Funding search · EIN 680154752 · San Rafael, CA

Above & Beyond Teaching

Name: Above & Beyond Teaching grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

44
grants reported: $245,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,500
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

america award outstanding teachers runner

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Andrew Kordik1 grant · $15,000
Deborah Ann Andrus1 grant · $15,000
Wendy Lynn Umekubo Takahashi1 grant · $15,000
Quang Luong1 grant · $15,000
Michelle Diane Suarez2 grants · $11,000
Noah Lippe-Klein1 grant · $10,000
Catherine Lea Borek1 grant · $10,000
Tracey Lynn Williams-Anderson1 grant · $10,000
Amanda De Witte1 grant · $10,000
Valley Center High School2 grants · $10,000

Giving over time

$85,000

2022

$41,000

2023

$50,000

2024

$69,000

2025

Grant history

All 44 reported grants, largest first.

$15,000
Andrew Kordik · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$15,000
Deborah Ann Andrus · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$15,000
Quang Luong · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$15,000
Wendy Lynn Umekubo Takahashi · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Amanda De Witte · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Andrew Sindel · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Guadalupe L Avila · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Justin Kurup · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Kelly McAlister · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Huy Pham · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Leanne Linares · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Michael Andrew Tinoco · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Noah Lippe-Klein · San Rafael, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Catherine Lea Borek · San Rafael, CA · 2023
2023 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Daniel Buccieri · San Rafael, CA · 2023
2023 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Michelle Diane Suarez · San Rafael, CA · 2023
2023 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$10,000
Tracey Lynn Williams-Anderson · San Rafael, CA · 2023
2023 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$5,000
Valley Center High School · Valley Center, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$5,000
Cordova High School · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$5,000
Garden Grove High School · Garden Grove, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$5,000
Valencia High School · Placentia, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$5,000
Valley Center High School · Valley Center, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Carpenteria High School · Carpenteria, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Cordova High School · Rancho Cordova, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
James Logan High School · Union City, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Lee Vining High School · Lee Vining, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Mission Viejo High School · Mission Viejo, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Riverside Polytechnic High School · Riverside, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Yerba Buena High School · San Jose, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$2,000
Westminster High School · Westminster, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Gregory Paul Gardiner · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Guy Allen Myers · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Melinda Moen · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Michael Henges · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Sean Bui · San Rafael, CA · 2025
2025 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Diego Rivera Learning Complex · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Florin High School · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Ulysses S Grant High School · Van Nuys, CA · 2024
Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Compton Unified School District · Compton, CA · 2023
2023 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Elaine Marie Walenta · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Joe Wilson · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Michelle Diane Suarez · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Runner Up - Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Renaldo Rucker Jr · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award
$1,000
Roxanne R Berch · San Rafael, CA · 2022
2022 Outstanding Teachers of America Award

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