Nonprofit · EIN 94-3282858
PREVENTION INSTITUTE
Tax-exempt · OAKLAND, CA 94607
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $7,073,323 | $7,894,131 | -$820,808 | $20,527,558 | $1,406,349 | $19,121,209 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $14,860,463 | $11,207,083 | $3,653,380 | $22,473,769 | $2,688,836 | $19,784,933 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $6,980,331 | $6,700,115 | $280,216 | $17,199,239 | $1,748,933 | $15,450,306 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $5,686,663
- of which government grants
- $1,280,684
- Program service revenue
- $858,160
- Investment income
- $508,359
- Other revenue
- $20,141
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $710,181
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,115,033
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $4,790,357
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $4,343
- Accounting fees
- $68,432
- Occupancy
- $98,643
- Travel
- $97,440
- Depreciation
- $221,888
- Program services (functional)
- $6,212,470
- Management and general (functional)
- $1,607,849
- Fundraising (functional)
- $73,812
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $22,473,769
- Total assets, end of year
- $20,527,558
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,406,349
- Net assets, end of year
- $19,121,209
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $3,586,968
- Publicly traded securities
- $4,721,364
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,953,452
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,167,757
- Gross receipts
- $7,073,323
- Employees
- 37
- Volunteers
- 11
- Year formed
- 1997
- 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 September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel A Davis | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $264,627 | $30,797 |
| Dana Serleth | Chief Operating Officer Officer | 40 | $207,692 | $35,620 |
| Sheila Savannah | Managing Director Key employee | 32 | $175,541 | $39,242 |
| Dana Fields-Johnson | Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,518 | $51,281 |
| Ben Graff | Finance Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $154,828 | $30,741 |
| Ruben Cantu | Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,186 | $30,438 |
| Sandra Viera | Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $144,577 | $28,870 |
| Sana Chehimi | Director of Policy and Advocacy Highest-paid employee | 40 | $159,662 | $11,461 |
| Kitty Hsu Dana | President/ Treasurer (trans 4/25) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariko Lockhart | Treasurer/President (trans 4/25) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Haley PhD | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jason Lacsamana | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reggie Moore | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Howard Pinderhughes | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
1 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Sellers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 18 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel A Davis | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $254,968 | $39,581 |
| Dana Serleth | Chief Operating Officer Officer | 40 | $177,293 | $40,605 |
| Sheila Savannah | Managing Director Key employee | 32 | $150,169 | $37,840 |
| Sana Chehimi | Director of Policy and Advocacy Highest-paid employee | 40 | $158,479 | $21,907 |
| Dana Fields-Johnson | Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $126,859 | $53,045 |
| Ben Graff | Finance Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $139,909 | $29,766 |
| Ruben Cantu | Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,219 | $25,642 |
| Lisa Parks | Associate Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,863 | $20,236 |
| Kitty Hsu Dana | President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh | Vice Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariko Lockhart | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Haley PhD | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jason Lacsamana | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reggie Moore | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Howard Pinderhughes | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katie Sellers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Cacari Stone | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Natoya J Walker-Minor | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel A Davis | Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 40 | $250,771 | $35,427 |
| Manal Aboelata | Deputy Exec. Dir. (end 2/23) Officer | 40 | $176,699 | $41,002 |
| Sheila Savannah | Managing Director Key employee | 40 | $177,866 | $38,322 |
| Dana Serleth | Chief Operating Officer Officer | 40 | $166,508 | $41,226 |
| Dana Fields-Johnson | Associate Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,455 | $46,430 |
| Sana Chehimi | Director of Policy and Advocacy Highest-paid employee | 40 | $151,986 | $20,023 |
| Lisa Parks | Associate Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $127,676 | $18,325 |
| Ruben Cantu | Associate Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $115,947 | $21,830 |
| Katie Miller | Associate Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $101,304 | $11,422 |
| Kalahn Taylor-Clark | President (end 4/23) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Howard Pinderhughes | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Kitty Hsu Dana | Treasurer/President (trans. 4/23) Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sharon M Burney | Board Member (end 12/22) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sean Haley PhD | Board Member (start 11/22) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Barbara Krimgold | Board Member (end 8/23) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jason Lacsamana | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Mariko Lockhart | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Reggie Moore | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Katie Sellers | Board Member (start 11/22) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Lisa Cacari Stone | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Natoya J Walker-Minor | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 221 OAK STREET, OAKLAND, CA 94607-4595
- In care of
- % LARRY COHEN
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Rachel Davis, 221 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607
- Signed the 990
- Dana Serleth, COO
- Phone
- (510) 444-7738
- Website
- www.preventioninstitute.org
- Return prepared by
- Harrington Group CPAs LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 94-3282858 or by the name PREVENTION INSTITUTE.
