2025-03-09T22:41:38-05:00 2024-12-31 770364067 Mark C Lianides CPA 7280 Blue Hill Drive Suite 6 San Jose CA 951293624 990 2024-01-01 264425202 SOAR For Youth SOAR 5106320888 PO Box 1291 Berkeley CA 94701 Diana L Brown President 5106320888 2025-03-09 1 1 Mark C Lianides CPA P00415954 4089962255 2025-03-09 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Diana L Brown PO Box 1291 Berkeley CA 94701 758049 0 X www.SOARForYouth.org X 2009 CA In community partnership with UC Berkeley, SOAR helps Bay Area foster youth aged 11-21 move through adolescence and into their adult lives with independence. We teach, coach, and counsel our young people in academics, leadership, life skills, and emotional intelligence. We provide them with activities that build trust, promote teamwork, and enhance self-esteem. The SOAR program aims to help our young people graduate from high school, attend college, and succeed in life with purpose. 8 8 1 82 0 0 764812 716498 0 0 25788 41551 0 0 790600 758049 0 0 0 0 149381 72686 0 0 0 424324 474708 573705 547394 216895 210655 1484230 1735249 5754 46117 1478476 1689132 X In community partnership with UC Berkeley, SOAR helps Bay Area foster youth aged 11-21 move through adolescence and into their adult lives with independence. We teach, coach, and counsel our young people in academics, leadership, life skills, and emotional intelligence. We provide them with activities that build trust, promote teamwork, and enhance self-esteem. The SOAR program aims to help our young people graduate from high school, attend college, and succeed in life with purpose. 0 0 288901 Summer Precollegiate Academics: In 2024 SOAR added one additional week to our Fourth Academy: SOAR to Your Future. Week one, SOAR To College, was intended to help our young attendees prepare for, apply to, and succeed in college. Week two, SOAR To Vocation, was intended to provide opportunities and exposure to our youths who may not find themselves on a path to a college degree. The roll-out was a huge success. Prepare To SOAR, Learn To SOAR, and Time To SOAR Academy for our 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd- Year students respectively were also life-changing. All Academy participates (100%) said they would recommend SOAR to other foster youth.Sixty seven (67) foster youths attended the summer academies in 2024. 50724 Foster Youth On-Going Support (including Staying Connected Events, School-year Academic Support, SOARing Forward Program): Cumulatively, 98% of our youths graduated from high school and 87% have gone on to college in comparison to the national average of 50% and 10% respectively. 45% of SOAR college students went to a four-year university, including UC's Berkeley, LA, Merced, and Santa Cruz campuses as well as several CSU campuses. 68% of SOAR students who should have graduated from 4-year colleges have graduated, in comparison to the national average of 3-4% of foster youth attending all colleges.One hundred twenty eight (128) foster youths attended the program in 2024. 68636 Summer Internship Program: 16 SOAR high achievers worked as summer interns for 6-8 weeks in various Bay Area locations. The employers, selected to honor these youths' passion and career goals, included: Andersen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Superior Court of California, County of Alameda, West Oakland Clinic Twenty five (25) foster youths attended the program in 2024. 70847 70847 479108 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 39 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CA X Diana Brown President 5106320888 PO Box 1291 Berkeley CA 94701 X Diana Brown President and Chair 60.00 X X 0 0 0 Kem Robinson Treasurer 14.00 X X 0 0 0 Libby Colman Director 10.00 X 0 0 0 Leticia Galyean Director 4.00 X 0 0 0 Michelle D Young 4.00 X 0 0 0 Brian Libow Director 10.00 X 0 0 0 Beth Luke Secretary 12.00 X X 0 0 0 Dean Susan Stone 4.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 716498 6846 716498 41551 41551 758049 41551 0 0 X 62154 55100 7054 5441 5441 5091 4513 578 7000 7000 419495 419495 1260 1260 4226 4226 4424 4424 Capacity Building Proje 20137 20137 Student Help and Office 9191 9191 Other Business Expenses 2979 2979 PO Box, Postage, and De 1988 1988 4008 4008 547394 479108 68286 0 125767 80465 1358463 1654784 704 704 0 0 1484230 1735249 5754 46117 5754 46117 X 0 0 0 0 1478476 1689132 1478476 1689132 1484230 1735249 X 210655 1 X 0 0 0 X 458278 564220 566798 764812 716498 3070606 458278 564220 566798 764812 716498 3070606 121520 2949086 3251 961 1999 25788 41551 73550 3144156 0.93800 0.95670 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 704 704 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b The Board Director/President reviews that annual Form 990 before filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Foster Youth Summer Program (excluding wages & P/R taxes): Program service expenses 265,965. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 265,965. Foster Youth On-Going Support (excluding wages & P/R taxes): Program service expenses 20,106. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 20,106. Summer Internship Program (excluding wages & P/R taxes): Program service expenses 66,905. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 66,905. Foster Youth Academic Support (excluding wages & P/R taxes): Program service expenses 37,603. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 37,603. SOARing Forward Prog. (excluding wages & P/R taxes): Program service expenses 28,916. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 28,916. Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Rounding 1.