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Chamberlin Education Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$3.0M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
1,302
Grants FY2024
1,459
Organizations funded FY2023
98%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$300
Largest grant, FY2024
$383,919
Organizations funded a year
107 to 1,459
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
3
Total assets, FY2024
$81M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 98% of the organizations Chamberlin Education Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 61% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 39% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.4M went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving1,300$3.0M27%
FY20231,459$2.3M98%
FY2022125$2.3M21%
FY2021107$1.8Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Education$7.2MCommunity Improvement$414kYouth Development$222kArts & Culture$217kCivil Rights$155kHuman Services$138kHealth$98kEnvironment$58kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
GO Public Schools$1,117,000414%
Edsource Inc$700,00045%
Teach for America Inc$600,00020%
West Contra Costa Unified School District$500,0002n/a
S2c Collective$383,919129%
New Leaders Inc$320,00031%
Alder Graduate School of Education$315,00041%
Oakland Enrolls$290,000321%
Contra Costa County Charter Coalition 5C$250,0001n/a
Families in Action for Quality Education$170,000119%
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All grantees of Chamberlin Education Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
GO Public Schools$1,117,000414%
Edsource Inc$700,00045%
Teach for America Inc$600,00020%
West Contra Costa Unified School District$500,0002n/a
S2c Collective$383,919129%
New Leaders Inc$320,00031%
Alder Graduate School of Education$315,00041%
Oakland Enrolls$290,000321%
Contra Costa County Charter Coalition 5C$250,0001n/a
Families in Action for Quality Education$170,000119%
Bay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School$150,00022%
Student Achievement Partners Inc$107,00021%
Laurel Leadership Institute$80,00023%
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts$63,00040%
Richmond Promise Inc$60,00042%
Aspire Public Schools Foundation$50,25011%
The Latina Center$47,50041%
YES Nature to Neighborhoods$43,00041%
Edward Charles Foundation$40,00010%
Bay Area Community Resources Inc$40,00040%
College is Real Inc$33,00032%
Bay Area Girls Club$32,50046%
The Practice Space Inc$32,50042%
Early Childhood Mental Health Program$32,50030%
Just Imagine Kidz$31,0004n/a
Caliber Public Schools$30,50020%
Mindful Life Project$30,00040%
Urban Tilth$30,00030%
Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center$30,00021%
Boys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa$22,50031%
Improve Your Tomorrow Inc$22,50030%
Bright Futures Growth and Development Center$22,50023%
Leadership Public Schools$20,50020%
Richmond Art Center$20,00021%
FIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme$20,00021%
Making Waves Academy$17,75020%
Core Districts$17,50010%
Building Blocks for Kids$17,500219%
Tandem Partners in Early Learning$15,00030%
Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance$15,00030%
Community Education Partnerships$15,00031%
Aim High for High School$15,00020%
Things That Creep$12,50046%
Springboard Collaborative$12,50020%
Junior Achievement of Northern California$12,50040%
Invictus Academy Inc$10,50020%
El Cerrito High School Student Act$10,00012%
Destiny Arts Center$10,00020%
Community Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection$10,00012%
1Hundred Years Enterprise Foundation$10,00013%
Kqed Inc$10,00020%
Kristi Yamaguchi's Always Dream$10,00020%
Aim High$10,00021%
West Contra Costa Public Education Fund$8,50010%
Hidden Genius Project$7,50010%
Seneca Family of Agencies$7,50010%
Quinan Street Project$7,5003n/a
Summer Search$7,50020%
Plan of Action for Challenging Times Inc$7,50020%
Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau$7,50010%
Richmond Police Activities League$5,00010%
Community Resources for Science$5,00010%
Aspire Education Project$5,00011%
Motivating Inspiring Supporting and Serving Sexually Exploited Youth$5,00010%
New Life Movement$5,00021%
Ryse Inc$5,00010%
Greater Richmond Interfaith Program Grip$5,00010%
Camp It Up Inc$5,00013%
Rich City Kids Inc$5,0002n/a
Summit Public Schools$4,75010%
Berkeley Baby Book Project$4,50033%
Richmond Elementary School Inc$4,00010%
Innovate Public Schools$4,00010%
Got Goals Inc$4,0003n/a
PTA California Congress of Parents Teachers & Students Inc$3,50021%
Manzanita Charter Middle School$2,75020%
Common Vision$2,50010%
West Contra Costa Salesian Youth Club$2,50011%
Keyz 2 The Future$2,5001n/a
Pact$2,5001n/a
Motivated 2 Help Others$2,00024%
Ronnie Bubba Robinson Scholarship Foundation$2,000311%
Hercules Running Rebels Track and Field Club$1,0001n/a
