2025-10-30T13:21:42-07:00 2025-06-30 Elizabeth K Steppe 317 Morningside Dr SE Albuquerque NM 87108 990 2024-07-01 943373066 Friends of the School of the Arts Fnd FRIE 4155087682 236 West Portal Drive 844 San Francisco CA 94127 Anne Yanow President 2025-10-30 true true Elizabeth K Steppe CPA P01709690 5103750648 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Anne Yanow 236 West Portal Drive 844 San Francisco CA 94127 438471 false X fosota.org X 2000 CA Friends of Ruth Asawa School of the Arts FOSOTA is dedicated to championing arts education and arts-based learning at San Franciscos groundbreaking public arts high school and beyond. Our community of donors, volunteers, educators, students, alumni, artists, activists, and allies believe in the transformative power of art in the schools. 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In FY 24-25, the organization managed $200k+ in grant funds for projects by students from schools throughout the city, including a youth literacy laureate program, art workshops supporting mental health, and a community stem lab striving to provide STEM education, hands-on workshops and a space for robotics teams to work. 67466 MCATEER CAMPUS COMMUNITY FARM: Grants from the USDA, SF Parks Alliance, Youth Empowerment Fund, and SHARP are helping FOSOTA expand multidisciplinary farm-to-school programming and support the McAteer Campus Community Farms mission to become San Franciscos first schoolyard farm providing produce for public school meals. Improvements included raised garden beds, a shade house, fruit trees, a bee mural, lending library, monthly community volunteer days, and the seasons first crops. 40364 16238 CAPSTONE PROJECT AWARDS: Our application-based grants provide funds for student, teacher, department, and community projects. Among them are grants to seniors to help them realize their capstone projects-- in-depth explorations with real-world applications that integrate the academic, artistic, cultural, and personal experiences of an arts-based education. In FY 24-25, the organization provided $16k in student funding, in addition to providing $18k in funding for the capstone class advisor. 36834 35907 ARTS EDUCATION ADVOCACY: FOSOTA partnered with mural artist Nico Berry to create and install a new mural along Woodside Ave in San Francisco. Made possible with a grant from the SF Arts Commission, the mural features large-scale portraits of six arts educators and the names of many others who teach and work in a variety of disciplines, from music, to visual arts, to dance. The murals title, Dreamers of Dreams, comes from a 1873 poem championing the role of the artist in society. 17268 7500 ALUMNI: FOSOTA supported our Alumni Association by partnering with the school and PTSA on graduation celebrations, administering scholastic awards, providing alumni grants, supporting reunions, and sharing alumni stories. 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Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Treasurer and external CPA work together to prepare the Form 990. The President of the Board reviews the return before it is electronically filed. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents and financials statments are available upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 = $2400