2026-03-25T13:23:04-07:00 2025-06-30 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2024-07-01 043694151 826 Valencia 826V 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 2026-03-25 true true Suzanne R Healy P00533689 9256030800 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Bita Nazarian 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 10264485 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 18 76 720 0 6526758 8911210 170740 462812 457527 554772 529522 7544342 10068999 93916 170002 0 4313450 4787563 0 949369 2048194 1958211 6455560 6915776 1088782 3153223 16404012 19395442 2535971 2374178 13868041 17021264 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 1157152 Workshops:In our Workshops program, we served 438 students during the 2024-2025 school year. This year, we adapted to our students needs and energy, and decided to do more writing projects that incorporated illustrations and creativity. A highlight was the October haunted house project, where students developed a sales pitch for their haunted house and then built a diorama. At the end of the project, students presented their sales pitch, showcasing all their haunted amenities. 1102660 170002 170740 In-School Programs: 826 Valencia partners with public schools throughout San Francisco to collaboratively develop writing curricula and bring 826 staff and volunteer tutors into partner schools, where we provide individualized writing lessons and tutoring. In FY25, we supported 48 teachers and 1,650 students at 13 schools. Our Black Student Cohort, an auxiliary program to our In-Schools programming, served 21 elementary school students as well. 1011840 Field Trip Programs: 826 Valencia hosts Storytelling & Bookmaking and Choose Your Own Adventure writing field trips for elementary students at its Mission Center and podcasting field trips for middle and high schools at its Tenderloin Center. In FY25, we served 4,172 students with 195 field trips. Our podcasting field trips yielded 1,947 student podcasts that reached 29,147 listeners through our SoundCloud page. 721751 After-School Programs:826 Valencia provides free after-school tutoring and writing support at five locations in San Francisco, including our three Writing Centers and our partner schools, Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) and Dr. Charles R. Drew Preparatory Academy. Students enroll for a minimum of two days per week for individualized homework support and writing projects. After-school programs served 333 students in 2024-25. One highlight was a science-themed writing project at our Mission Center, where students imagined discovering a new plant or animal species. This writing project culminated in professionally produced species posters created by 826s design team, which were displayed in our Mission writing center. 603151 Leadership and Future Pathways:826 provides middle and high schoolers with opportunities to build skills, knowledge, and resources that strengthen the high school-to-college-to-career pathway. In FY25, we awarded five $20,000 college scholarships to graduating seniors who will also receive ongoing college persistence and completion support from our partner ScholarMatch. We provided another 204 twelfth-graders with college application and essay support through in-person workshops, both at our writing centers and with partner schools. Our Youth Leadership Advisory Board, Black Literary Achievement Club, and Middle School Leadership Program offered paid internships, leadership development, and career readiness support to 94 teens. We also provided hands-on workforce development experience and stipends to 62 high school and college students and transitional-aged youth who interned with our education, volunteer, design, and store teams. 442880 Summer Workshops and Camps:We served 792 students in summer 2025 through project-based writing camps and workshops. Programs included: A) Exploring Words Summer Camp, where students in grades 3-5 work on writing projects that included persuasive writing, screenwriting, field journals, identity/Narrative writing, community mural poetry, and creating fantasy worlds; 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. 302911 Other Program Accomplishments include the operation of two retail stores (Mission District, Mission Bay). The stores sell educational materials, books for children, and other whimsical childrens toys, and serve as a community touchpoint in the neighborhoods where we operate. Other Programs also include the design and publishing infrastructure for our various publishing programs, our workforce development program for AmeriCorps associates and paid interns, and our volunteer program. 2070693 5342345 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 76 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true 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 222627 0 20731 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. 222627 5666 15065 243358 Christina Perry Assoc. Director 139516 3117 7672 150305 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.