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EPACENTER

EIN 47-2008341 E PALO ALTO, CA

Revenue 2024
$2,683,541
Expenses 2024
$3,437,890

Program services were 54.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A68
Classification
1000
Street
1950 BAY RD

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 · 2024

Mission

EPACENTER'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO DISCOVER AND AMPLIFY THEIR TALENTS, REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND IMPACT THE WORLD THROUGH ART, DESIGN, AND TECHNOLOGY.

  • EPACENTER IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS EAST PALO ALTO RESIDENTS TO AMPLIFY THEIR TALENTS, REALIZE THEIR POTENTIAL, AND IMPACT THEIR WORLD THROUGH ART AND DESIGN. EPACENTER ENGAGES RESIDENTS OF EAST PALO ALTO, IN A RANGE OF ART PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP THEIR INTRINSIC VOICES, THEIR SENSE OF CREATIVE AGENCY, AND THE CREATIVE, CRITICAL THINKING AND SOCIO-EMOTIONAL SKILLS THEY NEED TO SUCCEED. EPACENTER ACCOMPLISHES THIS BY: 1) OFFERING FREE, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE INSTRUCTION IN DESIGN AND THE DIGITAL, VISUAL, LITERARY, AND PERFORMING ARTS IN SCHOOL, AFTERSCHOOL, AND DURING THE SUMMER; 2) ENGAGING YOUTH IN ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION-MAKING, KEY LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND CULTURAL LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES; 3) LINKING THEM TO MEANINGFUL SUMMER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, COLLEGE, AND CAREERS; AND 4) ACTIVATING THEIR SENSE OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS CITIZENS AND ARTISTS.

    Expenses $1,876,693 · Revenue $124,984

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.

  • John Goldman

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Amy Lyons

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Keitlan Cruz-Wallace

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Deborah Cullinan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jackie Speier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Nadine Rambeau

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $243,815
    From this org
    $218,160
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,655
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $218,160
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,905
    Filer's total
    $243,815

  • David Castro

    ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

    Total calculated
    $139,448
    From this org
    $129,501
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,947
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jacinda Abcarian

    DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $170,259
    From this org
    $160,124
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,124
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,135
    Filer's total
    $170,259

  • Richard Davis

    DIRECTOR OF ADMISTRATION & OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $107,536
    From this org
    $107,536
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,683,541
    Expenses
    $3,437,890
    Contributions
    $2,490,267
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,540,144
    Expenses
    $3,127,511
    Contributions
    $2,312,480
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,929,031
    Expenses
    $2,877,762
    Contributions
    $2,694,047
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,929,031
    Expenses
    $2,877,760
    Contributions
    $2,694,047
    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
    $1,987,628
    Expenses
    $1,580,662
    Assets (EOY)
    $32,234,132

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $729,598
    Expenses
    $257,361
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,227,970

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $284,609
    Expenses
    $134,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,682,051

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 2017

Tax period
1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018
Principal officer
Amy Lyons
Mailing address
101 Second Street Suite 1625San Francisco CA 94105
Website
www.epacenterarts.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 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

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.

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 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.