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San Jose Downtown Association

501(c)(6) organization San Jose, CA EIN: 77-0149717 Website

The San Jose Downtown Association (SJDA) represents business and property owners and works to enhance downtown's vitality and livability.

San Jose Downtown Association at a glance

In short: San Jose Downtown Association gave $243K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $81K), mostly in California. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$243,081
+42.2% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$81,027
-5.2% vs 2024
Median grant
$15,000
Total assets
$1,721,019
-7.1% 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 San Jose Downtown Association funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

San Jose Downtown Property Owners' Association: $215KSan Jose Downtown PropertyOwners' Association$215KSan Jose Jazz: $15KSan Jose Jazz$15KMusic in the Park LLC: $14KMusic in the Park LLC$14K

The largest 2025 recipient was San Jose Downtown Property Owners' Association ($215K). Together the top 3 received $243K.

Grant Size Distribution

5 grants across all recorded years

3<$50K$50–100K2$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 3 grants of 5 (60%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

States

Cities

San Jose

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 2 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2024 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $171K (2024) to $243K (2025). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $243K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
San Jose Downtown Property Owners' Association San Jose, CAGeneral Operating Support$214,543
San Jose Jazz San Jose, CAGeneral Operating Support$15,000
Music in the Park LLC San Jose, CAMoment Paseo Improvement Grant$13,538
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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$1,721,019$3,945,771$3,864,577$243,0813$1,985
2024$1,852,333$3,836,392$3,774,723$171,0002$3,490
2023$1,621,268$3,236,298$3,251,144——$1,583
2022$1,856,536$3,185,133$3,129,038——$1
2021$1,734,558$2,233,128$2,192,820——$1
2020$1,449,087$3,589,927$3,524,082——$4
2019$1,583,249$3,622,464$3,648,297——$4

About San Jose Downtown Association

Based on IRS filings

San Jose Downtown Association is a public charity, based in San Jose, CA. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $1.7M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $243K. Net investment income was $2K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

San Jose Downtown Association is led by Alexander Stettinski, CEO on the 2025 filing; 4 of 30 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Alexander Stettinski

    CEO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $341K (2025)

  • Emily Ruvalcaba

    President

    Director → President, 2024

    On filings since 2021

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Juilie Carlson

    Director of Marketing

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $122K (2023) → $120K (2025)

  • Nathaniel Leblanc

    Director of Business Development

    Pbid → Director of Business Development, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $107K (2024) → $118K (2025)

  • Dan Pulcrano

    Director

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stan Vuckovich

    Director

    Past President → Director, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Frank Nguyen

    Director

    Director → Vice President of Marketing, 2021

    Vice President of Marketing → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nick Goddard

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dap Ashaolu

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Nielsen

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Cache Bouren

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Elizabeth Chien-Hale

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Indu Chakravarthy

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joshua Melander

    Director

    On filings since 2022

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Andrew Jacobson

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Corinda Wong

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Riparbelli

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Maia Harris

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Blair Carson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Brendan Rawson

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chris Shay

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Mulvehill

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Leah Toeniskoetter

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sanjeev Sethi

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Shawn Whalen

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    0.5 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Katherine Connell

    COO

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $18K (2025)

  • Alan Gumby Marques

    Immediate Past President

    Director → President, 2022

    President → Immediate Past President, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Garret Perez

    Treasurer

    Director → Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Anjee Helstrup-Alvarez

    Secretary

    Director → Secretary, 2023

    On filings since 2021

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Adolf Gomez

    Vice President

    Director → Vice President, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    0.8 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (41)
  • Former: Derrick Seaver (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Gino De Bernardo (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Neda Tabatabaie (2019–2024) — Director
  • Former: Scott Knies (2019–2024) — Executive Director
  • Former: Edwin Tan (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Alexander Stettinson (2023–2024) — CEO
  • Former: Richard Jensen (2024) — Director of Communications
  • Former: Brian Corbett (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chris Neale (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Cirone (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Truong (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Jeanna Serpa (2019–2023) — Vice President of Operations
  • Former: Joshua Burroughs (2019–2023) — Director
  • Former: Katia McClain (2019–2023) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Matt Lituchy (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Thoi Toy Trinh (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Henry Pahn (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Miguel Salinas (2022–2023) — Director
  • Former: Chloe Shipp (2023) — Deputy Director
  • Former: Mason Case (2023) — Director
  • Former: Breanna Gilbert (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Earnst Calais (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Geri Wong (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Jarrod Jenkins (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Sam Ramirez (2019–2022) — Director
  • Former: Brian Bates (2020–2022) — Director
  • Former: Daniel Marsh (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Dennis Randall (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Doug Bartl (2019–2021) — Treasurer
  • Former: Ed Lambert (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Julie Riera Matsushima (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Michael Rewkiewicz (2019–2021) — Immediate Past President
  • Former: Nick Nichols (2019–2021) — Secretary
  • Former: Ryan Summers (2019–2021) — Director
  • Former: Bree Van Faith (2019–2020) — Director of Marcom & Events
  • Former: Dalton Chima Osuka (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: David Buchholz (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Marissa O'Rourke (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Brain Bates (2019) — Director
  • Former: John Fernandez (2019) — Director
  • Former: Sarju A. Naran (2019) — Treasurer

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

Alexander Stettinski — CEO: $341KAlexander StettinskiCEO$341KJuilie Carlson — Director of Marketing: $120KJuilie CarlsonDirector of Marketing$120KNathaniel Leblanc — Director of Business Development: $118KNathaniel LeblancDirector of Business Development$118KKatherine Connell — COO: $18KKatherine ConnellCOO$18K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $341K, to Alexander Stettinski (CEO). 4 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about San Jose Downtown Association

How much does San Jose Downtown Association give each year?

San Jose Downtown Association gave $243K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $171K across 2 grants.

What is San Jose Downtown Association's typical grant size?

San Jose Downtown Association's median grant in 2025 was $15,000, and its average grant was $81,027, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does San Jose Downtown Association give grants?

San Jose Downtown Association gives mostly in California: 100% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The most frequent recipient cities were San Jose, CA (3 grants).

Does San Jose Downtown Association give general operating support?

Yes: 67% of San Jose Downtown Association's 2025 grants with a stated purpose (2 of 3) were for general or operating support, per its 2025 IRS Form 990.

How large is San Jose Downtown Association?

San Jose Downtown Association reported $1.7M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $3.9M.

What is San Jose Downtown Association's EIN?

San Jose Downtown Association's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 77-0149717. 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

(3)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 22, 2026)
  3. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2025

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