California · Public charity
California Charter Schools Association Advocates
To increase the involvement of the charter school community in the political process, create a pipeline of charter school supporters and activitists, endorse and support public officials who are committed to california charter public schools, and grow the political influence of the california charter school movement.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $77k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $32,250
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 67% of the organizations California Charter Schools Association Advocates funded were first-time grantees, receiving 55% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 45% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $77k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $64k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $106k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $64k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $380k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $294k | 67% |
| FY2017 | 9 | $648k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Charter Schools Association | $902,650 | 7 | 2% |
| Safety & Learning for Our Schools | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Oakland Public Schools | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Speak Up | $50,471 | 2 | 18% |
| Governors Inaugural Fund 2019 | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Equality California | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Save Our City Alameda No on B1 2016 | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chico Schools Yes on K 2016 | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maggy's Campaign for Choice | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens for East Side Schools - Yes on Measure G | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Charter Schools Association | $902,650 | 7 | 2% |
| Safety & Learning for Our Schools | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Oakland Public Schools | $70,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Speak Up | $50,471 | 2 | 18% |
| Governors Inaugural Fund 2019 | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Equality California | $50,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Save Our City Alameda No on B1 2016 | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Chico Schools Yes on K 2016 | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maggy's Campaign for Choice | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Citizens for East Side Schools - Yes on Measure G | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Speaker 2023 Inaugural Fund | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| ProgressCA | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 2023 Governors Inaugural Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| California Lgbtq Foundation | $23,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The California Legislative Black Caucus Policy Institute | $21,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Californians for a 21st Century Economy | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Families for Sacramento City Schools | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| California Action | $10,825 | 1 | n/a |
| California Problem Solvers Action Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 11% |
| Guardians of Our Communities | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Californians for Justice a Committee Controlled by Jesse Gabriel | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Blanca Pachecos Moving California Forward Ballot Measure Committee | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Keep Los Altos Schools Strong Yes on GG | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($30k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget California Charter Schools Association Advocates supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
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About California Charter Schools Association Advocates
- How much does California Charter Schools Association Advocates give?
- California Charter Schools Association Advocates reported 4 itemized grants totaling $77,250, out of $88,750 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does California Charter Schools Association Advocates fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Public Benefit (38%), Civil Rights (7%).
- Who are California Charter Schools Association Advocates's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: California Charter Schools Association ($903k), Safety & Learning for Our Schools ($175k), Friends of Oakland Public Schools ($70k).
- Does California Charter Schools Association Advocates fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as California Charter Schools Association Advocates?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Chamber of Commerce.
- Where is California Charter Schools Association Advocates based?
- California Charter Schools Association Advocates is based in CA.
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