2017-05-02T15:45:23-07:00 2016-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs 1970 Broadway STE 930 Oakland CA 94612 990 2015-07-01 043694151 826 Valencia Inc 826V 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 2017-05-02 true Adele Kaneda P01664922 5108352727 2015 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z Bita Nazarian 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 5247028 false 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. 12 12 25 864 73508 -7543 3241339 4909139 0 23932 18021 61462 62419 3326733 4989579 133500 142738 0 925764 1301734 0 167958 618136 547743 1677400 1992215 1649333 2997364 4069991 7217470 394089 544204 3675902 6673266 X 826 Valencia is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills and helping teachers get their students excited about writing. Our work is based on the understanding that strong writing skills are fundamental to future success and that great leaps in learning can be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students. true false 453654 15000 In-SchoolDuring the 2015-2016 school year we served 34 teachers and 1,700 students at the 9 San Francisco Unified School District Schools through our In-School program. We built a Writers' Room at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8. For our 2016 Young Authors' Book Project, we released "Walk the Earth in our Shoes and Plant some Seeds Behind You" with 9th and 10th grade students at John OConnell High School. We gave ten $1,500 grants for Teacher of the Month Awards. 386756 127738 College Career Readiness:We awarded six $15,000 college scholarships to deserving high school seniors and provided ongoing college counseling through ScholarMatch. We also paid stipends to alumni students in internship roles so they could serve as role models for our students while developing professional skills. In addition, we launched a youth leadership track where students learned life skills and served as role models in their program. 272876 Field Trip ProgramDuring the 2015-2016 year, we hosted 105 field trips, with a combined total of 2,263 students from local schools visiting our centers in the Mission and Tenderloin Districts of San Francisco for a morning of high-energy learning. The most popular field trip again this year was one we invented, "Storytelling and Bookmaking," where students write, illustrate, and bind their own books in two hours. We also launched our podcasting field trips in our Tenderloin Center. 442452 20511 1555738 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false true true true false false false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false true 26 0 true 25 true true true false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 12 12 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false CA X X Bita Nazarian 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Matt Middlebrook President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Michael Beckwith Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Andrew Strickman Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Eric Abrams Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joya Banerjee Trustee 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Barbara Bersche Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michelle Yunhi Lee Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jim Lesser Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dave Pell Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Han Phung Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joe Vasquez Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Vendela Vida Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 130384 0 5708 130384 5708 1 false false false BCCI Construction 1160 Battery 250 San Francisco CA 94111 Construction 635955 1 346918 80524 4481697 586068 4909139 0 32486 32486 0 0 0 66223 80688 -14465 -14465 -14465 41100 346918 89510 -48410 -48410 0 181270 87251 94019 20511 73508 Miscellaneous 16810 16810 16810 4989579 20511 73508 -13579 0 142738 142738 0 0 145292 108969 21794 14529 0 995181 798244 107830 89107 0 73605 58828 8144 6633 87656 69748 9947 7961 0 0 34012 34012 0 0 0 34238 1353 26465 6420 4128 3285 541 302 117097 93175 15351 8571 10280 7260 1105 1915 0 148586 118230 19480 10876 11400 9071 1495 834 0 7305 5812 958 535 0 60000 60000 38322 30217 5184 2921 13404 8666 3757 981 Trainings/staff appreciation 37847 30115 4962 2770 Miscellaneous 18523 5842 12681 Bank, service and other fees 12601 10027 1652 922 0 1992215 1555738 268519 167958 723376 1053571 938325 2511813 620316 914041 120042 30894 0 0 0 41286 52796 7955 7955 1834881 90270 160313 1744611 1394124 837535 0 0 0 64254 64254 4069991 7217470 73860 183160 37500 320229 323544 394089 544204 X 1705780 4616284 1970122 2056982 3675902 6673266 4069991 7217470 2997364 X false true X true false X 1073449 953301 1391174 3241339 4870889 11530152 0 0 1073449 953301 1391174 3241339 4870889 11530152 998539 10531613 57901 55956 49790 45800 32486 241933 0 10022 16810 26832 11798917 1593014 0.89260 0.85520 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 1757415 59040 1698375 77466 31230 46236 1744611 Scholarships payable 323544 323544 X 5032146 42567 42567 4989579 4989579 2034782 42567 42567 1992215 1992215 Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of June 30, 2016 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. false Books Bash 388018 346918 41100 32812 34170 8250 14278 388018 346918 41100 32812 34170 8250 14278 89510 -48410 true 0 0 Scholarships 6 90000 Teach of the Month Awards 10 15000 Internships 20 37738 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used The organization makes grants in the form of scholarships and Teacher of the Month awards. All checks for tuition payments are payable to, and sent directly to, the appropriate institution. Teacher of the Month awards are given directly to the teachers upon receipt of a form W-9. The awards are reported on form 1099 in box 3. X 3 53064 Statement X Leashold Improvement 1 189750 FMV X Materials 20 9592 FMV X Leashold Improv 13 333662 FMV false false false Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services We have spent the past year fundraising, building collaborations and constructing our new center in the Tenderloin neighborhood, it opened its doors to the public in May 2016. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: In-SchoolDuring the 2015-2016 school year we served 34 teachers and 1,700 students at the 9 San Francisco Unified School District Schools through our In-School program. We built a Writers' Room at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8. For our 2016 Young Authors' Book Project, we released "Walk the Earth in our Shoes and Plant some Seeds Behind You" with 9th and 10th grade students at John OConnell High School. We gave ten $1,500 grants for Teacher of the Month Awards. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Afterschool + SummerOur After-School Tutoring Program remains one of the cornerstone programs of 826 Valencia. During the 2015-2016 year, we hosted the program Mondays through Thursdays throughout the school year for 185 enrolled students, with an average of 30 students each weekday, and an additional 20 students coming for Drop-In Tutoring on Sundays. Highlights of the year included two Young Writers' Wall celebrations, where we honor six students and feature their accomplishments with full color portraits and profiles on the back wall of our writing lab, and two issues of Look Closer/Mira De Circa, our anthology of shorter student works. Our evening tutoring program, called Pathways, supports middle and high school students with their homework. We also grew our Exploring Words Summer Camp to serve 60 elementary and middle school students for 5 weeks. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process The Treasurer of the organization reviews the return and then presents the complete return to the full board before filing. If the scheduled quarterly board meeting falls after the filing deadline, the Treasurer will present to the executive committee before filing, and will then share with the full board at the next scheduled meeting. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts It is the policy of the organization to require fiduciaries to provide full disclosure of any contemplated or existing activities or transaction that could create a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest. Fiduciaries include each director, officer, and administrative employees of the organization. Each fiduciary must, on an annual basis, execute a conflict of interest disclosure statement and a questionnaire. The board of directors will review all disclosures and potential conflicts and recommend a course of action, if necessary, with respect to such persons of conflicts. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The independent board determines the compensation of the Executive Director based on its evaluation of his/her performance and by gathering data on comparable compensation within the industry. The review that was conducted was formal, and compensation was approved by the full board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are made available to the public upon request.