (COLLEGE ACCESS): OUR DESTINED FOR COLLEGE PROGRAM PROVIDES COLLEGE ACCESS COUNSELING TO 1,058 LOW-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS APPLYING TO COLLEGE. STARTING THE SPRING OF THEIR JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, SCHOLARMATCH STUDENTS ARE MATCHED WITH A VOLUNTEER COLLEGE COACH WHO WORKS 1:1 WITH THEM FOR A FULL YEAR. VOLUNTEER COACHES RECEIVE ROBUST TRAINING FROM SCHOLARMATCH AND SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH ALL ASPECTS OF THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS - FROM CHOOSING WHERE TO APPLY, TO WRITING PERSONAL STATEMENTS, TO EVALUATING FINANCIAL AID. STUDENTS ALSO RECEIVE ACCESS TO COLLEGE ACCESS WORKSHOPS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY RESOURCES DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR LOW-INCOME AND FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS. ON AVERAGE OUR STUDENTS SUBMIT 6 COLLEGE APPLICATIONS AND HAVE 100% COLLEGE ACCEPTANCE RATE.
Expenses $1,796,272
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SCHOLARS PROGRAM (COLLEGE SUCCESS): STUDENTS WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE THE DESTINED FOR COLLEGE PROGRAM BECOME ELIGIBLE TO APPLY TO THE SCHOLARS PROGRAM, WHICH CURRENTLY SERVES 246 STUDENTS. SCHOLARMATCH SCHOLARS ARE MATCHED WITH A PROFESSIONAL COLLEGE ADVISOR ON STAFF WHO PROVIDES YEAR-ROUND ADVISING AND WILL RECEIVE UP TO $25,000 IN TARGETED FINANCIAL SUPPORT, INCLUDING STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT, EMERGENCY FUNDS, AND MORE. A TOTAL OF $1,271,663 WAS PROVIDED IN SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR. STUDENTS ALSO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS TO SUPPORT THEIR WELLBEING, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND CAREER READINESS, AND MAY REQUEST TO BE MATCHED TO A VOLUNTEER CAREER COACH AS THEY CONTINUE THROUGH COLLEGE. 98% OF OUR SCHOLARS PERSIST ACROSS MULTIPLE YEARS AND 80% OF OUR STUDENTS IN THE FULL SCHOLARMATCH PROGRAM GRADUATE WITHIN FIVE YEARS. THE AVERAGE GPA OF OUR SCHOLARS IS 3.31.
Expenses $1,271,663 · Grants $1,271,663
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.
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Karen Grace-BakerKAREN GRACE-BAKER
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3
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Luz GomezLUZ GOMEZ
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Alicia Perla JDALICIA PERLA JD
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Ayanda Magwaza CPAAYANDA MAGWAZA CPA
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Steve BennetSTEVE BENNET
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Paige DelaceyPAIGE DELACEY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Neha Gupta EsqNEHA GUPTA ESQ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Dr Julie HuangDR JULIE HUANG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Isaac Y KimISAAC Y KIM
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Dr Terrance MayesDR TERRANCE MAYES
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Jose MartinezJOSE MARTINEZ
DIRECTOR (UNTIL 02/2025)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Dr Heather McCartyDR HEATHER MCCARTY
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Esteban Rodriguez EsqESTEBAN RODRIGUEZ ESQ
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Dr Gourjoine M WadeDR GOURJOINE M WADE
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Brandon WongBRANDON WONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.8
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Karla SalazarKARLA SALAZAR
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $222,793
- From this org
- $199,878
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,915
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $199,878
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,995
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,920
- Filer's total
- $222,793
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Mary PhamMARY PHAM
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
- Total calculated
- $145,648
- From this org
- $132,986
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,662
- Hours/week
- 40
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Devon Wessman-Smerdon MooreDEVON WESSMAN-SMERDON MOORE
SR. DIR. OF PROGRAMS AND COMPLIANCE
- Total calculated
- $135,008
- From this org
- $129,327
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $5,681
- Hours/week
- 40
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Julie AnguloJULIE ANGULO
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT
- Total calculated
- $161,858
- From this org
- $140,401
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $21,457
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $140,401
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $5,616
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,841
- Filer's total
- $161,858
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Lisa LopezLISA LOPEZ
DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ACCESS
- Total calculated
- $122,725
- From this org
- $109,775
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,950
- 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $3,990,444
- Expenses
- $4,414,262
- Contributions
- $3,819,362
- Grants paid
- $1,271,663
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2023
- Revenue
- $4,078,522
- Expenses
- $3,895,947
- Contributions
- $3,834,308
- Grants paid
- $917,144
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2022
- Revenue
- $4,434,883
- Expenses
- $2,993,103
- Contributions
- $4,352,174
- Grants paid
- $683,619
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
- $3,582,533
- Expenses
- $3,399,629
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,261,004
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,582,533
- Expenses
- $3,399,629
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,261,004
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,786,437
- Expenses
- $4,795,413
- Assets (EOY)
- $5,074,760
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $9,012,178
- Expenses
- $4,665,189
- Assets (EOY)
- $7,645,079
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,822,021
- Expenses
- $3,616,689
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,757,702
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $3,167,468
- Expenses
- $2,616,422
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,515,326
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,860,265
- Expenses
- $2,111,262
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,978,998
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,836,864
- Expenses
- $1,006,655
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,177,892
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $768,624
- Expenses
- $787,682
- Assets (EOY)
- $322,680
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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$445,000
2024 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
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2023 EDUCATION
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2024 EDUCATION
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2022 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 EDUCATION
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$204,700
2022 EDUCATIONAL
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2022 EDUCATION
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2023 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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$157,500
2024 HUMAN SERVICES
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.