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STRATUM

EIN 35-2692988 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2023
$1,765,618
Expenses 2023
$1,839,648

Program services were 93.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X20
Classification
1270
Street
220 HALLECK ST STE 100B

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 · 2023

Mission

THE STRATUM FOUNDATION IS A BAY AREA FOCUSED ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDES INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR GOSPEL-GROUNDED LEADERS AND INSTITUTIONS IN THE BAY AREA.

  • CATALYTIC FUNDING - THE CHURCH PLANT STARTUP GRANT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT NEW CHURCHES AS PART OF CATALYZING AND FOSTERING A HEALTHY GOSPEL ECOSYSTEM IN THE BAY AREA. THIS INITIATIVE PROVIDES FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO A PORTFOLIO OF CHURCH PLANTS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY OF GEOGRAPHY, ETHNICITY, AND CHURCH-PLANTING MODELS IN THE BAY AREA. OUR MATCHING GRANTS ARE DESIGNED TO CREATE A CATALYZING OPPORTUNITY FOR A CHURCH PLANT TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL INVESTMENT. WE SEEK TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EXISTING DONORS, NETWORKS, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO BRING NEEDED FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO A NEW CHURCH. SINCE 2019, OVER 5 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN DONATED TO NEW CHURCHES THROUGH OUR MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $1,691,369 · Grants $1,579,359

  • INCUBATOR - THE CITY TO CITY INCUBATOR IS OUR ONE-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR PASTORS WHO ARE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF ESTABLISHING A NEW CHURCH. WE PROVIDE IN-DEPTH, CONTEXTUALIZED TRAINING, AS WELL AS RELATIONAL SUPPORT, TO HELP PARTICIPANTS ESTABLISH HEALTHY AND EFFECTIVE NEW CHURCHES. PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROGRAM LEARN ALONGSIDE OTHER LEADERS OF NEW CHURCHES FOR ONE DAY EACH MONTH, IN A RETREAT-LIKE ENVIRONMENT. INCUBATOR IS DELIVERED TO CHURCH PLANTERS THROUGH LOCAL BAY AREA TRAINERS, PASTORS AND LEADERS WITH A TRACK RECORD OF FAITHFUL AND FRUITFUL MINISTRY. SINCE 2018, LEADERS OF 22 NEW CHURCHES HAVE PARTICIPATED IN OUR INCUBATOR.

    Expenses $18,043 · Revenue $1,000

  • COACHING - STRATUM COACHING IS FOR BAY AREA PASTORS AND CHURCH PLANTERS. WE FACILITATE SMALL COHORTS OF LEADERS THAT MEET TOGETHER MONTHLY FOR SPIRITUAL FORMATION, PRACTICAL MINISTRY HELP, AND PERSONAL CARE. THE CURRICULUM IS DESIGNED AS A JUMPING-OFF POINT TO WORK THROUGH THE DECISIONS, CHALLENGES, AND CONCERNS THAT LEADERS ARE PRESENTLY FACING AS PEOPLE, PARTNERS, PARENTS, AND PLANTERS/PASTORS. OUR COACHING COHORTS PAIR 3-6 PASTORS AND CHURCH PLANTERS WITH EXPERIENCED BAY AREA CHRISTIAN LEADERS. COACHING COHORTS MEET ONCE A MONTH FOR A HALF-DAY AT OUR OFFICE IN THE RETREAT-ATMOSPHERE OF SAN FRANCISCO'S PRESIDO.

    Expenses $3,121

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Nicholas Parsons

    PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTO

    Total calculated
    $42,500
    From this org
    $42,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Bart Garett

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $42,500
    From this org
    $42,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cindy Collister

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $3,500
    From this org
    $3,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joey Chen

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • Tania Wang-Pei

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,765,618
    Expenses
    $1,839,648
    Contributions
    $1,727,498
    Grants paid
    $1,579,359
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $875,098
    Expenses
    $1,750,404
    Contributions
    $873,416
    Grants paid
    $1,647,287
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,719,759
    Expenses
    $1,859,437
    Contributions
    $2,713,153
    Grants paid
    $1,605,127

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
    $1,078,393
    Expenses
    $224,496
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,041,655

  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $60,683
    Expenses
    $41,674
    Assets (EOY)
    $187,758

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

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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.