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AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CA

EIN 77-0289965 SANTA MARIA, CA

Largest nonprofits in California

Revenue 2024
$1,722,360
Expenses 2024
$1,677,139

Program services were 100.0% 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
702 E EL CAMINO 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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

The American GI Forum Education Foundation is organized to solicit and receive funds through grants, bequests, gifts, and contributions to provide educational scholarships, grants, loans, and support for educational research and related activities benefiting qualified and financially needy individuals. The Foundation also provides assistance to veterans and their families facing physical, emotional, or financial hardship.

  • Scholarship Awards ProgramSince 1979, the American GI Forum of Santa Maria has awarded over 600 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 to local students. Supported by member fundraising and contributions from individuals, small businesses, and investment income, the program continues to promote educational advancement.Veterans Family Assistance ProgramIn partnership with local agencies, the Foundation provides emergency aidsuch as food, clothing, lodging, transportation, and medicationsto veterans and their families, primarily those who are homeless. Funding is provided by corporate sponsors including Verizon, ExxonMobil, and Pfizer.Low-Cost Internet ProgramTo bridge the digital divide, the Foundation partners with the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and Frontier Communications to help eligible households access affordable Internet service and receive free HP Chromebooks.Computer Literacy ClassesThrough CETFs School2Home Initiative, trained Foundation team members conduct virtual classes on computer literacy, online safety, and digital parenting for families across California.Time-of-Use (TOU) Community Education ProjectIn collaboration with Energy Upgrade California, the Foundation educates low-income and multicultural communities about new electricity rate structures and energy conservation practices to help reduce costs and protect the environment.

    Expenses $1,677,139

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Roy Bird

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Mary Jacka

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Helen Galvan

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Maria Garcia-Cacique

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • David Coelho

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Pete Llenas

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,722,360
    Expenses
    $1,677,139
    Contributions
    $129,173
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,584,400
    Expenses
    $1,541,223
    Contributions
    $83,796
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $415,234
    Expenses
    $446,085
    Contributions
    $413
    Grants paid
    $32,550

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
    $399,800
    Expenses
    $328,920
    Assets (EOY)
    $231,403
  • 2020 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $192,843
    Expenses
    $196,320
    Assets (EOY)
    $160,523
  • 2019 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $139,971
    Expenses
    $149,584
    Assets (EOY)
    $164,000
  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $31,260
    Expenses
    $58,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $173,613
  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $68,626
    Expenses
    $48,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $200,910
  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $179,453
    Expenses
    $60,449
    Assets (EOY)
    $180,479
  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $30,867
    Expenses
    $26,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $61,475

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

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