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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Retrieved 2026-10-30; covers tax years 2023–2025. Data: furp.org, CC BY 4.0.

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
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Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).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.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Nathan Benjamin SECRETARY2023-2025 0 $0 reported 2
Michael Eyre TREASURER2023-2025 0 $0 reported 2
Robert Denike PRESIDENT2023-2025 0 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT DENIKE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
NATHAN BENJAMIN SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL EYRE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2024 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT DENIKE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
NATHAN BENJAMIN SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL EYRE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
ROBERT DENIKE PRESIDENT0 $0-$0 $01
NATHAN BENJAMIN SECRETARY0 $0-$0 $02
MICHAEL EYRE TREASURER0 $0-$0 $02

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
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
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
#ContributorTypeCity, stateTotalNoncashSource
1 RICHARD NOVAK Person SANTA CRUZ, CA $1,825,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing
2 RICHARD NOVAK DONOR ADVISED FUND Person SANTA CRUZ, CA $25,000- Form 990PF Sch. B, 2024 · filing

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.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990PF period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$385,000$33,005 $2,170,014$2,170,014 $385,000- $0--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,850,000$31,981 $1,822,686$1,818,019 $1,850,000- $0--
2024 · Form 990PF period ending 2024-12-31 · amended · superseded · view filing · original 990 ↗
$1,850,000$31,981 $1,822,686$1,818,019 $1,850,000- $0--
2023 · Form 990PF period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$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.

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

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
RICHARD H NOVAK FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION” 2025 1$10,000 2025$10,000
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IN A PERFECT WORLD FOUNDATIONCAA20 $347,735$451,762 FOUNDER/PRES$96,320 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
FREDRIC ROBERTS FOUNDATIONCAA20 $528,678$213,296 SECRETARY/BKKPR$131,839 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
CASTLE FERREIRA FOUNDATIONCAA20 $530,975$530,901 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
ROXY-CHIMES FOUNDATION INCCAA20 $416,203$12,955 President$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
LITALO AMERICAN FOUNDATIONCAA20 $275,592$255,364 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
WILLIAM G ERICSON FOUNDATIONCAA20 $382,060$297,166 President$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE TERASAKI NIBEI FOUNDATIONCAA20 $310,705$168,508 CFO$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
THE 500 CAPP STREET FOUNDATIONCAA20 $503,276$631,388 ACTING DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A20, revenue within 2x, same state
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GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
THE SAMUEL GOLDWYN FOUNDATION Private foundation$4,229,94618 12010–2021 SOUND ART
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SOMELAND FOUNDATION Private foundation$1,900,0005 12015–2021 509 CULTURAL CENTER
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$759,7549 22011–2023 BORREGO ART INSTITUTE; STUDIO ACE
KENNETH RAININ FOUNDATION Private foundation$718,31023 72015–2024 OASIS ARTS INC; THE 500 CAPP STREET FOUNDATION; 509 CULTURAL CENTER; WILD PROJECTS and 3 more
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SANTA BARBARA FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$481,90624 72011–2024 SANTA BARBARA ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC; HEALING JUSTICE SANTA BARBARA; MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SANTA BARBARA INC; SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC and 3 more
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J PAUL GETTY TRUST Private foundation$424,37512 32015–2024 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SANTA BARBARA INC; ARTLAB21 FOUNDATION; COMPOUND LB
SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$405,5008 32010–2023 DIAMANO COURA WEST AFRICAN DANCE CO; 509 CULTURAL CENTER; ASOCIACION MAYAB
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$405,00014 62013–2024 HANDY FOUNDATION CORPORATION; SOUND ART; SANTA BARBARA ARTS COLLABORATIVE INC; ARTLAB21 FOUNDATION and 2 more
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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
LineAs describedTotalShare
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$33,005100%

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2024 · Form 990PF · $31,981 spent · pay $0 · grants $15,480 · events $1,689
LineAs describedTotalShare
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$31,981100%

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Trademarks

1 US trademark, 1 live.

MarkSerialFiledStatusSource
FIRST PUSH FOUNDATION978490612023-03-21Pending applicationTRTDXFAP, 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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