Nonprofit · EIN 94-2793122
RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
Tax-exempt · SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,890,612 | $7,821,400 | -$930,788 | $4,487,674 | $3,298,560 | $1,189,114 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $7,685,266 | $7,998,084 | -$312,818 | $4,779,465 | $2,659,563 | $2,119,902 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $6,461,548
- of which government grants
- $3,988,374
- Program service revenue
- $351,705
- Investment income
- $5,837
- Other revenue
- $71,522
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $12,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $233,686
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,818,560
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,846,945
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $60,834
- Occupancy
- $510,062
- Travel
- $36,850
- Depreciation
- $129,772
- Program services (functional)
- $5,807,179
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,642,766
- Fundraising (functional)
- $371,455
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $4,779,465
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,487,674
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $3,298,560
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,189,114
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,477,723
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $983,914
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $205,200
- Gross receipts
- $7,027,497
- Employees
- 54
- Volunteers
- 120
- Year formed
- 1985
- State of legal domicile
- CA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Miller | CEO Officer | 35 | $209,388 | $14,686 |
| Lisa Kirvin | Managing Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $149,726 | $17,204 |
| Tim Russell | Peninsula Regional Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $119,452 | $29,408 |
| Douglas House | Finance Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $127,011 | $14,437 |
| Lucero DeLeon | SoMa/WBC Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $123,953 | $9,586 |
| Marcus Tartt | Bayview Center Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $121,217 | $2,188 |
| Alison Davis | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Craig Jacoby | Vice Chair (end 01/24) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Melissa Boyd | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip Koblis | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Cookhorn | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Yasmin Eichmann Datta | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Munish Ghandi | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Heidi Gibson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Neal Gottlieb | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
5 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard McCline | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Theresa Noriega-Lum | Board Member (start 06/24) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Craig Robinson | Board Member (start 06/24) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Sandor Straus | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| Marcos Vicente | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 23 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Miller | CEO Officer | 35 | $188,055 | $14,172 |
| Lisa Kirvin | Managing Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $134,206 | $15,637 |
| Tim Russell | Peninsula Regional Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $106,100 | $29,367 |
| Douglas House | Finance Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $117,432 | $13,451 |
| Lucero DeLeon | SoMa/WBC Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $112,909 | $9,729 |
| Marcus Tartt | Bayview Center Director Highest-paid employee | 35 | $116,162 | $2,262 |
| Alison Davis | Board Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Craig Jacoby | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Melissa Boyd | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Karly Wang | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Meghan Butler | Board Member (End 01/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Gary Cookhorn | Board Member (Start 07/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Yasmin Eichmann Datta | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Rose Frederiksen | Board Member (End 01/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Munish Ghandi | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Heidi Gibson | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Neal Gottlieb | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vishal Karir | Board Member (End 01/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Philip Koblis | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Richard McCline | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Goro Mitchell | Board Member (End 10/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Duncan Logan | Board Member (End 11/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sandor Straus | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 275 5TH ST FL 2, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94103-4164
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Sharon Miller, 275 5th Street 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94103
- Signed the 990
- Sharon Miller, CEO
- Phone
- (415) 541-8580
- Website
- www.rencenter.org
- Return prepared by
- Harrington Group CPAs LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-2793122 or by the name RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Renaissance's mission is to transform lives and communities through entrepreneurship.
Program accomplishments
- Renaissance Peninsula: In 2024, Renaissance Peninsula, which includes San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Unincorporated Alameda Counties, served 898 individuals, 73% of whom were lower-income. Our services included a mixture of online and in-person training. Our online training continues to be highly effective for clients who are skilled in using technology and have appropriate access to technology. We trained in technology basics (how to use Zoom, email, Google Classroom) and provided Chromebooks to individuals who rely solely on their phones for internet access. 323 businesses were served, and businesses received $403K in business capital.Expenses $3,068,944 · revenue $37,020
- Renaissance SoMa (South of Market San Francisco) was our largest San Francisco hub for entrepreneurs and is home to the Women's Business Center (WBC) in partnership with the USSBA. In 2024, SoMa and the WBC served 442 small businesses. Services included 1,239 hours of one-on-one advising, 172 workshops and courses on business planning, financial management, bookkeeping, operations, and management, with specialized trainings for starting a food business, launching a childcare business, and navigating contracting and procurement. We also offered sessions in digital marketing, e-commerce, AI, technology integration, and access to capital. Our low-to-no-cost programming, along with events such as Women Mean Business, Coffee and Community, and marketplaces, connected business owners with new customers and collaborators.Expenses $1,291,403 · revenue $267,091
- Renaissance East Bay provided small business training, one-on-one consulting, and access to capital, networks and other resources to traditionally underserved individuals in Alameda and Contra Costa counties with an emphasis on the cities of Richmond, Antioch, Oakland and Pittsburg. We engaged motivated emerging and established entrepreneurs from communities that lack small business investment, educational resources, and entrepreneurial histories, and face discrimination by race, gender, sexual orientation, economic class, or past incarceration. Our clients are 93% very-low-to-moderate income.Expenses $805,785 · revenue $1,000
- Renaissance Bayview: In 2024, Renaissance continued to provide virtual and in-person business support services to aspiring and emerging entrepreneurs in Bayview Hunters Point, one of the most marginalized and under-resourced communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through our Contractors Initiative, Renaissance Bayview worked intensively with small construction businesses, delivering training and mentoring support, while helping small business owners secure contracts that created quality jobs for residents in the community. We also provided business support services to brick-and-mortar retail businesses throughout the city with a primary focus on the communities of Fillmore, Visitacion Valley and Bayview Hunters Point.Expenses $641,047 · grants $12,000 · revenue $46,594
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-2793122
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1982
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Community improvement and capacity building (S430)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,487,674
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,027,497
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $6,890,612 | $7,821,400 | $4,487,674 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $7,685,266 | $7,998,084 | $4,779,465 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $5,570,660 | $6,354,842 | $5,425,839 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 94-2793122).
Questions about RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER
- What is the EIN of RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER is 94-2793122.
- Is RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
- Are donations to RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Sharon Miller.
- Who are the officers and directors of RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 20 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $209,388 (Sharon Miller, CEO).
- How much revenue does RENAISSANCE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $6,890,612, expenses of $7,821,400 and total assets of $4,487,674 at year end.
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