Attach to Form 990 or Form 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule A (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at www.irs.gov/form990.
| (i)Name of supported organization | (ii) EIN | (iii) Type of organization (described on lines 1- 9 above (see instructions)) | (iv) Is the organization listed in your governing document? | (v) Amount of monetary support (see instructions) | (vi) Amount of other support (see instructions) | |
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| Yes | No | |||||
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Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any unusual grants.) .... | ||||||
| 2 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf....... | ||||||
| 3 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | ||||||
| 4 | Total. Add lines 1 through 3 | ||||||
| 5 | The portion of total contributions by each person (other than a governmental unit or publicly supported organization) included on line 1 that exceeds 2% of the amount shown on line 11, column (f).. | ||||||
| 6 | Public support. Subtract line 5 from line 4. | ||||||
Calendar year
(or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 7 | Amounts from line 4.. | ||||||
| 8 | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources... | ||||||
| 9 | Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on.. | ||||||
| 10 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.).. | ||||||
| 11 | Total support. Add lines 7 through 10. | ||||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 1 | Gifts, grants, contributions, and membership fees received. (Do not include any "unusual grants.") . | 6,930 | 7,278 | 12,915 | 26,116 | 56,661 | 109,900 |
| 2 | Gross receipts from admissions, merchandise sold or services performed, or facilities furnished in any activity that is related to the organization's tax-exempt purpose...... | 226,881 | 181,281 | 275,706 | 345,402 | 443,095 | 1,472,365 |
| 3 | Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513... | 0 | |||||
| 4 | Tax revenues levied for the organization's benefit and either paid to or expended on its behalf... | 0 | |||||
| 5 | The value of services or facilities furnished by a governmental unit to the organization without charge.. | 0 | |||||
| 6 | Total. Add lines 1 through 5. | 233,811 | 188,559 | 288,621 | 371,518 | 499,756 | 1,582,265 |
| 7a | Amounts included on lines 1, 2, and 3 received from disqualified persons... | 0 | |||||
| b | Amounts included on lines 2 and 3 received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the amount on line 13 for the year. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 7a and 7b.. | ||||||
| 8 | Public support. (Subtract line 7c from line 6.) | 1,582,265 | |||||
Calendar year (or fiscal year beginning in) ![]() |
(a) 2011 | (b) 2012 | (c) 2013 | (d) 2014 | (e) 2015 | (f) Total | |
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| 9 | Amounts from line 6... | 233,811 | 188,559 | 288,621 | 371,518 | 499,756 | 1,582,265 |
| 10a | Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources.. | 0 | |||||
| b | Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975. | 0 | |||||
| c | Add lines 10a and 10b. | ||||||
| 11 | Net income from unrelated business activities not included in line 10b, whether or not the business is regularly carried on. | 0 | |||||
| 12 | Other income. Do not include gain or loss from the sale of capital assets (Explain in Part VI.) .. | 0 | |||||
| 13 | Total support. (Add lines 9, 10c, 11, and 12.).. | 233,811 | 188,559 | 288,621 | 371,518 | 499,756 | 1,582,265 |
| Section A - Adjusted Net Income | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Net short-term capital gain | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Other gross income (see instructions) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Add lines 1 through 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Depreciation and depletion | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Portion of operating expenses paid or incurred for production or collection of gross income or for management, conservation, or maintenance of property held for production of income (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Other expenses (see instructions) | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Adjusted Net Income (subtract lines 5, 6 and 7 from line 4) | 8 | ||||
| Section B - Minimum Asset Amount | (A) Prior Year |
(B) Current Year (optional) |
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| 1 | Aggregate fair market value of all non-exempt-use assets (see instructions for short tax year or assets held for part of year): | 1 | ||||
| a | Average monthly value of securities | 1a | ||||
| b | Average monthly cash balances | 1b | ||||
| c | Fair market value of other non-exempt-use assets | 1c | ||||
| d | Total (add lines 1a, 1b, and 1c) | 1d | ||||
| e |
Discount claimed for blockage or other factors (explain in detail in Part VI): |
