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· Public charity

Classroom of the Future Foundation

To engage business, community, and educational leaders in creating innovative learning environments in san diego county k-12 public schools that prepare our students to thrive in a competitive global society.

$123k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$925kPublic Benefit$87kEmployment$9kArts & Culture$8kEnvironment$6k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 5 grants below total $80,860, the rows itemized in this filing. The $123,110 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $42,250 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$319k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION$33,000
ED FOR TECH CORP$25,010
FLEET SCIENCE CENTER$10,000
SAN PASQUAL BAND OF INDIANS$7,600
BONSALL USD$5,250
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SD MISSION ACADEMY: $10k → 11%ED FOR TECH CORP: $25k → 11%SDCOE: $66k → 11%HIGH TECH ELEM CHULA VISTA: $9k → 11%SD COOPERATIVE CHARTER: $10k → 11%AMERICAS FINEST CHARTER: $22k → 11%HIGH TECH MIDDLE CHULA VISTA: $9k → 11%HIGH TECH MIDDLE MESA: $9k → 11%KIPP ADELANTE: $10k → 11%SWEETWATER UHSD: $40k → 11%CARLSBAD UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST: $10k → 11%SPARROW ACADEMY: $10k → 11%BONSALL USD: $5k → 11%ALL TRIBES CHARTER: $34k → 11%SAN PASQUAL BAND OF INDIANS: $8k → 11%BORREGO SPRINGS USD: $56k → 11%ESCONDIDO UHSD: $40k → 11%CHULA VISTA ESD: $40k → 11%MUELLER CHARTER SCHOOL: $20k → 11%HAWKING STEAM CHARTER: $15k → 11%CHULA VISTA ELEMENTARY: $10k → 11%CHULA VISTA ESD: $6k → 11%CITY HEIGHTS CHARTER: $30k → 11%VALLECITOS ESD: $30k → 11%CAJON VALLEY USD: $10k → 11%LITERACY FIRST CHARTER: $10k → 11%SAN MARCOS USD: $40k → 11%HIGH TECH MIDDLE NORTH COUNTY: $9k → 11%UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%VISTA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $15k → 11%HIGH TECH ELEM NORTH CNTY: $9k → 11%POWAY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $21k → 11%SCTCA: $87k → 11%FLEET SCIENCE CENTER: $10k → 11%GIRLS WHO DRONE INC: $9k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $50k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $43k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $33k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $29k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $27k → 11%THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $26k → 11%HIGH TECH HIGH: $10k → 11%HIGH TECH ELEMENTARY: $9k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Girls' School

To educate and inspire girls to become innovators and leaders in stem.

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2
San Francisco High School of the Arts

San Francisco Arts and Science Academy (ASA) provides TK5 grade students with a strong foundation in the arts, language, math, and science, fostering creativity, curiosity, and character development. Our bilingual, hands-on curriculum…

Education
3
Mindset Charter Schools Inc Dba School for Entrepreneurship and Technology

We prepare students to thrive in a complex, changing world.we combine strong academics with student agency, meaningful relationships, and real-world learning to develop curiosity, resilience, and responsibility. (continued on schedule…

Education
4
Bridge California

Education

Education
5
Sierra Foothill Charter School

The charter school mission is to provide a rigorous, well-rounded education, with a focus on science and sustainability, that helps students acquire the academic and personal skills they need to excel in higher education, think creatively,…

Education
6
The School for Global Thinkers

Our mission is to challenge and nurture young women to thrive in future global markets through personalized STEM advanced academics. Through a supportive small school and single-gender environment, project-based learning, and STEM advanced…

Education
7
Pacific Coast Academy

Provide a high standard of education to students through comprehensive curriculum supported by energetic, dynamic, and caring teachers.

Education
8
San Diego Jewish Academy

San Diego Jewish Academy empowers each student to learn for life, guided by Jewish values and rooted in strength of community.

Education
9
Alma Fuerte Public School

The mission of alma fuerte public school is to prepare our students to navigate the world as leaders and critical thinkers. we strive to enable our students to develop the skills they will need to become successful entrepreneurs and…

Education
10
Bay Area Technology School

Through a combined effort of staff, students, parents, and community baytech students will learn the necessary skills required for college and career readiness by engaging in a rigorous curriculum emphasizing stem. our students will…

Education
11
Terra Marin School

Our mission is to spark wonder and intellectual curiosity in each child. We achieve this through a purposeful blend of:Engaging academics custom-tailored to each child's abilities, strengths and interests;An unparalleled social-emotional…

Education
12
Pacific View Charter School

To focus on the success of each student & involve parents in the education of their children. the school is comitted to providing appropriate physical space, materials, qualified personnel, and staff development in order to guide the…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The San Diego Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Girls Who Drone Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

9 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 9 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION: $65,500 · OtherSAN DIEGO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONIndividual grant recipient: $56,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientChula Vista Elementary School District: $55,500 · OtherChula Vista Elementary School DistrictIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $40,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $34,462 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherPoway Unified School District: $20,500 · Other+19 more: $195,850 · Other+19 moreTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $238,294 · PhilanthropyTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATIONTECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: $25,010 · EducationTECHNOLOGY…UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EducationUC SAN DIE…AMERICAS FINEST CHARTER SCHOOL: $22,000 · EducationAMERICAS F…SPARROW ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationSPARROW AC…HIGH TECH HIGH: $10,000 · EducationHIGH TECH …SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRMENS ASSOCIATION: $86,850 · Public BenefitSOUTHERN …Girls Who Drone Inc: $9,000 · Youth Development
Other$607,812Philanthropy$238,294Education$92,010Public Benefit$86,850Youth Development$9,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $238,294 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRMENS ASSOCIATION: $86,850 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAS FINEST CHARTER SCHOOL: $22,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSPARROW ACADEMY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREUBEN H FLEET SCIENCE CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGH TECH HIGH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGirls Who Drone Inc: $9,000 over 1y, 17% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBAL CHAIRMENS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM ↗
  • Who funds UC SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAS FINEST CHARTER SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SPARROW ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds REUBEN H FLEET SCIENCE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HIGH TECH HIGH ↗
  • Who funds Girls Who Drone Inc ↗

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.

The San Diego Foundat…For Inspiration and R…Fidelity Investments …
The San Diego FoundationCA14.8× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Classroom of the Future Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Classroom of the Future Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 37 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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