FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION
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Plain text FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION. furp.org, nonprofit organization profile, tax years 2023–2025. https://furp.org/org/first-push-foundation-922867166. Retrieved 2026-10-30.
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2025 · Form 990PF · revenue $385K · expenses $33K · assets $2.2M
- EIN
- 92-2867166
- Address
- 2115 7TH AVE, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95062-1663
- Website
- WWW.THEFIRSTPUSH.ORG
- NTEE code
- A20
- Exempt type
- 501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
- Ruling date
- December 2023 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
- IRS status
- Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
- Tax-deductible donations
- Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (private operating foundation) Pub 78 ↗
- Foundation status
- Private operating foundation
- Cross-check
- ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer
Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).
People paid by the organization
None of the 3 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.
Officers and directors, no compensation reported
3 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.
| Name | Latest title | Years | Hrs/wk (latest) | Compensation | Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Benjamin | SECRETARY | 2023-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Michael Eyre | TREASURER | 2023-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 2 |
| Robert Denike | PRESIDENT | 2023-2025 | 0 | $0 reported | 1 |
People by year
2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT DENIKE | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| NATHAN BENJAMIN | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| MICHAEL EYRE | TREASURER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT DENIKE | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| NATHAN BENJAMIN | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| MICHAEL EYRE | TREASURER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
| Name | Title | Hrs/wk | From org | From related | Other | Total | Orgs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT DENIKE | PRESIDENT | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 1 |
| NATHAN BENJAMIN | SECRETARY | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
| MICHAEL EYRE | TREASURER | 0 | $0 | - | $0 | $0 | 2 |
Highest-paid independent contractors
No independent contractors reported.
Who the money went to
Grants this organization reported paying: Schedule I Part II of the Form 990, or the grants-paid list on the 990-PF. Open a year for every recipient. Recipients link to their own page when the grant names an EIN we have (990-PF grants list no EIN, so those link only on an exact, unique name and state). Grants to individuals are counted; their names are not shown.
2024 · 12 grants to organizations · $15K
Negative amounts are returned or refunded grants; they are listed last and left out of the totals of grants paid.
Who gave
Contributors listed on Schedule B of the Form 990-PF: name, city and state as filed (street addresses are not shown), with total and noncash contributions for the year. A link to an organization's page is tagged Fuzzy with its name-similarity score (0 to 1) when it rests on name and state; Schedule B lists no EIN, so no link here is an exact identifier match.
2025 · 3 contributors · $385K
| # | Contributor | Type | City, state | Total | Noncash | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | RICHARD NOVAK DONOR ADVISED FUND | Person | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $275,000 | - | Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing |
| 1 | RICHARD NOVAK | Person | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $100,000 | - | Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing |
| 3 | THE RICHARD H NOVAK FOUNDATION Fuzzy 0.87 | Organization or other | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $10,000 | - | Form 990PF Sch. B, 2025 · filing |
2024 · 2 contributors · $1.9M
Contributors listed here are as reported on the filing. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
Finances
Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.
| Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Net assets | Contributions | Program revenue | Officer pay | Employees | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $385,000 | $33,005 | $2,170,014 | $2,170,014 | $385,000 | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2024 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $1,850,000 | $31,981 | $1,822,686 | $1,818,019 | $1,850,000 | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2024 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $1,850,000 | $31,981 | $1,822,686 | $1,818,019 | $1,850,000 | - | $0 | - | - |
| 2023 · Form 990PF | ||||||||
| $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | - | $0 | - | - |
Connected to
Organizations that list some of the same people on their returns (officers, directors, key employees on this organization’s latest return), and related organizations it lists on Schedule R.
- RICHARD H NOVAK FOUNDATION Santa Cruz, CA · 2 people in common (Michael Eyre, Nathan Benjamin)
Funders of this organization
1 grantor reported grants to this organization, $10,000 in all, tax years 2025 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV
| Grantor | Type | Match | Years given | Grants | Total | Latest year | Latest year's amount | Grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD H NOVAK FOUNDATION | Private foundation | Fuzzy filed as “FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION” | 2025 | 1 | $10,000 | 2025 | $10,000 | show |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| DO ART FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $534,846 | $385,592 | DIRECTOR | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| ARTLAB21 FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $349,972 | $367,019 | Secretary | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| IF INNOVATION FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $433,295 | $415,672 | SECRETARY | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| KALAIVANAR FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $526,900 | $27,377 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| FESTA ITALIA FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $399,407 | $302,003 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| CLAUDE KENT FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $503,042 | $25,735 | PRESIDENT/ TREASURER | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| SACRED DANCE FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $507,567 | $463,851 | President | $27,176 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| VIRTUAL INDIA FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $352,415 | $59,119 | CEO | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| HANDY FOUNDATION CORPORATION | CA | A20 | $559,674 | $579,237 | DIRECTOR | $66,400 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| IN A PERFECT WORLD FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $347,735 | $451,762 | FOUNDER/PRES | $96,320 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| FREDRIC ROBERTS FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $528,678 | $213,296 | SECRETARY/BKKPR | $131,839 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| CASTLE FERREIRA FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $530,975 | $530,901 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| ROXY-CHIMES FOUNDATION INC | CA | A20 | $416,203 | $12,955 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| LITALO AMERICAN FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $275,592 | $255,364 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| WILLIAM G ERICSON FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $382,060 | $297,166 | President | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| THE TERASAKI NIBEI FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $310,705 | $168,508 | CFO | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| THE 500 CAPP STREET FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $503,276 | $631,388 | ACTING DIRECTOR | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| HALL ART & TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $575,202 | $209,002 | PRESIDENT | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| WILLIAMS LEWELLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION | CA | A20 | $388,068 | $25,163 | TRUSTEE | $8,569 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| SHANE TOWNLEY ARTS FOUNDATION INC | CA | A20 | $545,724 | $545,724 | PRESIDENT | $48,000 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
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| THE ROYAL FOUNDATION OF MUSIC AND ARTS | CA | A20 | $274,522 | $217,584 | CO-FOUNDER | $0 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
| FIRST NIGHT MONTEREY INC | CA | A20 | $309,305 | $303,317 | EXECUTIVE DI | $40,919 | Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state |
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Where the money went
Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.
2025 · Form 990PF · $33,005 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fees: accounting | $16,750 | 50.7% | |
| Fees: legal | $10,045 | 30.4% | |
| Occupancy | $5,726 | 17.3% | |
| Other expenses | $487 | 1.5% | |
| Interest | -$3 | -0.0% | |
| Total | $33,005 | 100% |
2024 · Form 990PF · $31,981 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,480 · events $1,689
| Line | As described | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contributions, gifts, grants paid | $15,480 | 48.4% | |
| Fees: legal | $7,012 | 21.9% | |
| Fees: accounting | $4,460 | 13.9% | |
| Occupancy | $2,349 | 7.3% | |
| Travel, conferences and meetings | $1,689 | 5.3% | |
| Other expenses | $932 | 2.9% | |
| Interest | $59 | 0.2% | |
| Total | $31,981 | 100% |
Trademarks
1 US trademark, 1 live.
- First Push Foundation, Inc. 1 marks, CA FUZZY medium confidence: same name (governing-board words and legal endings aside) and state
| Mark | Serial | Filed | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION | 97849061 | 2023-03-21 | Pending application | TRTDXFAP, file of 2026-03-08 |
The newest marks of the trademark owners above, matched to this record by name (and state).
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