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| 2 | Acquisition indebtedness applicable to non-exempt use assets | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Subtract line 2 from line 1d | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Cash deemed held for exempt use. Enter 1-1/2% of line 3 (for greater amount, see instructions). | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Net value of non-exempt-use assets (subtract line 4 from line 3) | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Multiply line 5 by .035 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | Recoveries of prior-year distributions | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Minimum Asset Amount (add line 7 to line 6) | 8 | ||||
| Section C - Distributable Amount | Current Year | |||||
| 1 | Adjusted net income for prior year (from Section A, line 8, Column A) | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Enter 85% of line 1 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Minimum asset amount for prior year (from Section B, line 8, Column A) | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Enter greater of line 2 or line 3 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Income tax imposed in prior year | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Distributable Amount. Subtract line 5 from line 4, unless subject to emergency temporary reduction (see instructions) | 6 | ||||
| Section D - Distributions | Current Year | |
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| 1 Amounts paid to supported organizations to accomplish exempt purposes | ||
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Amounts paid to perform activity that directly furthers exempt purposes of supported organizations, in excess of income from activity |
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| 3 Administrative expenses paid to accomplish exempt purposes of supported organizations | ||
| 4 Amounts paid to acquire exempt-use assets | ||
| 5 Qualified set-aside amounts (prior IRS approval required) | ||
| 6 Other distributions (describe in Part VI). See instructions | ||
| 7Total annual distributions. Add lines 1 through 6. | ||
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Distributions to attentive supported organizations to which the organization is responsive (provide details in Part VI). See instructions |
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| 9 Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 | ||
| 10 Line 8 amount divided by Line 9 amount | ||
| Section E - Distribution Allocations (see instructions) |
(i) Excess Distributions |
(ii) Underdistributions Pre-2015 |
(iii) Distributable Amount for 2015 |
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Distributable amount for 2015 from Section C, line 6 |
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Underdistributions, if any, for years prior to 2015 (reasonable cause required--see instructions) |
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| 3 Excess distributions carryover, if any, to 2015: | ||||
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| d From 2013....... | ||||
| e From 2014....... | ||||
| fTotal of lines 3a through e | ||||
| g Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| h Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
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Carryover from 2010 not applied (see instructions) |
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| j Remainder. Subtract lines 3g, 3h, and 3i from 3f. | ||||
| 4Distributions for 2015 from Section D, line 7: | ||||
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| a Applied to underdistributions of prior years | ||||
| b Applied to 2015 distributable amount | ||||
| c Remainder. Subtract lines 4a and 4b from 4. | ||||
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5
Remaining underdistributions for years prior to 2015, if any. Subtract lines 3g and 4a from line 2 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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Remaining underdistributions for 2015. Subtract lines 3h and 4b from line 1 (if amount greater than zero, see instructions) |
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7 Excess distributions carryover to 2016. Add lines 3j and 4c. |
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| 8 Breakdown of line 7: | ||||
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| c Excess from 2013....... | ||||
| d From 2014....... | ||||
| e From 2015....... | ||||
| Facts And Circumstances Test |
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| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Software ID: | 15000324 |
| Software Version: | 2015v2.0 |
Attach to Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Information about Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) and its instructions is at| Return Reference | Explanation |
