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THE PRIMARY SCHOOL-EAST PALO ALTO

EIN 47-3334579 E PALO ALTO, CA

Revenue 2023
$12,286,549
Expenses 2023
$14,445,542

Program services were 80.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B24
Classification
2000
Street
2086 CLARKE AVE

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

TO FOSTER EACH CHILD'S WELL-BEING AS A FOUNDATION FOR ACADEMIC AND LIFE SUCCESS BY DRAWING ON THE STRENGTHS OF THE CHILD'S ENTIRE COMMUNITY INCLUDING FAMILY, EDUCATORS, AND MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

INTEGRATED HEALTH AND EDUCATION MODEL SERVING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FROM BIRTH THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL

  • SEE SCHEDULE OTHE PRIMARY SCHOOL - EAST PALO ALTO IS EXPANDING THE BOUNDARIES OF TRADITIONAL EDUCATION. OUR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL MODEL WEAVES TOGETHER EDUCATION, HEALTH, AND FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES TO ENSURE UNDERSERVED CHILDREN HAVE THE SYSTEM OF CARE THEY NEED TO LEAD MEANINGFUL AND EMOTIONALLY, MENTALLY, AND PHYSICALLY HEALTHY LIVES. OUR APPROACH HAS THREE DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS: 1) START EARLY. WE START EARLY. WE START WORKING WITH PARENTS AND ENROLL CHILDREN INTO OUR PROGRAM AS EARLY AS BIRTH TO REACH THEM AT THEIR MOST CRITICAL STAGE IN DEVELOPMENT. 2) PARTNER WITH PARENTS.WE PARTNER WITH PARENTS. WE BELIEVE THAT WHEN PARENTS THRIVE, CHILDREN THRIVE, SO WE SUPPORT THE WELLNESS AND GROWTH OF PARENTS ALONGSIDE THE GROWTH OF THEIR CHILDREN. 3) INTEGRATE SERVICES.OUR UNIQUE MODEL UNITES HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION, BUILDING A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAM AND HOLISTIC SYSTEM OF CARE AROUND A CHILD'S FULL NEEDS.

    Expenses $10,648,163 · Grants $900,000

  • THE PRIMARY SCHOOL - EAST PALO ALTO SERVED AS THE FISCAL SPONSOR FOR A CALIFORNIA STATE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM (CSPP) CONTRACT FOR THE PRIMARY SCHOOL BAY AREA, A SISTER ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN SAN LEANDRO, CA.

    Expenses $909,401

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • COURTNEY GARCIA

    CEO & PRESIDENT UNTIL JUN 14, 2024

    Total calculated
    $225,533
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $213,133
    Other
    $12,400
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $213,133 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $2,500 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,900 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $225,533 related

  • KIRA LEWIS CLARK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,088
    From this org
    $143,566
    From related orgs
    $23,022
    Other
    $2,500
    Hours/week
    38 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,566 + $23,022 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,155 + $345 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $145,721 + $23,367 related

  • BLANCA HERRERA

    PRINCIPAL

    Total calculated
    $152,316
    From this org
    $140,372
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,944
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,372
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,444
    Filer's total
    $152,316

  • CRISTINA MATTHEWS DIRECTOR

    OF PARENT PROGRAM & EARLY FAMILY

    Total calculated
    $124,322
    From this org
    $104,090
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,232
    Hours/week
    40

  • TAJMAH MARTIN

    EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $113,581
    From this org
    $104,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,036
    Hours/week
    40

  • JAIME KIDD

    INTERIM CEO & PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $80,054
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $70,086
    Other
    $9,968
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 40.5 related

  • STEVEN DOW

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4 + 8 related

  • ISABELLE BIBBLER PARKER

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4.25 + 8.5 related

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $12,286,549
    Expenses
    $14,445,542
    Contributions
    $12,054,280
    Grants paid
    $900,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $10,414,285
    Expenses
    $12,404,067
    Contributions
    $10,081,941
    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
    $11,585,500
    Expenses
    $15,101,167
    Assets (EOY)
    $21,448,954

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,213,573
    Expenses
    $11,619,836
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,769,495

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,317,713
    Expenses
    $8,996,336
    Assets (EOY)
    $22,768,321

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,306,737
    Expenses
    $5,915,500
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,544,920

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,322,115
    Expenses
    $5,540,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,764,944

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,978,286
    Expenses
    $3,680,872
    Assets (EOY)
    $12,698,531

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,204,946
    Expenses
    $1,307,837
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,126,643

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2014

Tax period
1 July 2014 to 30 June 2015
Principal officer
Tm Van Loben Sels
Mailing address
314 Lytton Ave Suite 200Palo Alto CA 94301

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 19 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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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

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • 2014 #3 LLC

    HOLDING COMPANY · DE · income $23,963 · assets $21,206,539

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.