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THE SEQUOYAH EDUCATIONAL CENTER

EIN 95-2022023 PASADENA, CA

Revenue 2024
$17,709,264
Expenses 2024
$14,949,028

Program services were 66.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
535 S PASADENA 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).

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.

  • Laura Gowen

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joyce Ybarra

    Vice President (end 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luis Livingston-Gomez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Taejo Kim

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Erin Acain

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gillian Bush

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Cardillo

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yvonne Cheng

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Renee Dake Wilson

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Duvon Davis

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Dencik

    Trustee-at-Large (end 6/25)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nina Hachigian

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Halmos

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Waleed Ibrahim

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Edward Knell

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Amit Kunte

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Adam Lisagor

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nicole Rabaudi

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Carolina Valle

    Trustee-at-Large

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • M Barak

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $209,703
    From this org
    $203,563
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,140
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $203,563
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,140
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $209,703

  • R Hong

    Head of School

    Total calculated
    $380,555
    From this org
    $300,575
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,980
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,575
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,331
    Nontaxable benefits
    $75,649
    Filer's total
    $380,555

  • K Diaz

    Assistant Head of School/Dir. of K8

    Total calculated
    $204,829
    From this org
    $152,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $52,412
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,417
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,487
    Nontaxable benefits
    $45,925
    Filer's total
    $204,829

  • M Alongi

    Assistant Head of School/HS Dir.

    Total calculated
    $181,971
    From this org
    $147,095
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,876
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,095
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,683
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,193
    Filer's total
    $181,971

  • J Radt

    Lead Teacher

    Total calculated
    $148,444
    From this org
    $127,658
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,786
    Hours/week
    40

  • E Phleger

    Director of Advancement

    Total calculated
    $136,482
    From this org
    $127,660
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,822
    Hours/week
    40

The first 25 listed. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $17,709,264
    Expenses
    $14,949,028
    Contributions
    $1,826,520
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $16,327,685
    Expenses
    $13,584,987
    Contributions
    $1,737,148
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $16,672,710
    Expenses
    $13,303,098
    Contributions
    $4,022,542
    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.

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 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.