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EIN 94-3297479 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2023
$66,499,230
Expenses 2023
$44,354,056

Program services were 82.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
S21
Classification
1000
Street
1438 WEBSTER ST STE 303

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).

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.

  • MICHAEL A MCAFEE

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $658,754
    From this org
    $605,225
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,529
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $452,367
    Bonus
    $152,858
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,763
    Filer's total
    $658,754

  • SHERI DUNN BERRY

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • KAY FERNANDEZ SMITH

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • GEOFFREY CANADA

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DOLORES ACEVEDO-GARCIA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JEFFREY L BRADACH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SANDRA GASCA-GONZALEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • DARRICK HAMILTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • STEWART KWOH

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • ASHLEIGH G GARDERE

    EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $488,916
    From this org
    $444,530
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $44,386
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $350,450
    Bonus
    $94,080
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,908
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,478
    Filer's total
    $488,916

  • JOSHUA F KIRSCHENBAUM

    CHIEF ADV. & S.I. OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $522,758
    From this org
    $464,823
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $57,935
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $347,219
    Bonus
    $117,604
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,593
    Nontaxable benefits
    $38,342
    Filer's total
    $522,758

  • JOSEPHINE WONG

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $227,077
    From this org
    $201,791
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,286
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,791
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,080
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,206
    Filer's total
    $227,077

  • MICHAEL J HASSID

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $477,558
    From this org
    $419,347
    From related orgs
    $577
    Other
    $57,634
    Hours/week
    39.95 + 0.05 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,248 + $577 related
    Bonus
    $119,099
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,746 + $38 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,777 + $73 related
    Filer's total
    $476,870 + $688 related

  • OMAR STANTON

    CHIEF IMPACT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $233,005
    From this org
    $181,750
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,255
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,310
    Bonus
    $6,440
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,965
    Nontaxable benefits
    $40,290
    Filer's total
    $233,005

  • VANICE DUNN

    VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

    Total calculated
    $267,518
    From this org
    $241,845
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,673
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,623
    Bonus
    $20,222
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,636
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,037
    Filer's total
    $267,518

  • JERRY MALDONADO

    VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $333,022
    From this org
    $281,990
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $51,032
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $281,990
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,892
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,140
    Filer's total
    $333,022

  • ABIGAIL J LANGSTON

    VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $192,979
    From this org
    $161,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,063
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,916
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,705
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,358
    Filer's total
    $192,979

  • ANGELA GLOVER BLACKWELL

    FOUNDER IN RESIDENCE

    Total calculated
    $329,575
    From this org
    $267,342
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $62,233
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $267,342
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,886
    Nontaxable benefits
    $46,347
    Filer's total
    $329,575

  • ARIA FLORANT

    SENIOR FELLOW

    Total calculated
    $234,102
    From this org
    $211,297
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,805
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,797
    Bonus
    $62,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,545
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,260
    Filer's total
    $234,102

  • JENNIFER E THOMPSON

    DIR. OF H.R. & FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $253,433
    From this org
    $211,074
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,359
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $170,796
    Bonus
    $40,278
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,092
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,267
    Filer's total
    $253,433

  • MAHLET GETACHEW

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $230,649
    From this org
    $206,276
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,373
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,853
    Bonus
    $18,423
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,452
    Nontaxable benefits
    $11,921
    Filer's total
    $230,649

  • JUDITH W DANGERFIELD

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $232,980
    From this org
    $201,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,907
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,878
    Bonus
    $16,195
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,990
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,917
    Filer's total
    $232,980

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 — 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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $66,499,230
    Expenses
    $44,354,056
    Contributions
    $62,179,045
    Grants paid
    $9,326,024
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $46,107,101
    Expenses
    $53,333,535
    Contributions
    $42,713,016
    Grants paid
    $17,208,269

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.

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.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 10 September 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.