VIDA VALIENTE FOUNDATION
EIN 85-2650889 · Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
What they do
VIDA VALIENTE is ALL ABOUT PERSEVERANCE, RESILIENCE, and THE BRAVERY IT TAKES to BE THE FIRST to DIVE INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY. THE VIDA VALIENTE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS WHO HAVE WORKED HARD to GET THEMSELVES THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT WHO COULD BENEFIT FROM LEADERSHIP FROM ROLE MODELS WHO GREW UP IN SIMILAR LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS. THE FOUNDATION PLEDGES to SUPPORT 25 STUDENTS A YEAR, for THE ENTIRE FOUR YEARS of THEIR ACADEMIC JOURNEY. THE SCHOLARS THE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS HAVE A GREAT DEAL to OVERCOME. 90% of FIRST GENERATION LOW INCOME STUDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES TAKE OVER 6 YEARS to GRADUATE. 33% DROP OUT AFTER THREE YEARS. BETWEEN COURSES, JOBS, A LACK of LEADERSHIP, and THE SHEER OVERWHELMINGNESS of LEAVING HOME for THE FIRST TIME, IT is A WONDER EVEN 10% of THESE KIDS MAKE IT. THE VIDA VALIENTE FOUNDATION is EQUIPPED to GIVE THESE STUDENTS THE CONFIDENCE, GRACE and SKILLS to CONVERT THEIR PROVEN WORK ETHIC INTO THEIR OWN SUCCESS STORIES.
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They name their leaders5 people are listed in the latest report.
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Reported spending amounts
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Leadership and board
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Board and leadership roster (5)
ADRIEL LARESDIRECTOR
HAYES DRUMWRIGHTCFO
RUBEN NAVARRODIRECTOR
SAM KAPLANDIRECTOR
SUSANA DRUMWRIGHTCEO
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 16 CALLE AMENO, SAN CLEMENTE, CA 92672-2366
- County
- Orange
- In care of
- % GINA CARTE
- Primary officer
- HAYES DRUMWRIGHT, CFO
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2024
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2024
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- WITHUMSMITHBROWN PC
- NTEE classification
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid (B82)
- IRS tax category
- Scholarships & Student Financial Aid
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes