2026-05-15T16:36:33-07:00 2025-06-30 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-07-01 010594835 Oakland Kids First OAKL 5104522043 3700 E 12th Street Unit 3 Oakland CA 94601 Lukas Brekke-Miesner Executive Director 2026-05-15 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Bill Heiser 3700 E 12th Street Unit 3 Oakland CA 94601 2580781 false X www.oaklandkidsfirst.org X 2002 CA Oakland Kids First is a community-based nonprofit in Oakland, CA that supports young people to organize for better public schools by providing youth leadership development, youth organizing, and community school services. 5 5 21 25 0 2724377 2347492 176800 215835 13387 15917 306 1537 2914870 2580781 26544 10530 0 1444013 1829739 0 198052 1236557 1172956 2707114 3013225 207756 -432444 2110728 1641650 385764 349130 1724964 1292520 The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead. false false 932916 4530 182835 Through OKF's Castlemont Community School Initiatives, we served as lead agency of Castlemont high schools after school programs to provide academic support, enrichment, arts, health/wellness, leadership, and college, career and community readiness opportunities for 600 students, and distributed cash aid, food assistance and referrals for services to Student Relief Fund applicants. 921197 6000 33000 REAL HARD, YOC and Fremont youth leadership development and organizing programs engaged 115 core youth members from 5 OUSD public school campuses to develop leadership skills, build base with 300 student supporters, and improve learning conditions, and distributed cash aid and food assistance to Student Relief Fund applicants from organizing programs. 227440 Anchored the Oakland Youth Vote (OYV) Coalition, advanced implementation of youth voting and civic engagement curriculum during the 2024 school board elections ensuring 1,500 students were pre-registered to vote, and conducted external evaluation for lessons learned. 2081553 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 191 0 true 21 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true false false true true false CA X X Stephanie Daniels 5104522043 3700 E 12th Street Unit 3 Oakland CA 94601 Lukas Brekke-Miesner Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 165827 0 15807 Sabaa Shoraka Sr. Devel. Manager 40.00 0.00 136243 0 18014 Cara Holiday Sr Deputy Director 40.00 0.00 109962 0 16067 Bill Heiser Board Chair 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Dr Phoumy Sayavong Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Niema Jordan Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Ijeoma Arum Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Soraya Salgadoe Board Member 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 412032 49888 3 false true false 0 745837 1601655 2347492 Program service fees 900099 215835 215835 215835 15917 15917 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Other income 900099 1537 1537 1537 2580781 215835 17454 0 10530 10530 0 0 195286 46478 117171 31637 0 1381633 979128 281229 121276 27498 20123 5061 2314 102602 70366 8759 23477 122720 62962 50088 9670 0 13447 13447 97165 97165 0 0 0 135897 113034 22863 1758 1710 48 147542 123324 22134 2084 35482 6845 28039 598 0 61909 35448 19680 6781 9619 8860 592 167 0 39871 7800 32071 0 0 16490 16490 8572 8572 Youth stipends 542821 542821 Youth retreats 53837 53834 3 Services fees and other 8546 8546 0 3013225 2081553 733620 198052 70911 126641 940764 648248 464250 350000 378956 318981 0 0 0 0 32841 36492 79313 50014 41817 29299 0 0 0 0 181189 131989 2110728 1641650 204575 217141 181189 131989 385764 349130 X 827464 843163 897500 449357 1724964 1292520 2110728 1641650 -432444 X true X false false false X 1197221 2253556 1721645 2724377 2347492 10244291 0 0 1197221 2253556 1721645 2724377 2347492 10244291 2612164 7632127 996 1876 11233 13387 15917 43409 0 767 306 1537 2610 10290310 657406 0.74170 0.77420 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false false true false true 200 true 400 false true 600 true 1500 false 2700 false false Part II-B, Line 1i - Other Activities Description Staff prepared youth leaders to advocate that OUSD school board members rescind a policy defunding certain after school programs. Activities involved emails, speaking at school board meetings and speaking to the press. Part IV - Additional Information 79313 50014 29299 29299 Right of use asset - operating lease 131989 131989 Operating lease liability 131989 131989 true 0 0 Emergency relief 22 10530 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used We create a budget for each grant and allocate expenses - we keep each grant separate in our QB software. X X X false false false false false false false false false Lukas Brekke-Miesner Executive Dir. 161702 4125 5100 10707 181634 Sabaa Shoraka Sr. Devel. Manager 136243 5100 12914 154257 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The finance consultant and accountant share all drafts of the 990 with the Executive Director, Associate Director and Senior Development Manager for review. Then once approved, the Board of Directors receives a copy and the treasurer reviews and signs off on the 990 form before it is filed on behalf of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Executive Director shares conflict of interest statements with board members and has them sign that they read and will comply using Box sign. Senior Development Manager ensures contracts and grants do not pose potential conflicts of interest, and would flag these to the Executive Director to enforce compliance with the board if concerns arose. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The Board of Directors uses an Executive Compensation policy for an annual process to determine pay for the Executive Director that is rooted in fair pay compensation and benefits research. A new Governance Committee oversees the process to review and approve compensation for the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b OKF senior leadership conducts a fair pay scan every 3-5 years that includes researching and benchmarking comparable salaries in Northern California and for Bay Area nonprofits related to all organizational roles. New pay scales affecting all employees were approved and adopted for FY 24-25 based on outcomes from the research. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 990 forms publicly accessible on Candid and other websites. Policies shared upon written or verbal request. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Shared upon written or verbal request.