Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PPS-SF's mission is to promote the fundamental value of public education and pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy.
- Income
- $201,616
- Spending
- $444,807
- Spent on programs
- 75%
- Reserves
- 0.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 100%
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 25
- Highest pay
- $111,656, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 24 out of 100.
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.9 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 55% of what it owns.
Living within its means
0 of 15Spending exceeded income by 121% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 61% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1574% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 19 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Fair: 61 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 257 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
0 of 15Reports no written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
0 of 10Did not give the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (1)
- $331,303 spent. Parents for Public Schools San Francisco (PPS-SF) has a long history of fostering the education of Asian Americans, Black, Indigenous, Latino, and other people of color. Led by a diverse Board of Directors and a Latina Executive Director, PPS-SF has aided these marginalized populations of the San Francisco for 24 years. PPS-SF mission promotes the fundamental value of public education to pursue the success of every public school by sharing knowledge, bridging communities, and informing policy. PPS-SF helps families navigate the San Francisco Unified School Districts student assignment system from Transitional Kindergarten through high school and offers in-person workshops and one-on-one support in English, Spanish, and Chinese. PPS-SF leverages the entire educational ecosystem (district, community-based organizations, business, civic, higher education, etc.) and uses a variety of strategic outreach approaches that increase accessibility for diverse communities to build organizational capacity to reduce opportunity gaps. PPSS-SF lays the foundation for a multifaceted system to prioritize community voice, participatory action approaches, school readiness training, digital communications, community engagement, and continuous improvement strategies. By sharing this knowledge, parents can act as a vehicle to navigate educational paths to reach I really enjoyed the workshop. I enjoyed hearing the panelists talk so highly on PPSSF. It gave me a deeper understanding of why we as staff are really there for the community, we have the same goal which is helping underserved communities, but we all have different ways of doing that, for example one staff member works with producing data so that we can see which communities need help, while others goes out into communities and recruits people to be apart of PPSSF, we all have a beneficial role in this
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 1999.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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