Nonprofit · EIN 20-2699147
EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION
Tax-exempt · PALO ALTO, CA 94303
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,720,285 | $1,741,164 | -$20,879 | $4,098,013 | $542,778 | $3,555,235 |
| June 30, 2024 | 990 | $1,795,545 | $1,606,186 | $189,359 | $4,039,960 | $535,811 | $3,504,149 |
| June 30, 2023 | 990 | $1,815,115 | $1,811,595 | $3,520 | $3,835,205 | $531,627 | $3,303,578 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,660,342
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $59,270
- Other revenue
- $673
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $1,156,148
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $155,002
- Other salaries and wages
- $209,694
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $402,528
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $5,457
- Accounting fees
- $76,100
- Occupancy
- $27,453
- Program services (functional)
- $1,381,084
- Management and general (functional)
- $168,464
- Fundraising (functional)
- $191,616
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,039,960
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,098,013
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $542,778
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,555,235
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $2,050,217
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $1,505,018
- Gross receipts
- $3,815,327
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 55
- Year formed
- 2005
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATHYRN HYLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $142,589 | $16,043 |
| LAURA A MURAWCZYK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MINDY ROGERS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARNIE MARCIN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL LEWIS SCHWARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA NOMELLINI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MUDITA JAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAUREN KOENIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| POLLY LIU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK DUNKLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN ZUNO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENISE SMITH-HAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KATHYRN HYLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $128,273 | $14,617 |
| LAURA A MURAWCZYK | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| MINDY ROGERS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| POLLY LIU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL LEWIS SCHWARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA NOMELLINI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MUDITA JAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAUREN KOENIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARNIE MARCIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK DUNKLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN ZUNO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENISE SMITH-HAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELISABETH LANDA | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 10/31/22) Officer | 40 | $130,386 | $19,515 |
| KATHYRN HYLE | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (START 11/1/22) Officer | 40 | $101,937 | $12,113 |
| LAURA A MURAWCZYK | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| MINDY ROGERS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DANIEL LEWIS SCHWARTZ | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ANGELA NOMELLINI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MUDITA JAIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| LAUREN KOENIG | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| MARNIE MARCIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| PATRICK DUNKLEY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| ESTEBAN ZUNO | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| DENISE SMITH-HAMS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| POLLY LIU | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 50803, PALO ALTO, CA 94303-0667
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- KATHRYN HYLE, PO BOX 50803, PALO ALTO, CA 943030667
- Signed the 990
- KATHRYN HYLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (650) 200-3530
- Website
- WWW.EPAAF.ORG
- Return prepared by
- GILBERT CPAS
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 20-2699147 or by the name EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION ADVOCATES FOR, ADVANCES, AND RAISES FUNDS TO BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY, A CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE SEQUOIA UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT. OUR PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES ARE IN PURSUIT OF OUR MISSION TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND GRADUATES OF EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND POSTSECONDARY PATHWAYS INTO MEANINGFUL CAREERS BY PROVIDINGACADEMIC, NAVIGATIONAL, SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES.
Program accomplishments
- EFFECTIVE AUGUST 1, 2014, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (PRIOR TO JULY 1, 2017, KNOWN AS STANFORD SCHOOLS CORPORATION) SERVES AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY, IN TWO WAYS. FIRST, EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION (EPAAF) FUNDS DIRECT SERVICES FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL INCLUDING: EARLY COLLEGE COURSES, WHERE STUDENTS EARN COLLEGE CREDIT DURING THEIR REGULAR SCHOOL DAY; THE DREAM LAB, A MAKERSPACE WHERE STUDENTS ENGAGE IN HANDS-ON STEM LEARNING AND DEVELOP CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS; EXTRA CURRICULARS INCLUDING ATHLETICS; AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT SUPPORT STUDENTS' MENTAL HEALTH AND READINESS TO LEARN. SECOND, EPAAF OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS TO A SELECT NUMBER OF COLLEGE AND VOCATIONAL STUDENTS, ALL OF WHOM GRADUATED FROM EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY.EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY PROVIDES A HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 275 STUDENTS. THE STUDENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 90% LATINO/A/X, 3% AFRICAN AMERICAN, 4% PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AND 3% OTHER. 74% OF STUDENTS WILL BE THE FIRST IN THEIR FAMILIES TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, AND 86% WILL BE FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS. APPROXIMATELY 35% OF THE STUDENTS ARE BILINGUAL & SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS. THE HIGH SCHOOL CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CURRICULUM, RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATION, AND HIGH STANDARDS AND HIGH SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS IN PURSUIT OF OUR AMBITIOUS VISION THAT "ALL STUDENTS WILL GRADUATE COLLEGE-READY, EMPOWERED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND PASSION TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR OWN LIVES, THEIR COMMUNITY, AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY." WE ARE PROUD TO SHARE THAT 97% OF THE EPAA CLASS OF 2025 GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND 97% OF GRADUATES CHOSE A POSTSECONDARY PATHWAY AND JOINED AN EPAAF ALUMNI PROGRAM. 80% OF OUR SCHOLARS ARE STILL PERSISTING IN OR HAVE GRADUATED FROM POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION OR TRAINING PROGRAMS.Expenses $1,381,084 · grants $1,156,148
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | June 30, 2026 | November 16, 2026 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | June 30, 2025 | November 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | June 30, 2024 | November 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 20-2699147
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- School
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2006
- Accounting year ends
- June
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Education (B20)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,098,013
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,815,327
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | June 2025 | $1,720,285 | $1,741,164 | $4,098,013 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2024 | $1,795,545 | $1,606,186 | $4,039,960 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2023 | $1,815,115 | $1,811,595 | $3,835,205 | XML |
| 990 | June 2022 | $1,965,599 | $1,694,142 | $3,814,531 | IRS |
| 990 | June 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | June 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 20-2699147).
Questions about EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION
- What is the EIN of EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION is 20-2699147.
- Is EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2006.
- Are donations to EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names KATHRYN HYLE.
- Who are the officers and directors of EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 12 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $142,589 (KATHYRN HYLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does EAST PALO ALTO ACADEMY FOUNDATION have?
- On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,720,285, expenses of $1,741,164 and total assets of $4,098,013 at year end.
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