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US nonprofit · EIN 680479787 · Benicia, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 680479787) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Principal officer IRS Form 990-N (e-Postcard) - principal officer named for tax year 2015.Exemption status IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List (posted to 13 October 2026).Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Support for Actively Rising Youth

Donations deductible
Revenue
$332k
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$242k
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$199k
$2k liabilities
Net assets
$198k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
6
6.6y av
Staff
0
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
5
named in Part VII
Exemption reinstated on 15 December 2014. The IRS had automatically revoked it on 15 November 2012 (after three years without a return). Source: IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List, posted to 13 October 2026.
How am I connected?

Support for Actively Rising Youth's network

6 people3 organisationsi6 people and 3 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (6). Violet dotted lines (3) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.

The board

6 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Aleisha Dobbins PHDDirector2018
8 yrs
Cheryl MaierDirector2018
8 yrs
Debra BerhelDirector2023
3 yrs
Eric NewmanDirector2023
3 yrs
Keith CormierDirector2019
7 yrs
Rico RinconDirector2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Ashley BerhelCDO2023
Byron BerhelTreasurersince 2018
Lisa Grant-DawsonCFO2023
Nicholas BerhalCOO2023
Nicholas BerhelCOO2023

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Nicholas BerhelChief Operations Officer10$32k
Byron BerhelChairman & Chief Executive Officer20$25k
Lisa Grant-DawsonChief Financial Officer10$23k
Ashley BerhelChief Development Officer10$21k
Debra BerhelDirector10$0
Keith CormierDirector5$0
Aleshia DobbinsDirector0.04$0
Cheryl MaierDirector0.04$0
Rico RinconDirector10$0

About

Legal name
Support for Actively Rising Youth
EIN
680479787
Address
Po Box 1082, Benicia, CA, 94510-4082
State
California
Mission
THE FIREFIGHTER YOUTH ACADEMY IS A PROJECT OF SUPPORT FOR ACTIVELY RISING YOUTH (SFARY), A CALIFORNIA 501(c)(3) NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES SOCIAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. SFARYS MISSION IS TO PROVIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, RESOURCES, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SOCIO-ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AND UNDER-SERVED COMMUNITIES. WE SEEK TO REVITALIZE AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES BY... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
F21 Mental health and crisis intervention
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Size band
4 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2002
Principal officer
Byron Berhel (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 December 2014
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2023
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsAleisha Dobbins PHD
≥8years on the filingsCheryl Maier
≥8years on the filingsRico Rincon
≥7years on the filingsKeith Cormier

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$199k
Total liabilities
$2k
Net assets or fund balances
$198k
Contributions and grants received
$271k
Program service revenue
$61k
Employees
0

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2023$182k$192kDeficit $9k

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.