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FIRST PLACE FOR YOUTH

EIN 94-3341034 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2024
$34,357,426
Expenses 2024
$31,681,437

Program services were 84.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P32
Classification
1000
Street
426 17TH ST STE 100

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

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • MY FIRST PLACE, A TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROGRAM, PROVIDES STABILITY FOR CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH THROUGH SAFE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT SERVICES. YOUTH RECEIVE SUPPORT WITH MOVE-IN COSTS, RENT, FOOD, SELF-RELIANCE PLANNING, LIFE SKILLS TRAINING, HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY, TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE, AND EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATION SERVICES. STEPS TO SUCCESS IS THE EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM OF MY FIRST PLACE, PROVIDING CURRENT AND FORMER FOSTER YOUTH WITH INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE COUNSELING AND SUPPORT IN COMPLETING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA OR GENERAL EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT CERTIFICATE, ENROLLING IN COLLEGE, SECURING FINANCIAL AID, AND TUTORING. STEPS TO SUCCESS ALSO SUPPORTS YOUTH WITH EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, CAREER PLANNING, AND IN BUILDING THEIR WORKPLACE SKILLS, INCLUDING JOB SEARCH AND JOB RETENTION. THE PROGRAM IS OPERATING IN SIX COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA (ALAMEDA, CONTRA COSTA, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CLARA, AND SOLANO) AND IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.

    Expenses $23,554,941 · Revenue $468,807

  • INDEPENDENT LIVING SKILLS PROGRAM ("ILSP") AND FIRST FOUNDATION IS OFFERED TO YOUTH IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SOLANO COUNTIES. THROUGH ILSP, THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES A RANGE OF SERVICES, INCLUDING EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE, CAREER DEVELOPMENT, FAMILY FINDING AND PERMANENCY SERVICES, LIFE SKILLS WORKSHOPS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS. FIRST FOUNDATION IS AN EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT PROGRAM THAT BEGINS WITH HIGH SCHOOL SOPHOMORES WHO ARE WILLING TO COMMIT TO THE PROGRAM THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL, THE ORGANIZATION'S STAFF MEMBERS PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT DESIGNED TO HELP INCREASE ON-TIME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES ALONG WITH WORKSHOPS ON EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT.

    Expenses $2,224,924

  • THE GOAL OF THE MY FIRST PLACE NETWORK IS TO CREATE A GROUP OF PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO USE MY FIRST PLACE TO DELIVER STRONG OUTCOMES FOR TRANSITION AGE YOUTH AND ADVOCATE FOR IMPROVED POLICIES AND SUPPORT FOR THESE YOUTH IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. MY FIRST PLACE PROVIDES AFFILIATES IN THE NETWORK WITH DEEP TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT IN THE AREAS OF PROGRAM, FUNDRAISING AND POLICY TO IMPLEMENT THE MY FIRST PLACE MODEL SUCCESSFULLY.

    Expenses $702,691

  • YOUTH TRANSITIONS PARTNERSHIP ("YTP") PROVIDES INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, COACHING AND SKILL BUILDING TO DISCONNECTED AND VULNERABLE YOUTH WITH THE GOAL OF PREVENTING HOMELESSNESS. SERVICES INCLUDE COMMUNITY-BASED CASE MANAGEMENT, SKILL BUILDING CLASSES, AND ROUND-THE-CLOCK COACHING TO SUPPORT YOUTH ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS IN EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND IN THEIR LIVING SITUATION. INTERVENTION STRATEGIES INCLUDE SPECIFIC SKILL BUILDING IN THE AREAS OF EMOTIONAL REGULATION, INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS, AND DISTRESS TOLERANCE, AS WELL AS CASE COORDINATION ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF AVAILABLE SERVICES. YTP SERVES YOUTH THROUGHOUT ALAMEDA COUNTY.

    Expenses $406,493

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.

