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Nonprofit · EIN 94-2844443

CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC

Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115

Financials

$5.5M$5.3M2020$5.8M$6.3M2022$7.7M$7.2M2023$5.4M$5.8M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$5,431,564$5,819,428-$387,864$2,412,559$2,580,018-$167,459
June 30, 2024990$7,700,581$7,215,322$485,259$2,184,440$1,964,035$220,405
June 30, 2023990$5,760,202$6,273,576-$513,374$1,410,052$1,674,906-$264,854
June 30, 2021990 (amended)$5,468,642$5,337,818$130,824$1,349,051$435,752$913,299
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$5,283,357
of which government grants
$4,950,165
Program service revenue
$57,556
Investment income
$42
Other revenue
$90,609

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$693,254
Other salaries and wages
$2,540,521
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$3,862,923
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$193,816
Occupancy
$460,877
Travel
$40,673
Program services (functional)
$5,342,595
Management and general (functional)
$429,487
Fundraising (functional)
$47,346

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$2,184,440
Total assets, end of year
$2,412,559
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,580,018
Net assets, end of year
-$167,459
Land, buildings and equipment
$3,000
Net assets without donor restrictions
-$167,459
Gross receipts
$5,431,564
Employees
103
Volunteers
6
Year formed
1983
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
Liz Jackson-SimpsonCEO
Officer
40$201,511
Virginia PriceCOO
Officer
40$160,633
Katrina Jackson NaborChief HR
Officer
40$157,523
Adrian TrujilloCFO
Officer
40$156,008
Travis WattsE.D. Village Proj.40$102,089
Jason ThurmanChairman
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Genevieve BantleSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Shalini ChandrashekarTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Erika KatskeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Lisa SockwellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Suzanne Medina-JonesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 11 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Liz Jackson-SimpsonCEO
Officer
40$215,817
Virginia PriceCOO
Officer
40$171,500
Katrina Jackson NaborChief HR
Trustee or director, Officer
40$167,971
Adrian TrujilloCFO
Officer
40$165,000
Jason ThurmanChairman
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Genevieve BantleSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Shalini ChandrashekarTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Erika KatskeDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Lisa SockwellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Suzanne Medina-JonesDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Erica SklarDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 10 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Liz Jackson-SimpsonCEO
Officer
40$181,767
Virginia PriceCOO
Officer
40$167,750
Adrian TrujilloCFO
Officer
40$162,876
Katrina Jackson NaborsCHR
Officer
40$150,065
Adrienne SchneiderChairperson
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Jason ThurmanTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Shalini ChandrashekarDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Genevieve BantleDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Logan McDonnellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Mark GenoveseDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2021: 13 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Liz Jackson-SimpsonCEO
Officer
40$155,193
Adrian TrujilloCFO
Officer
40$121,990
Virginia PriceCOO
Officer
40$120,758
Elliot BeckelmanDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Jason ThurmanTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Adrienne SchneiderChairman
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Jossiel CrusetaVice Chair
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0
Michael LoweDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Mark GenoveseDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Logan McDonnellDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Karen NemsickDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Leslie TaylorDirector
Trustee or director
1$0
Chris BocchicchioSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
1449 WEBSTER ST, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94115-3705
Signed the 990
Adrian Trujillo, CFO
Phone
(415) 753-7690
Return prepared by
ALLAN LIU CPA

California records

California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2844443 or by the name CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC.

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

Mission

To offer meaningful vocational and educational services for youth so that they may develop a positive self-image as well as a sense of hope and purpose for their future.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • Career Center- is a community hub of workforce development services designed to provide job seekers with career planning, linkages to a web of training opportunities throughout the city and assistance with job placement services and employers with assistance for connecting to city resources and pre-screened qualified job seekers for their opportunities.
    Expenses $3,414,479
  • Construction - The Construction Training project provides an intensive 400-hour construction training bootcamp, providing pathways out of poverty for Bay Area residents who are most in need. The Construction Trainings core program is a 16-week training that integrates hard skills training in green construction and related trades with life skills training, academics, intensive case management, wraparound services, career coaching, and job placement and retention services. Students graduate with basic skills in ten trades and earn five industry-recognized certifications, enabling graduates to secure jobs at 1 to 3 levels above entry-level pay grades.
    Expenses $928,101
  • Arts- We recognize that the arts have unique power, enhancing academic and professional achievement, spotlighting the expressive voices of our community, and serving as a source for healing, liberation, and advocacy.Current programming includes visual arts, improvisation arts, and digital arts. virtual and in person offerings take place at the Juvenile Justice Center in San Francisco, Maguire Correctional Facility in San Mateo, Youth Service Center in San Mateo, Success Centers Oakland, and the Education & Employment Training Center in San Francisco.
    Expenses $586,677
  • Education services- Early Morning Study Academy (EMSA) is a GED school targeted for youth in the juvenile justice and foster care system, a Teachers Academy formed in 2014 to respond to the need to advice and train educators of the nuances associated with the new GED test and curriculum, and the GED testing center to provide an opportunity for any youth to complete the national GED test
    Expenses $306,537
  • Effective July 1, 2023, Success Centers entered into an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with Renaissance Parents of Success to assume fiscal sponsorship of The Village Project. As a result, Success Centers began serving as the fiscal sponsor for The Village Project.
    Expenses $89,876
  • Youth Employment $ Training-Success Centers offers training in the skills that lead to meaningful employment for young people ages 16 to 24. At every step, we meet the various needs of our participants. Participants often engage in New Directions programs while also completing their education at Success Centers.
    Expenses $16,925

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, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
94-2844443
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
1983
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$2,412,559
Income (IRS master file)
$5,431,564

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$5,431,564$5,819,428$2,412,559IRS
990June 2024$7,700,581$7,215,322$2,184,440IRS
990June 2023$5,760,202$6,273,576$1,410,052XML
990June 2022$6,476,121$7,140,900$1,762,635IRS
990June 2021$5,468,642$5,337,818$1,349,051XML
990June 2020–––IRS
990June 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 94-2844443).

Questions about CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC

What is the EIN of CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC is 94-2844443.
Is CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1983.
Are donations to CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC 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 CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC 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 CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who are the officers and directors of CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 11 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $201,511 (Liz Jackson-Simpson, CEO).
How much revenue does CENTERS FOR EQUITY AND SUCCESS INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $5,431,564, expenses of $5,819,428 and total assets of $2,412,559 at year end.

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