2024-05-15T14:02:54-07:00 2023-06-30 204994635 Iryna AC 1000 Broadway Ste 200-C Oakland CA 94607 990 2022-07-01 946125408 Lowell Alumni Association LOWE 4157597830 PO Box 320009 San Francisco CA 94132 KATE LAZARUS President 2024-05-15 true KATE LAZARUS 999009999 true Kostyantyn Oreshkov EA P00923916 5104679506 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z KATE LAZARUS PO Box 320009 San Francisco CA 94132 1388190 false X www.lowellalumni.org X 1981 CA The Lowell Alumni Association maintains and enhances relationships that serve and support our alumni, students, school and the Lowell community. 32 32 1 100 0 623773 1106798 11220 56693 459074 203513 4921 5477 1098988 1372481 1231347 411160 0 117725 134716 0 84107 165158 157963 1514230 703839 -415242 668642 6494922 7557691 273194 251463 6221728 7306228 The Lowell Alumni Association (LAA) maintains and enhances relationships that serve and support our alumni, students, school and the Lowell community.1.Scholarships: The LAA awards a number of scholarships each year to graduating seniors. Most scholarships are one-time awards, although a few are multi-year awards. The LAA Scholarship Committee solicits applications from graduating seniors and selects awardees, sometimes in consultation with Lowell High School faculty/staff.2.ADVOCACY: THE LAA ENGAGES IN PUBLIC ADVOCACY IN SUPPORT OF LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL'S CONTINUED EXISTENCE AS AN ACADEMIC PUBLIC MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL WITH OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR PROGRAMS TO SERVE STUDENTS FROM THROUGHOUT SAN FRANCISCO.3.Reunions: The LAA encourages alumni to hold regular class reunions and provides support to class reunion committees.4.Grants and gifts: Upon application by Lowell faculty, staff and coaches, and with approval of the LAA Board of Directors, the LAA makes grants and gifts to false false 254284 201584 Grants Program/Designated Gifts Twice each year, we solicit grant requests from Lowell faculty, staff and coaches to fund projects that supplement Lowell High Schools academic and extracurricular programs. Our Grant Committee evaluates the requests and makes funding recommendations to the LAA Board of Directors for their review and approval.Thanks to our annual grants program and generous designated gifts we have received, we were able to fund a wide variety of projects during fiscal year 2022-23 including support for Lowells Science Research Program ($40,000); Speech & Debate team ($35,095); Robotics team ($30,814); journalism student travel to a conference in St. Louis ($21,121); and choir student travel to a music festival in New York City ($7,000). Another $21,000 supported a wide range of school athletic teams (football, basketball, fencing, volleyball, lacrosse and cheer).Additionally, we have expanded our efforts to make important student activities accessible to all students by underwriting the senior picnic to make it free to all students ($26,293); providing transportation for college visits by students who will be the first in their family to attend college ($4,312); and subsidizing tickets to the senior boat dance and Winter Ball ($3,510). Additionally, some of the grant support listed above was specifically earmarked to make it possible for students with financial need to participate in extracurricular and athletic activities (e.g., journalism convention trip).Finally, we funded new academic support programs including school supplies for entering 9th graders ($5,830) and new 9th grade world history texts ($7,602) as well as a special enrollment workshop event ($2,151). 209576 209576 Scholarships/Awards Each year, the Lowell Alumni Association solicits applications for our college scholarship program from graduating seniors. Our Scholarship Committee then reviews those applications, conducts interviews and makes final selections of recipients in May. Although scholarship awards are announced in May, we dont pay college scholarships until recipients enroll in college and provide us with proof of enrollment. Given our June 30 fiscal year-end, that means we award scholarships in one fiscal year but actually make payment in the next year. We awarded 97 college scholarships totaling more than $194,000 in May 2023. We also provided over $7,600 in Advanced Placement exam fee subsidies to 60 students with financial need in May 2023 and special academic awards (Vicki Chin Writing Award, Ivan Barker Math Award, Dong Lieu Science Prize) totaling $6,900 to nine students in May 2023. 70073 56693 Alumni Programs/Services The Lowell Alumni Association communicates regularly with our more than 33,000 alumni, former faculty and other friends of Lowell High School. We also support and facilitated a significant number of class reunions in fiscal year 2022-23, including several events that had been postponed due to COVID-19. The LAA Executive Director supports those efforts as well as various alumni relations activities, including alumni participation in Lowells annual commencement exercises, which resumed in 2023 after a three-year COVID-19 hiatus. 533933 true true false false false false false false false true false false false false 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 false true 22 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 32 32 true false false false true true true true true false true false true true true true false false false false false CA X Terence Abad 4157597830 1101 EUCALYPTUS DR San Francisco CA 94132 TERENCE ABAD Executive Dir. 20.00 0.00 X 84345 0 0 KATE LAZARUS President 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 PETER LEE Treasurer 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BILL BLACK Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LEON BLUM Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MATTHEW ESTIPONA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MARK BUDAK Director 2.