  • THOMAS LEE

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $321,138
    From this org
    $301,641
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,497
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,641
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,852
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,645
    Filer's total
    $321,138

  • EMILY JENSEN

    CHIEF IMPACT AND PEOPLE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $256,681
    From this org
    $242,630
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,051
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $242,630
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,499
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,552
    Filer's total
    $256,681

  • JANE MACHIN

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $224,260
    From this org
    $194,983
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,277
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,983
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,303
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,974
    Filer's total
    $224,260

  • SONYA CRAVINES

    VP OF TALENT & EQUITY

    Total calculated
    $197,392
    From this org
    $180,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,412
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,296
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,116
    Filer's total
    $197,392

  • MATTHEY LEVY

    VP OF EVALUATION AND LEARNING

    Total calculated
    $177,276
    From this org
    $168,066
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,210
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $168,066
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,778
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,432
    Filer's total
    $177,276

  • JUNE MIYAKE

    VP OF CONTRACTS AND COMPLIANCE

    Total calculated
    $180,370
    From this org
    $164,309
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,061
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $164,309
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,879
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,182
    Filer's total
    $180,370

  • CLAUDIA MILLER

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $196,909
    From this org
    $183,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,929
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,980
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,492
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,437
    Filer's total
    $196,909

  • JANE SCHROEDER

    CHIEF POLICY AND STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $164,175
    From this org
    $157,104
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,071
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $157,104
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,306
    Nontaxable benefits
    $765
    Filer's total
    $164,175

  • VICTORIA WHITLOCK

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $161,218
    From this org
    $144,700
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,518
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $144,700
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,160
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,358
    Filer's total
    $161,218

  • MICHELLE ZAJAC

    VP STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

    Total calculated
    $167,578
    From this org
    $152,079
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $152,079
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,389
    Nontaxable benefits
    $9,110
    Filer's total
    $167,578

  • SUZANNE ZHOU

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $153,789
    From this org
    $146,695
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,094
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $146,695
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,869
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,225
    Filer's total
    $153,789

  • NANCY HEINEN

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHERI PAULO

    BOARD VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DARRYL GLASS

    BOARD SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CAROL EZRATI

    BOARD TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KARINA ANGLADA

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CARRIE BUSCH

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • GILDA CLIFT BRELAND

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHUCK DAGGS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MATT DENN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARK DONNELLY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DESMOND DES LOVELL

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MARIAN MACINDOE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DARRYL MCDAVID

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • IVOR NANTON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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, 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
    $34,357,426
    Expenses
    $31,681,437
    Contributions
    $33,704,189
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $30,593,851
    Expenses
    $32,346,242
    Contributions
    $30,388,222
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $25,945,123
    Expenses
    $30,104,611
    Contributions
    $25,822,870
    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
    $27,240,222
    Expenses
    $27,177,098
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,884,905

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,909,828
    Expenses
    $26,626,532
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,382,631

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $28,109,011
    Expenses
    $27,425,911
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,829,674

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $26,240,506
    Expenses
    $24,405,690
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,022,946

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $23,941,500
    Expenses
    $23,301,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,579,827

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,268,241
    Expenses
    $20,685,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,524,631

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $22,726,872
    Expenses
    $17,492,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,632,807

  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $15,426,029
    Expenses
    $14,548,517
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,754,210

  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $13,031,724
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,120,777

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $11,930,477
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,778,753

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

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.

California fundraising campaigns

Campaigns run by paid fundraisers, commercial coventurers and thrift stores naming this organization, as California published them. Both figures are as filed, and what the first one counts depends on the campaign type — a coventurer or a thrift store files its own sales rather than money collected for the charity. The 990 reports this only as a yearly total, never per campaign.

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $0 raised

    2021 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $0 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $0 raised

    2020 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $0 to charity

  • AUTOMOTIVE RECOVERY SERVICES INC

    $0 raised

    2019 CF Vehicle Donation Program

    $0 to charity

Amounts are as filed and do not add up: a commercial coventurer reports one promotion's whole gross once for each charity that shared in it. A campaign may also name more than one registered charity, in which case it appears on each.

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