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SAMUELI ACADEMY

EIN 45-3866750 SANTA ANA, CA

Revenue 2023
$17,544,875
Expenses 2023
$15,721,469

Program services were 90.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B29
Classification
1000
Street
1575 E 17TH 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).

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.

  • CHRIS SCHEITHAUER

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LIZ DORN PARKER

    VICE CHAIR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RICHARD ARUM

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SANDI JACKSON

    FOUNDING BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SUSAN SAMUELI

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • SUSAN BARUA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ROBERT SANTANA

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANTHONY SABA

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $327,104
    From this org
    $274,877
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,227
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,077
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    $4,800
    Deferred
    $52,227
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $327,104

  • JOHN LUKER

    COO & CFO

    Total calculated
    $311,726
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $294,898
    Other
    $16,828
    Hours/week
    5 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $268,598 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $26,300 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,828 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $311,726 related

  • CHRIS SIMONSEN

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $383,339
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $366,393
    Other
    $16,946
    Hours/week
    1 + 50 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $316,393 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $50,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $9,946 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $383,339 related

  • LEE FLEMING

    HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $253,052
    From this org
    $204,390
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,662
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,390
    Bonus
    $15,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $38,834
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,828
    Filer's total
    $253,052

  • PAMELA SHAMBRA

    CAPITAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $170,440
    From this org
    $160,749
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,691
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,749
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,691
    Filer's total
    $170,440

  • OSCAR LEONG

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $108,153
    From this org
    $108,153
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ANTHONY POLIZZI

    TEACHER

    Total calculated
    $143,597
    From this org
    $112,270
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,327
    Hours/week
    40

  • KIMBERLY DAWSON CUMMINGS

    ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $161,457
    From this org
    $127,419
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,038
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,419
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,210
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,828
    Filer's total
    $161,457

  • ALEXANDRA LOPEZ MARTINEZ

    ASSISTANT HEAD OF SCHOOL

    Total calculated
    $178,621
    From this org
    $141,843
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,778
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,843
    Bonus
    $2,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $26,950
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,828
    Filer's total
    $178,621

  • AGGIE AMBROSIO

    SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

    Total calculated
    $129,088
    From this org
    $104,448
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,640
    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 — 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
    $17,544,875
    Expenses
    $15,721,469
    Contributions
    $17,223,351
    Grants paid
    $13,250
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $15,857,966
    Expenses
    $14,219,647
    Contributions
    $15,638,140
    Grants paid
    $19,000

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.

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

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.