Excel Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680372817
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Phone
5103383590
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$194,649
Expenses
$186,492
Assets
$445,235

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joshlyn De Ala (President)
  • Perseveranda Sison (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Gemma Ferrer (Treasurer)
  • Joshlyn De Ala (President)
  • Perseveranda Sison (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide personal and professional developement to women through a variety of activities and programs and after school and summer programs for youths.

What it reported doing in 2025

RESIDENCE AND ASSOCIATED PROGRAMS : EXCEL OPERATES A RESIDENCE FROM WHICH THE MAJORITY OF ITS PROGRAMS ARE CARRIED OUT: It offers personal and professional development to women of all ages. Through a variety of activities and programs. It helps women develop a wide range of interests in an environment of serious study and a family atmosphere. The programs include services projects, summer camps, girls clubs, mentoring, professional workshops, leadership training, etc. PROGRAMS SERVE APPROXIMATELY 500 PEOPLE AND ARE ATTENDED BY BOTH RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.39; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $187K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.