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Nonprofit · EIN 93-1388375

COLLEGE MATCH

Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90041

Financials

$814K$5K2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of COLLEGE MATCH by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$814,347$5,490$808,857$808,857$0$808,857
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$804,100
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,247
Other revenue
$2,000

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$0
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$3,319
Program services (functional)
$2,885
Management and general (functional)
$2,605

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$0
Total assets, end of year
$808,857
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets, end of year
$808,857
Net assets without donor restrictions
$808,857
Gross receipts
$814,347
Employees
0
Volunteers
95
Year formed
2023
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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
NADEEM KHANBOARD CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
RICHARD BERGMANTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
DOLORES ARRENDONDOSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
BRUCE NEWBERGDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD FOOSDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
MAX MASUDA-FARKASDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JEET SOHALDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
2272 COLORADO BLVD 1206, LOS ANGELES, CA 90041-1143
In care of
% ERICA ROSALES
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
ERICA ROSALES, 2272 COLORADO BLVD 1206, LOS ANGELES, CA 90041
Signed the 990
ERICA ROSALES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Phone
(323) 804-6961
Return prepared by
QUIGLEY & MIRON

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 93-1388375 or by the name COLLEGE MATCH.

Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)

Mission

COLLEGE MATCH PARTNERS WITH HIGH SCHOOLS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO IDENTIFY HIGH-ACHIEVING, LOW-INCOME HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS AND GUIDANCE TO GET INTO TOP-RANKED COLLEGES WITH SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES AND SUCCEED ONCE THERE. COLLEGE MATCH DOES SO THROUGH THREE MAIN ACTIVATES: COLLEGE APPLICATION SUPPORT, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, AND COLLEGE SUCCESS SUPPORT.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • COLLEGE APPLICATION SUPPORT ENTAILS WORKING WITH STUDENTS SELECTED FOR COLLEGE MATCH TO IMPROVE THEIR CHANGES OF ADMISSION INTO TOP 4-YEAR COLLEGES. COLLEGE MATCH PARTNERS WITH PUBLIC AND CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND IS CURRENTLY PARTNERED WITH 31 SUCH HIGH SCHOOLS. SCHOOL COUNSELORS IDENTIFY HIGH-ACHIEVING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS DURING THEIR FIRST SEMESTER OF JUNIOR YEAR, AND THE IDENTIFIED STUDENTS CAN THEN APPLY TO JOIN COLLEGE MATCH. ONCE ACCEPTED, STUDENTS BEGIN RECEIVING COLLEGE APPLICATION SUPPORT, WHICH RUNS FROM THE SECOND SEMESTER OF JUNIOR YEAR THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. COLLEGE MATCH PAIRS STUDENTS WITH COLLEGE COUNSELORS TO HELP PREPARE AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, GIVES STUDENTS ACCESS TO ACADEMIC TUTORS AND ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL SAT TUTORING, AND TAKES STUDENTS ON COLLEGE VISITS (TYPICALLY ABOUT 15 VISITS PER STUDENT), INCLUDING A TRIP THE EAST COAST, WHERE COLLEGE MATCH COVERS THE COST OF THE VISIT FOR THE LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENTAILS WORKING WITH STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH TO MAKE ATTENDING THE COLLEGE OF THEIR CHOICE AFFORDABLE AND ATTAINABLE. THIS INCLUDES HELPING STUDENTS APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID, IDENTIFYING GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS, AND PROVIDING STUDENTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS SPECIFIC TO COLLEGE MATCH. ALL STUDENTS ATTEND A FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP, RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT FROM VOLUNTEERS TO HELP ANALYZE FINANCIAL AID OFFERS SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF EACH COLLEGE CHOICE, AND ARE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION BY THEIR COUNSELOR FOR COLLEGE MATCH SCHOLARSHIPS.COLLEGE SUCCESS SUPPORT ENTAILS WORKING WITH STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH WHO ENROLL IN COLLEGE TO ENSURE THEY HAVE THE ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. RIGHT NOW, COLLEGE SUCCESS SUPPORT CONSISTS OF MAKING EMERGENCY FUNDING AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH ATTENDING COLLEGE, AS DISCUSSED FURTHER IN SCHEDULE H, PROVIDING ACCESS TO PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS THAT OFFER SOCIAL CONNECTION AND ADVICE, AND BEING AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO STUDENT NEEDS. FURTHER, COLLEGE MATCH HAS LAUNCHED THE CAREER LAUNCH INITIATIVE. THE PLAN IS TO HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM TO BUILD OUT THE CAREER SUPPORT PIPELINE. THIS TEAM WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING YEAR-ROUND CAREER PREPARATION WORKSHOPS AND EXPERIENCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, TO