EIN 81-0615887

Foundation for Students Rising Above (SRA)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
69
Year formed
2003
Most recent tax filings
2022-06-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Students Rising Above (SRA) helps extraordinary, low-income Bay Area high school students who are overcoming tremendous odds of poverty, homelessness, and neglect, to fulfill their dream of a college education.
Also known as...
Students Rising Above; Students Rising Above; Rising Above
Total revenues
$5,050,190
2022
Total expenses
$4,400,223
2022
Total assets
$10,003,062
2022
Num. employees
69
2022

Program areas at SRA

Sra's college completion and workforce development programming consists of three pillars: a one-on-one advising program, a technology-based social enterprise tool that provides an online resource for Students and partners nationwide, and a virtual advising program. Sra's Rising stars program provides comprehensive one-on-one advising and mentoring, financial assistance, mental health support, and career development guidance to support Students in college access, completion and workplace development. Experienced college and career advisors collaborate with Students from their final year of high school through college graduation. (continued on schedule o)the sra hub is a social enterprise tool designed to leverage technology to reach secondary and post-secondary Students nationwide, creating transformative change for low-income, first-generation college Students through facilitating a sense of agency and self-advocacy vital to an individual's social and economic capital. The sra hub provides programs, services, and tools to enrich Students' skills and capacities for post-secondary readiness, college commitment, and career exploration. It also offers an always-available supportive community for post-secondary coaching and career development through self-guided learning, live webinars, a comprehensive library of articles and interactive tools, and responses to student questions from trained college and career advisors.students online achieving results ("soar") is sra's virtual advising program. Soar combines the scalability of the sra hub with personalized guidance from assigned college and career advisors through virtual student cohorts and coordinated lesson plans. Students gain peer support and skill development through engaging in cohort activities, advancing their knowledge base and enhancing college and career readiness while on the path towards post-secondary degrees and career-ladder jobs. Soar programming is offered to Students using the tools and resources of the sra hub, both through collaborative partnership agreements and independently through sra-led cohorts.

Who funds Foundation for Students Rising Above (SRA)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramFor Recipient's Exempt Purpose$520,500
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$298,832
Schwab Charitable FundPublic, Societal Benefit$286,440
...and 50 more grants received totalling $2,393,405

Personnel at SRA

NameTitleCompensation
Elizabeth Jordan DevaneyChief Executive Officer$255,000
Angela BugayongChief Program Officer
Laura CashionDirector of Finance$125,450
Sabir MuhammadDevelopment and Communications Director
Sarah FaheyDirector of Marketing and Comms$116,762
...and 17 more key personnel

Financials for SRA

RevenuesFYE 06/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$4,432,039
Program services$111,446
Investment income and dividends$262,493
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$298,951
Net income from fundraising events$-54,739
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$5,050,190

Form 990s for SRA

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-062023-04-11990View PDF
2021-062022-04-14990View PDF
2020-062021-04-19990View PDF
2019-062020-12-16990View PDF
2018-062019-05-14990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s
Data update history
January 29, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
January 2, 2024
Received grants
Identified 15 new grant, including a grant for $230,000 from Solid Rock Foundation
October 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $45,000 from Warriors Community Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 41 new grant, including a grant for $150,000 from Solid Rock Foundation
August 9, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsSchoolsEducational service providersCharities
Issues
EducationHomelessness
Characteristics
Provides grantsFundraising eventsCommunity engagement / volunteeringProvides scholarshipsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
PO Box 192492
San Francisco, CA 94119
Metro area
San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
County
San Francisco County, CA
Website URL
studentsrisingabove.org/ 
Phone
(415) 333-4222
Facebook page
StudentsRisingAbove 
Twitter profile
@sraprogram 
IRS details
EIN
81-0615887
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2003
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
B90: Educational Services
NAICS code, primary
813211: Grantmaking Foundations
Parent/child status
Independent
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