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| Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description | OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Aspire Education Project was founded as a nonprofit in the fall of 2005 in order to bring high-quality tutoring and personalized learning to students who do not have ready access to those services. During the school year, we provide tutoring, mentoring, and standardized test preparation to students in their homes, at after-school centers, and in partnership with schools and sister organizations. In the summers, we flip the equation and empower teens to become teachers themselves. Mobilizing the youth and schools weve worked with all year, we bring regular one-on-one reading experiences to Oakland's youngest and most vulnerable in the Community Reading Buddies program (CRB). Through CRB, over 140 teens become trained literacy instructors for our communitys youngest and most at-risk readers: preK - 3rd graders from low-income families and disadvantaged backgrounds. In pairs, teens and their "buddies" read and connect all summer, forming relationships and building skills critical for success in school. The program is structured by a research-based school-readiness curriculum, aligned with the Desired Results Developmental Profile. As with all of our programming, Community Reading Buddies nurtures both educational equity and community bonds.2015 Accomplishments:Aspires model relies on fee-for-service work to finance our endeavors to reach the underserved with high quality supplemental educational support. We charge competitive market rates for one-on-one tutoring and test prep classes among private schools and families that can afford them. We pay tutors well, and operate in many ways like a for-profit business. Any profit that is generated, however, is used to fund other programming that we do at or below cost. This programming includes rate reductions for individual students that have demonstrated financial hardship, test prep classes at schools or other nonprofit organizations supporting underprivileged students, and pre-kindergarten literacy engagement among the underserved via our Community Reading Buddies program. Although we served more students, and more disadvantaged students, than ever before, Aspire achieved an operating reserve in 2015 that will allow it to expand with strength in the years to come.In 2015, Aspire served a total of 888 students, with approximately 568 (64%) eligible for Free and Reduced Price Lunch, through the Federal Free or Reduced Price Meal Program (FRMP). By program area, we served:-443 high school students with SAT/ACT classes and after school programming.-173 students with private tutoring,13% in K-8 and 87% in high school. -121 preK - 3rd graders in the Community Reading Buddies programIn addition, we served in the development of over 141 'Youth Mentors' in our Community Reading Buddies program, by fostering their sense of responsibility and mentorship towards their younger 'Buddies,' and helping to connect them with underserved parts of their community.2015's Community Reading Buddies deepened its commitment to Oakland by doubling the time spent with each of its 120 preK - 3rd graders. This expansion of services answered the observation made by our program partner parents and teachers for many years, namely that the program has tremendous benefit, but if the younger children could only receive two visits per week instead of one, our curricular work and oral language development would be far more effective.The expansion was a success, with universally positive feedback from parents, classroom teachers, and the teenage Youth Mentors. Pre and post testing of the preK - 3rd graders revealed significant gains in phonemic awareness, print motivation, self regulation, and other key school readiness measures. Additionally, we set a new record in our volunteer return rate (25%), and recruited teenaged Youth Mentors from 43 different schools, another high-water mark. In total we provided 2650 hours of high-quality, one-on-one literacy instruction to the East Bays young underserved students of color who needed them most.Programs and Partnerships were held in collaboration with 18 local institutions, including the Lawrence Hall of Science, East Bay College Fund, the SHE-CAN foundation, Girl's Inc, Boys & Girls Club of San Francisco, Student Program for Academic and Athletic Transition (SPAAT), and the Peralta colleges. Aspire served 443 students total in this program area, and once again achieved average gains of 160 points for the SAT and 3 points for the ACT.Aspire's leadership remained consistent in 2015, with Jack Woodruff continuing in the ED position and Aspire's board president remaining local attorney Yelda Bartlett. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process | The Executive Director reviews the final version of the 990 and the 990 is emailed to the board before filing. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts | In connection with actual or possible conflict of inerest, an interested person must disclose the existence of the financial interest and be given the opportunity to disclose all material facts to the directors and members of committees with governing board delegated powers considering the proposed transaction or arrangement. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management | The Board HR committee looks up salary information from comparable organizations online and makes recommendation to the full board. The full board, minus the Executive Director, votes on the proposal. The vote is documented in the meeting minutes. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 18: Explanation of Other Means Forms Available For Public Inspection | Documents are available upon request. |
| Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available | Documents are available upon request. |
| Software ID: | 15000324 |
| Software Version: | 2015v2.0 |