NETWORKING EVENTS, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS, AND ALUMNI SUPPORT GROUPS.COLLEGE MATCH'S ACTIVITIES ARE LED BY ITS PROGRAM TEAM, COMPRISED OF THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS, AND THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS. THE PROGRAM TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING ELIGIBLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, COORDINATING COLLEGE VISITS, AND TRAINING VOLUNTEERS.THE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS IS MORE SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED WITH WORKING WITH THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT PARTNER WITH COLLEGE MATCH. THE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS IS MORE SPECIFICALLY INVOLVED WITH BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH COLLEGE ADMISSIONS OFFICES AND ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH. THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR FULFILLS A MORE GENERAL ROLE.ADDITIONALLY, EACH MEMBER OF THE PROGRAM TEAM IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SERVING AS A COLLEGE COUNSELOR FOR A COHORT OF STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH. VOLUNTEER COUNSELORS WORK WITH THE REMAINING STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH DURING THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS, WHILE ACADEMIC TUTORING IS OUTSOURCED TO A THIRD-PARTY TUTORING SERVICE.THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR HOSTS THE FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP, WHICH IS ALSO SUPPORTED BY VOLUNTEERS. THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ALSO TRAINS THESE VOLUNTEERS, WHO THEN WORK WITH STUDENTS TO ANALYZE FINANCIAL AID PACKAGES RECEIVED. STAFF MEMBERS ANALYZE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS AND PROCESS PAYMENTS.STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH MEET WITH THEIR COUNSELORS AND TUTORS, AS WELL AS WITH VOLUNTEERS ADVISING ON FINANCIAL AID, AT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OR IN OTHER LOCATIONS THAT ARE CONVENIENT, INCLUDING OVER ONLINE VIDEO CALLS. COLLEGE VISITS OCCUR ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND ANY ONGOING PROGRAMS OR OUTREACH TO STUDENTS IN COLLEGE MATCH ATTENDING COLLEGE TAKE PLACE AT THOSE COLLEGES OR VIRTUALLY.ABOUT 65% OF COLLEGE MATCH'S TIME GOES TO COLLEGE APPLICATION SUPPORT. ABOUT 10% GOES TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT. ABOUT 25% GOES TO COLLEGE SUCCESS SUPPORT.FUNDING AT COLLEGE MATCH GENERALLY COMES FROM UNRESTRICTED GRANTS AND DONATIONS, BUT THERE ARE SOME DONORS WHO SPECIFY THAT FUNDS ARE TO BE USED FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. IN ADDITION TO SIGNIFICANT GENERAL FUNDRAISING AND GRANT WRITING, COLLEGE MATCH CHARGES A MINIMAL PARTICIPATION FEE TO CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLS ($10,000 PER SCHOOL TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THEIR ABILITY TO PAY, WHICH FEE WAS SUSPENDED DURING COVID) IN ORDER TO RECOVER OUT-OF-POCKET TRAVEL, LODGING, MEAL, AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES INCURRED WHEN STUDENTS FROM THE SCHOOL GO ON COLLEGE VISITS. COLLEGE MATCH'S EXPENDITURES ARE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS: 65% GO TO COLLEGE APPLICATION SUPPORT, 25% GO TO FINANCIAL SUPPORT (AND THIS INCLUDES THE COLLEGE MATCH SPECIFIC SCHOLARSHIPS), AND 10% GO TO COLLEGE SUCCESS SUPPORT.COLLEGE MATCH'S EXEMPT PURPOSE IS CHARITABLE. ALL OF COLLEGE MATCH'S ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE FURTHER COLLEGE MATCH'S CHARITABLE PURPOSE BECAUSE THEY ALL INVOLVE PROVIDING FREE SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WOULD OTHERWISE NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, LIKE TUTORING, COLLEGE APPLICATION HELP, FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION HELP AND AWARD ANALYSIS, EMERGENCY COLLEGE FUNDING, AND ONGOING ADVICE AND GUIDANCE DURING COLLEGE.
    Expenses $2,885

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024Check at the IRS

IRS record

EIN
93-1388375
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2024
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Education (B90)
Assets (IRS master file)
$808,857
Income (IRS master file)
$814,347

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$814,347$5,490$808,857IRS

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 93-1388375).

Questions about COLLEGE MATCH

What is the EIN of COLLEGE MATCH?
The employer identification number (EIN) of COLLEGE MATCH is 93-1388375.
Is COLLEGE MATCH tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2024.
Are donations to COLLEGE MATCH tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does COLLEGE MATCH 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 COLLEGE MATCH 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 COLLEGE MATCH 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 COLLEGE MATCH?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names ERICA ROSALES.
Who are the officers and directors of COLLEGE MATCH?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 7 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does COLLEGE MATCH have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $814,347, expenses of $5,490 and total assets of $808,857 at year end.

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