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FOUNDATION FOR A COLLEGE EDUCATION

EIN 77-0401635 MENLO PARK, CA

Revenue 2024
$1,881,796
Expenses 2024
$1,888,201

Program services were 68.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1000
Street
687 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

FCE'S MISSION IS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIRST-GENERATION, LOW-INCOME STUDENTS OF COLOR FROM EAST PALO ALTO, CA AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES WHO GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE FROM A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. FCE WAS FOUNDED OUT OF A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THE SOCIAL AND ECONCOMIC CONDITIONS OF EAST PALO RESIDENTS. FCE'S BELIEF WAS EDUCATION IS A POWREFUL TOOL FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY AND COMMUNITY.

  • COLLEGE BOUND PROGRAMBELIEVING THAT HIGH EXPECTATIONS LEAD TO HIGH ACHIEVEMENT, FCE HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM THAT ENCOURAGES LOW-INCOME STUDENTS TO PURSUE ADVANCED ACADEMIC WORK, SO THEY ARE PREPARED TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE. UNDER THE COLLEGE BOUND PROGRAM, STUDENTS RECEIVE TUTORING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COLLEGE PLANNING AND COUNSELING, PLUS FINANCIAL AID, AND SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION GUIDANCE. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF FCE'S STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND ENROLL IN POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS. EIGHTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THEM COMPLETE COLLEGE WITHIN SIX YEARS. FCE HELPS STUDENTS DEVELOP THE ACADEMIC SKILLS AND SELF-CONFIDENCE TO SUCCEED IN COLLEGE AND BEYOND.

    Expenses $664,567

  • COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAMRECOGNIZING THAT GETTING STUDENTS INTO COLLEGE IS ONLY THE FIRST STEP, FCE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGH COLLEGE TO ENSURE THAT THEY GRADUATE WITH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER. THE COLLEGE SUCCESS PROGRAM PROVIDES STUDENTS WITH MENTORING, SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, CAREER COUNSELING AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLETE THEIR UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION.

    Expenses $307,122

  • COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMTHE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM OFFERS COMPETITIVE SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP OFFSET THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH FUNDING A COLLEGE EDUCATION. SCHOLARSHIPS, WHICH ARE FUNDED BY INDIVIDUAL AND FOUNDATION DONORS, PLAY A KEY ROLE IN ENSURING THAT LOW-INCOME STUDENTS COMPLETE COLLEGE WITHIN SIX YEARS.

    Expenses $228,134

  • OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES DESCRIPTIONMETA SUMMER ACADEMY PROGRAMTHE META SUMMER ACADEMY PROGRAM PROVIDES EXTERNS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S LEADING SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS BY BEING PART OF A DYNAMIC WORKFORCE. EXTERNS WORK CLOSELY WITH META'S MENTORS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CAPACITIES TO GAIN REAL-WORLD WORK EXPERIENCE AND ON-THE-JOB SKILLS THAT WILL HELP PROPEL THEM INTO SUCCESSFUL CAREERS. THE PROGRAM'S GOAL IS TO INSPIRE AND MOTIVATE YOUNG PEOPLE TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC SUCCESS, STABILITY, AND MOBILITY THROUGH SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AND EARLY CAREER EXPLORATION IN THE TECH INDUSTRY.STUDENT AND FAMILY EVENTSFCE BRINGS THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY OF STAFF, FAMILIES AND STUDENTS TOGETHER TO MEET EACH OTHER AND CELEBRATE THE SUCCESSES OF THE STUDENTS SUPPORTED BY THE PROGRAMS OFFERED. THESE EVENTS ALSO INCLUDE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, DONORS AND ALUMS THAT BUILD SUPPORT FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN ITS IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

    Expenses $100,552

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.

  • SHELLY WILLIG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JANICE BRODY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARY PISHNY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS ANDREWS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NICOLE RUBIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOYCE LATU-FAHAMOKIOA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEIGH WINTER MARTIN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARISSA MCGEE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • RACHEL BOYCE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • PAUL J COLLINS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LEILA JERE

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • PAUL RESNICK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • DEVIN GAINES

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NADIA JOHNSON

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JOSE GUTIERREZ

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRIS OWUSU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • JILL PARKER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ERIC RICHERT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SCOTT TAYLOR

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • EVAN WARNER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DONNA CHANDRA

    DIR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ELIZABETH WELLS

    EXEC DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $180,200
    From this org
    $180,200
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,200
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $180,200

  • ASRA HUSSAIN

    EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $115,525
    From this org
    $115,525
    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
    $1,881,796
    Expenses
    $1,888,201
    Contributions
    $870,875
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,750,763
    Expenses
    $1,495,467
    Contributions
    $3,267,917
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,750,763
    Expenses
    $1,964,036
    Contributions
    $3,267,917
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,393,380
    Expenses
    $1,273,698
    Contributions
    $1,388,323
    Grants paid
    $57,605

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
    $1,483,171
    Expenses
    $1,309,183
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,740,103

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,608,156
    Expenses
    $1,481,473
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,865,784

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,306,062
    Expenses
    $1,450,942
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,559,947

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,374,643
    Expenses
    $1,526,518
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,549,304

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,709,517
    Expenses
    $1,065,863
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,460,034

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,035,887
    Expenses
    $963,253
    Assets (EOY)
    $779,591

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $994,874
    Expenses
    $1,055,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $667,100

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,134,123
    Expenses
    $914,324
    Assets (EOY)
    $722,247

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

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.