2024-05-09T10:57:31-07:00 2023-06-30 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2022-07-01 043694151 826 Valencia 826V 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 2024-05-09 true Bita Nazarian 999009999 true Suzanne R Healy P00533689 9256030800 0 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Bita Nazarian 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 6163304 false X www.826valencia.org X 2002 CA Supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills & helping teachers get students excited about writing. We advocate that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success & that great leaps in learning can be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students. 18 17 72 806 0 6372767 5614637 0 -480959 158038 52870 246729 5944678 6019404 71500 107100 0 3260992 3944530 0 619871 1757856 1869313 5090348 5920943 854330 98461 13238328 15159767 463401 2325508 12774927 12834259 X 826 Valencia is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supportingstudents ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills and helping teachers get theirstudents excited about writing. Our work is based on the understanding that strongwriting skills are fundamental to future success and that great leaps in learningcan be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students. false false 1760378 107100 In-School Programs: 826 Valencia partners with public schools throughout San Francisco to collaboratively develop writing curricula. We also bring teams of 826 staff and volunteer tutors to partner schools where we support students 3:1 with writing projects. In FY23, we supported 16 teachers and 570 students at 5 schools, establishing regular weekly partnerships with classrooms and supporting a variety of writing projects. One highlight was our Young Authors Book Project in spring 2023. We worked with tenth and eleventh grade students at The Academy at McAteer, where students explored the invisible and visible parts of their identities and worked with 826 staff and tutors to craft powerful pieces of writing. We published their work in a book entitled, ""Never Forever Last"" which was released at a book release event in May of 2023. 819315 Afterschool:826 Valencia provides free after-school tutoring and writing support at four locations in San Francisco, including our three Writing Centers and our partner school, Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM). Students enroll for a minimum of two days per week for homework and individual support with reading and writing. Together, these programs served 390+ students in 2022-2023. We partnered with community organizations to ampify our students' voices, including showcasing writing at City Hall. Another highlight from Fiscal Year 2023 was a festive, cake-themed writing project for our students at our after school program at our Mission Center. 592476 Field Trip Programs: 826 Valencia hosts storytelling/bookmaking field trips for elementary schools at its Mission Center, creative storytelling field trips for elementary schools at its Mission Bay Center, and podcasting field trips for middle and high schools at its Tenderloin Center. Typically, these programs serve 4,000 students annually. Our Tenderloin Center had 75 podcasting field trips, serving 1,800+ students. Our students' podcasts reached over 25,000 listeners through our SoundCloud page. 1438332 4610501 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 72 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 18 17 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X X X 826 Valencia Inc 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 202410 0 15382 Miranda Ling Dir. Grants/Giving 40.00 0.00 134969 0 11478 Christina Perry Assoc. 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All checks for tuition payments are payable to, and sent directly to, the appropriate institution. X X X false false false false false false false false false Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 202410 2129 13253 217792 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Workshops:In our Workshop program, we served 260+ students during the 2022-2023 school year. Students learned about the concept of community and reflected on the different communities to which they belong. Students wrote powerfully about the futures they wanted to see for themselves, including crafting odes to important community members (teachers, family members, sports coaches, friends, etc.) and tales that addressing community challenges such as pollution, homelessness, food scarcity, and bullying. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Summer Workshops and Camps:We served 438 students in summer 2022 through project-based writing camps and workshops. Programs included: A) Exploring Words Summer Camp, where students in grades 3-5 complete a series of social justice themed writing projects; B) Exploring Leadership Summer Camp, where students in grades 6-8 develop leadership and communication skills by exploring issues that face their communities; C) Young Author's Workshop (YAW), an creative writing camp where high schoolers explore a range of literary genres and compose literary works; and D) writing workshops for students in grades 3-8 through our community partners in the Tenderloin. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: College Career Readiness:826 Valencia provides middle and high schoolers with opportunities to build skills, knowledge, and resources that strengthen the high school-to-college-to-career pathway. In FY23, we awarded five 4-year $20,000 college scholarships to graduating seniors who will also receive ongoing college persistence and completion support through our partner org, ScholarMatch. We provided 329 twelth-graders with college application essay support through in-person workshops at our centers and with partner schools. Our Youth Leadership Advisory Board and Middle School Leadership Program offered paid internships, leadership development, and career readiness support to 80 teens. We also provided hands-on work experience and stipends to 90 high school, college students, and transitional aged youth (TAY) who interned with our education, volunteer, design, and store teams. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Other Program Accomplishments include the operation of 2 retail stores. The stores sell educational materials, books for children, and other whimsical childrens toys, and serve as a community touch-point in the neighborhoods where we operate. Other Programs also include the design and publishing infrastructure for our various publishing programs, and our volunteer programs. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The executive and finance committees of the organization's board review the 990,after which, a copy is provided to the whole Board prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c It is the policy of the organization to require fiduciaries to provide fulldisclosure of any contemplated or existing activities or transactions that could create a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest.Fiduciaries include each director, officer, and administrative employee of theorganization. Each fiduciary must execute a conflict of interest disclosurestatement and questionnaire. The board of directors reviews all disclosures andpotential conflicts and recommend a course of action, if necessary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The independent board determines the compensation of the Executive Director based onits evaluation of his/her performance and by gathering data on comparablecompensation within the industry. The review that was conducted was formal, andcompensation was approved by the full board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are madeavailable to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Bad debt = -$39129