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 MIKE UGAWA DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TRINH GREEN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ADNAN KHAN Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 HELEN LOUIE WAX Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTINE LINNENBACH Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Gerald Buchwald Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EUGENE LEE Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 EMILY MOON Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 STEVE FEYER Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mark Mosheim Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LISA COUGHLIN CLAY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 TYCHO ROSENFELD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Susan Dean VP,PLANNING&DEV 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Phillip Shinn Vice President 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 BETTY LEE Treasurer 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Tree Tam Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Julia Ye Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ELLA TOM MIYAMOTO Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANNIE MIU WASACZ Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PAMELA SAYAD Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SONIA GOMEZ-REXELIUS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dr Joyce Yuan Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JENNIFER WONG Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Lee Cheng VP, GOVERNANCE 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Karla-Monique Veal Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CAROLINA ALVAREZ PICAZO Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOYCE TOM Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 John Crittenden DIRECTOR 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 BOB WU Secretary 2.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 DIANE YAP Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ANNETTE MARGOLIS Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DR TONY QUANG Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 JOHN TRASVINA Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 CARY WONG Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 QUINCY YU Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 84345 0 false false false 0 1106798 11717 1106798 Reunions 56693 56693 56693 203793 203793 0 0 0 15429 15709 -280 -280 -280 0 0 0 legal settlements 77 77 REBATES AND REDEMPTIONS 5400 5400 5477 1372481 56693 208990 201584 201584 209576 209576 0 0 76188 19047 38094 19047 0 52700 52700 0 0 5828 1457 2914 1457 0 0 10752 10752 0 0 5724 5724 3125 3125 0 17671 5 17666 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5322 5322 Fundraising 63603 63603 Reunions/Events 49564 49564 Taxes 2202 2202 0 703839 533933 85799 84107 240668 123100 1000 553273 0 12522 32037 0 0 0 0 0 0 6240732 6849281 0 0 0 0 6494922 7557691 273194 251463 273194 251463 X 1060035 1808760 5161693 5497468 6221728 7306228 6494922 7557691 668642 415858 X false false false X 984355 503838 427710 623773 1106798 3646474 0 0 984355 503838 427710 623773 1106798 3646474 471141 3175333 284914 262673 204525 325273 203793 1281178 0 573 189 114 4175 77 5128 4932780 235059 0.64370 0.58180 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 4852441 80134 92058 248466 4776167 4677337 179463 444439 448798 4852441 4473601 73434 325991 195689 4677337 4486850 38687 249098 301035 4473600 4163691 198873 315862 191576 4486850 0.13940 0.52510 0.33550 false false false Part V, Line 4: Intended uses of the endowment fund. The associations endowment funds are intended for scholarships, grants and gifts to Lowell High School. true LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL 1101 EUCALYPTUS DR SAN FRANCISCO CA 94132 946000416 201584 0 Various Educational Grants 1 0 College scholarships (2023) 97 195070 Academic Prizes 9 6900 AP Exam Fee Subsidies 60 7606 Grantmaker's Description of How Grants are Used THE GRANT COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION SOLICITS GRANT REQUESTS FROM LOWELL FACULTY, COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS. THE APPROVED GRANTS ARE TYPICALLY FUNDED EITHER BY DIRECT PAYMENT FROM THE ASSOCIATION TO THE VENDOR, OR BY REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE ASSOCIATION TO THE FACULTY MEMBER UPON PRESENTATION OF PAID RECEIPTS FOR SERVICES OR EQUIPMENT. IN ADDITION, THE ASSOCIATION, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PTSA, ALSO PROVIDES FUNDS FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHERS, COUNSELORS, AND LIBRARIANS OVER AND ABOVE THE STAFFING LEVELS PROVIDED BY THE SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. THESE FUNDS ARE DEPOSITED INTO A TRUST ACCOUNT HELD BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DESIGNATED FOR ADDITIONAL STAFFING AT LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS MONITORED BY THE LOWELL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND THE LOWELL PTSA LEADERSHIP THROUGH REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THE PRINCIPAL. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 2 DIRECTORS CAROLINA ALVAREZ PICAZO AND SONIA GOMEZ-REXELIUS ARE COUSINS. Directors Lee Cheng and Eugene Lee are half-brothers. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 6 All Lowell High School alumni are members of the LAA. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7a Pursuant to the Lowell Alumni Association's bylaws, there is an annual meeting open to the organizations entire membership (comprising all persons who have ever attended Lowell High School) at which ten members of the board of directors are to be elected to full three-year terms. The board is authorized to include a total of 32 directors, 30 of which are elected by the membership to staggered three-year terms plus the immediate past president plus a representative of our Southern California Alumni Club, which is not separately organized/incorporated. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, Line 7b Other than the election of directors, the only other action that requires a vote of the membership, pursuant to the bylaws, is an amendment to the bylaws regarding the authorized number of directors. The Board of Directors is explicitly authorized by the bylaws to carry out all other operations of the organization. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 10b Local chapters abide by the same policies and procedures as Lowell Alumni Association. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The federal Form 990 is reviewed by the LAA Finance Committee, chaired by the Associations Treasurer. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The association provides its governing documents, as well as conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.