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Hillsdale High School Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker San Mateo, CA EIN: 87-0800728 Website

The Hillsdale High School Foundation raises funds to sustain hillsdale high school's unique academic environment of small learning communities (SLCS). The slc model provides a personalized, rigorous, and engaging education

Hillsdale High School Foundation at a glance

In short: Hillsdale High School Foundation gave $327K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $164K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$327,028
+2.3% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$163,514
+104.7% vs 2024
Median grant
$163,514
Total assets
$984,599
-52.5% vs 2024
Primary geography
California (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Hillsdale High School Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

San Mateo Union High School District (Smuhsd): $301KSan Mateo Union High SchoolDistrict (Smuhsd)$301KHillsdale High School: $26KHillsdale High School$26K

The largest 2025 recipient was San Mateo Union High School District (Smuhsd) ($301K). Together the top 2 received $327K.

Grant Size Distribution

34 grants across all recorded years

20<$50K5$50–100K7$100–250K2$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 20 grants of 34 (59%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

States

Cities

San MateoMountan ViewSan FranciscoSeaside

How Hillsdale High School Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 49% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K$800K9 grants2019 9 grants2021 10 grants2022 9 grants2023 4 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $320K (2024) to $643K (2022). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $327K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
San Mateo Union High School District (Smuhsd) San Mateo, CATo Promote the Organizations Mission.$301,028
Hillsdale High School San Mateo, CATo Promote the Organizations Mission.$26,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$984,599$1,099,102$2,189,361$327,0282$62,713
2024$2,074,565$1,995,846$765,746$319,5254$61,068
2023$843,960$933,594$798,451$567,2189$11,708
2022$708,857$891,859$836,246$643,37810$946
2021$653,201$818,762$595,829$465,3269$881
2019$522,642$657,407$595,273$450,6339$4,115

About Hillsdale High School Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Hillsdale High School Foundation is a public charity, based in San Mateo, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $985K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $327K. Net investment income was $63K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Hillsdale High School Foundation is led by Marcine Jansen, Executive Director on every filing since 2024; 2 of 15 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Marcine Jansen

    Executive Director

    On filings since 2024

    25 hrs/week

    $35K (2025)

  • Hope Kavoosi

    President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    Vice President → President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Gilbert

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Don Leydig

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Esther Lee

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Janna O'Meara

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Julie Dixon

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Karen Yee

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Matt Tague

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Molly Glover Gallatin

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Ryan Almstead

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katherine Goodman

    Executive Director Former

    Executive Director → Executive Director Former, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    25 hrs/week

    $15K (2024) → $28K (2025)

  • Grace Whipkey

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Priscilla Nues

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rena Korb

    Secretary

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (31)
  • Former: Jennifer B. Russell (2019–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Bridget Michelsen (2021–2024) — Director
  • Former: Holly Allen (2021–2024) — President
  • Former: Anupama Singh (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Susan Condon (2022–2024) — Secretary
  • Former: Jennifer Lin (2023–2024) — Treasurer
  • Former: Lauren Lum Musich (2023–2024) — Director
  • Former: Marcella Ballard (2024) — Director
  • Former: Michael McCall (2024) — Director
  • Former: Donald Leydig (2019–2023) — Chairman
  • Former: Mike McCall (2021–2023) — President
  • Former: Ritu Dhawan (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Alex Yang (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Silke Felman (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Terri Schimier (2021–2022) — Treasurer
  • Former: Yvonne Chen (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jaya Gali (2022) — Director
  • Former: Dave Chandler (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Akhila Aiyer (2021) — President
  • Former: Gina Vallee (2021) — Director
  • Former: Penny Nixon (2021) — Director
  • Former: Annette Kranzler (2019) — Director
  • Former: Dan Neumann (2019) — Treasurer
  • Former: Debbie Conliffe (2019) — Director
  • Former: Denise Sandri (2019) — Director
  • Former: Holly McKelvey (2019) — President
  • Former: Katie Lipka (2019) — Secretary
  • Former: Lori Heizmann (2019) — Director
  • Former: Mary Ellen Davis (2019) — Director
  • Former: Shika Gupta (2019) — Director
  • Former: Stephanie Joe (2019) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Marcine Jansen — Executive Director: $35KMarcine JansenExecutive Director$35KKatherine Goodman — Executive Director (Former: $28KKatherine GoodmanExecutive Director (Former$28K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $35K, to Marcine Jansen (Executive Director). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Hillsdale High School Foundation

How much does Hillsdale High School Foundation give each year?

Hillsdale High School Foundation gave $327K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $320K across 4 grants.

How large is Hillsdale High School Foundation?

Hillsdale High School Foundation reported $985K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.1M.

Where does Hillsdale High School Foundation operate?

Hillsdale High School Foundation has awarded grants in California.

What is Hillsdale High School Foundation's EIN?

Hillsdale High School Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 87-0800728. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS February 19, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS March 2, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS March 15, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 7, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS January 17, 2025)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS February 9, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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