Stay Focused
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$1.2m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$318k
$3k liabilities
Net assets
$316k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
8.4y av
Staff
20
employees, year to 31 December 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Voting members
5
reported in Part VI
Stay Focused's network
5 people2 organisationsi5 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (2) 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
5 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. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Carrizalez | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Errol Shaw | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Greg Billings | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Manuel Carrizalez | President | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Sam Niera | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom 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.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manuel Carrizalez | President | 40 | $120k | ||
| Elizabeth Carrizalez | Secretary | 40 | $70k | ||
| Wendell Vinson | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Greg Billings | Director | 0 | $0 | ||
| Sam Niera | Director | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Stay Focused
- EIN
- 770527535
- Address
- 1225 California Ave, Bakersfield, CA, 93304-1403
- State
- California
- Mission
- Evangelistic outreaches, meetings, and mentoring to youths in the inner city. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- X20 Religion-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Religion-Related
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1999
- Principal officer
- Elizabeth Carrizalez (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2000
- 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 filingsElizabeth Carrizalez
≥8years on the filingsErrol Shaw
≥8years on the filingsGreg Billings
≥8years on the filingsManuel Carrizalez
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $318k
- Total liabilities
- $3k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $316k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 20