2025-02-19T12:41:01-08:00 2024-06-30 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2023-07-01 043694151 826 Valencia 826V 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 2025-02-19 true true Hasina Sabrina Chowdhury P03013259 9256030800 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Bita Nazarian 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 7708882 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. 18 18 62 771 0 5614637 6526758 0 158038 462812 246729 554772 6019404 7544342 107100 93916 0 3944530 4313450 0 835416 1869313 2048194 5920943 6455560 98461 1088782 15159767 16404012 2325508 2535971 12834259 13868041 X 826 Valencia is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization dedicated to supportingstudents ages 6 to 18 with their writing skills and helping teachers get theirstudents excited about writing. Our work is based on the understanding that strongwriting skills are fundamental to future success and that great leaps in learningcan be made when skilled tutors work one-on-one with students. false false 1982685 93916 In-School Programs: 826 Valencia partners with public schools throughout San Francisco to collaboratively develop writing curricula. We also bring teams of 826 staff and volunteer tutors to partner schools where we support students 3:1 with writing projects. In FY24, we supported 22 teachers and 788 students at 5 schools, establishing regular weekly partnerships with classrooms and supporting a variety of writing projects. One highlight was our Young Authors Book Project in spring 2024. We worked with tenth and eleventh grade students at Balboa High School, where students wrote autoethnographies,which were published in a book entitled,"Universe of Memories," with a foreword written by guest teaching artist, author Daniel Nayeri. 647477 Field Trip Programs: 826 Valencia hosts storytelling/bookmaking field trips for elementary schools at its Mission Center, creative storytelling field trips for elementary schools at its Mission Bay Center, and podcasting field trips for middle and high schools at its Tenderloin Center. In FY24, we served 3,950s students with workshops. Our Tenderloin Center had 89 podcasting field trips Our students' 1,664 podcasts reached over 29,000 listeners through our SoundCloud page. 537561 Afterschool:826 Valencia provides free after-school tutoring and writing support at five locations in San Francisco, including our three Writing Centers and our partner schools, Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) and Dr. Charles R. Drew Preparatory Academy. Students enroll for a minimum of two days per week for homework and individual support with reading and writing. Together, these programs served over 450 students in 2023-24. 826 is always looking for new ways to amplify our students' voices and in FY24, students in our after-school programs wrote stories about imaginary friends in collaboration with 826 National and Paramount Studios. Students were published in an anthology showcasing their creative creatures, and some even attended a special premiere of the Paramount movie "IF" with their families. 1901120 5068843 true true false false false false false false false false true false false true true false true false false false false false false false true false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 2 0 true 62 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 18 18 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X X 826 Valencia Inc 4156425905 826 Valencia St San Francisco CA 94110 Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 210142 0 18493 Miranda Ling Dir. 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All checks for tuition payments are payable to, and sent directly to, the appropriate institution. X X X false false false false false false false false false Bita Nazarian Executive Dir. 210142 4171 14322 228635 Miranda Ling Dir. Advancement 141474 924 11777 154175 Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Workshops:In our Workshop program, we served 389 students during the 2023-2024 school year. Students learned about the concept of community and reflected on the different communities to which they belong. Students wrote powerfully about the futures they wanted to see for themselves, including crafting odes to important community members (teachers, family members, sports coaches, friends, etc.) and tales that addressing community challenges such as pollution, homelessness, food scarcity, and bullying. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: Summer Workshops and Camps:We served 531 students in summer 2024 through project-based writing camps and workshops. Programs included: A) Exploring Words Summer Camp, where students in grades 3-5 complete a series of social justice themed writing projects; B) Exploring Leadership Summer Camp, where students in grades 6-8 develop leadership and communication skills by exploring issues that face their communities; C) Young Author's Workshop (YAW), an creative writing camp where high schoolers explore a range of literary genres and compose literary works; and D) writing workshops for students in grades 3-8 through our community partners in the Tenderloin. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: Leadership and Future Pathways:826 provides middle and high schoolers with opportunities to build skills, knowledge, and resources that strengthen the high school-to-college-to-career pathway. In FY24, we awarded five 4-year $20,000 college scholarships to graduating seniors who will also receive ongoing college persistence and completion support from our partner ScholarMatch. We provided another 265 twelth-graders with college application essay support through in-person workshops, both at our centers and with partner schools. Our Youth Leadership Advisory Board and Middle School Leadership Program offered paid internships, leadership development, and career readiness support to 87 teens. We also provided hands-on work experience and stipends to 56 high school and college students and transitional aged youth (TAY) who interned with our education, volunteer, design, and store teams. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: Other Program Accomplishments include the operation of 2 retail stores. The stores sell educational materials, books for children, and other whimsical childrens toys, and serve as a community touch-point in the neighborhoods where we operate. Other Programs also include the design and publishing infrastructure for our various publishing programs, and our volunteer programs. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The executive and finance committees of the organization's board review the 990,after which, a copy is provided to the whole Board prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c It is the policy of the organization to require fiduciaries to provide fulldisclosure of any contemplated or existing activities or transactions that could create a conflict of interest, or the appearance of a conflict of interest.Fiduciaries include each director, officer, and administrative employee of theorganization. Each fiduciary must execute a conflict of interest disclosurestatement and questionnaire. The board of directors reviews all disclosures andpotential conflicts and recommend a course of action, if necessary. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a The independent board determines the compensation of the Executive Director based onits evaluation of his/her performance and by gathering data on comparablecompensation within the industry. The review that was conducted was formal, andcompensation was approved by the full board. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements are madeavailable to the public upon request. Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 Bad debt = -$55000