- 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
Prevention Institute's mission is to build prevention and equity into key policies and actions to ensure that the places where all people live, work, play and learn foster health, safety, and well-being.
Program accomplishments
- Community-centered Practice: We work with community collaboratives and networks of community collaboratives to coordinate communities of practice and learning communities; facilitate peer learning; provide coaching and mentoring; support community engagement, planning, and capacity building; build power with communities; and manage grants at the local, regional, state and national levels. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: community-defined solutions; community-level change across sociocultural, physical and built, educational, and economic environments; shifts in power to communities; stronger upstream prevention efforts; and expanded community engagement.Expenses $3,319,596 · revenue $168,000
- Practitioner Knowledge and Skill Development: We partner with practitioners across sectors to provide training and technical assistance; develop actionable tools, guidance documents, and case studies; support framework development; and broadly share learnings and outcomes from community-centered practice and work. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: applied knowledge and skills; the ability to operationalize equity objectives; a skilled and sustainable workforce; stronger capacity for upstream, community, and population level practice; the ability to partner and collaborate with community collaboratives; sustained stewardship for prevention and health equity; effective multisector collaboration; and community-centered approaches.Expenses $1,687,433 · revenue $290,794
- Policy & Systems Transformation: We collaborate with policymakers, payers, system influencers, and advocacy partners to champion local, state, and federal policy and systems change rooted in a positive vision and hope for the future; align interconnected priorities across public health, health equity, and racial justice; and elevate community-centered practice and learnings. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve: systems of prevention, health equity, and racial justice; integration of contextual and experiential evidence; embedding and operationalizing equity objectives within systems; expanded definitions of a community health workforce; systems that further equity and resilience; investments in upstream community-level prevention; and strengthened political will.Expenses $680,382 · revenue $50,616
- Momentum Building: We work across sector, philanthropy, and societal influencers to engage in field building; advance advocacy and policy change; emphasize narrative change; bridge building across sectors and issues; and develop partnership, networks, and ecosystems. Applying this strategy, we work to achieve norms rooted in connection, dignity, and interdependence; shifts in fields (e.g., language, funding, partners); asset-based narratives and narrative power; equitable, community-driven policies; maintained advocacy gains with minimal losses; diverse, resilient partnerships; and an ecosystem that advances prevention, health equity, and racial justice.Expenses $525,059 · revenue $348,750
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 September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 15, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 16, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 17, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 94-3282858
- 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
- 1998
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Arts, culture and humanities (A33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $20,527,558
- Income (IRS master file)
- $7,073,323
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $7,073,323 | $7,894,131 | $20,527,558 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $14,860,463 | $11,207,083 | $22,473,769 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $6,980,331 | $6,700,115 | $17,199,239 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $10,524,023 | $5,858,478 | $17,045,393 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 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 94-3282858).
Questions about PREVENTION INSTITUTE
- What is the EIN of PREVENTION INSTITUTE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of PREVENTION INSTITUTE is 94-3282858.
- Is PREVENTION INSTITUTE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1998.
- Are donations to PREVENTION INSTITUTE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does PREVENTION INSTITUTE 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 PREVENTION INSTITUTE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 15, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did PREVENTION INSTITUTE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of PREVENTION INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names Rachel Davis.
- Who are the officers and directors of PREVENTION INSTITUTE?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 16 people; 8 received compensation from the organization, the highest $264,627 (Rachel A Davis, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does PREVENTION INSTITUTE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $7,073,323, expenses of $7,894,131 and total assets of $20,527,558 at year end.
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