Generations Vision for the Fut$1,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 1,823 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Chamberlin Education Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 74 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGO Public Schools: $1,117,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetEdsource Inc: $700,000 over 4y, 5.3% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetS2c Collective: $383,919 over 1y, 29% of budgetNew Leaders Inc: $320,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetAlder Graduate School of Education: $315,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOakland Enrolls: $290,000 over 3y, 21% of budgetFamilies in Action for Quality Education: $170,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetBay Area Hybrid College Initiative DBA Rivet School: $150,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetStudent Achievement Partners Inc: $107,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetLaurel Leadership Institute: $80,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetEast Bay Center for the Performing Arts: $63,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRichmond Promise Inc: $60,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetAspire Public Schools Foundation: $50,250 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetThe Latina Center: $47,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetYES Nature to Neighborhoods: $43,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetEdward Charles Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBay Area Community Resources Inc: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCollege is Real Inc: $33,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetBay Area Girls Club: $32,500 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetThe Practice Space Inc: $32,500 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetEarly Childhood Mental Health Program: $32,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCaliber Public Schools: $30,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMindful Life Project: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetUrban Tilth: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLos Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center: $30,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetBoys & Girls Clubs of Contra Costa: $22,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetImprove Your Tomorrow Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBright Futures Growth and Development Center: $22,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetLeadership Public Schools: $20,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRichmond Art Center: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetFIERCE Advocates Families & Individuals Equitably Rooted in Collective Empowerme: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMaking Waves Academy: $17,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCore Districts: $17,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBuilding Blocks for Kids: $17,500 over 2y, 19% of budgetTandem Partners in Early Learning: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetContra Costa Family Justice Alliance: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Education Partnerships: $15,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAim High for High School: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThings That Creep: $12,500 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetSpringboard Collaborative: $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement of Northern California: $12,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetInvictus Academy Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEl Cerrito High School Student Act: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetDestiny Arts Center: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Alliance for Learning Dba Writercoach Connection: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budget1Hundred Years Enterprise Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetKqed Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 74.

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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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Chamberlin Family Phi…East Bay Community Fo…Dean and Margaret Les…Quest FoundationThe San Francisco Fou…Marin Community Found…Bernard E & Alba Witk…Kaiser Foundation Hos…The California Endowm…Tipping Point Communi…S H Cowell FoundationThe Morris Stulsaft F…
Chamberlin Family PhilanthropyCA75.7× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Chamberlin Family Philanthropy · East Bay Community Foundation · Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation · Quest Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Marin Community Foundation · Bernard E & Alba Witkin Charitable Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The California Endowment · Tipping Point Community · S H Cowell Foundation · The Morris Stulsaft Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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Find your warmest path to Chamberlin Education Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Chamberlin Education Foundation

How much does Chamberlin Education Foundation give?
Chamberlin Education Foundation reported 1,302 grants totaling $2,982,319 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 107 and 1,459 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Chamberlin Education Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (77%), Community Improvement (4%), Youth Development (2%).
Who are Chamberlin Education Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: GO Public Schools ($1.1M), Edsource Inc ($700k), Teach for America Inc ($600k).
Does Chamberlin Education Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 98% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Chamberlin Education Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Chamberlin Education Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Chamberlin Family Philanthropy, East Bay Community Foundation, Dean and Margaret Lesher Foundation.
Where is Chamberlin Education Foundation based?
Chamberlin Education Foundation is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1908 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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