California · Public charity
The Opportunity Institute
THE OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTE is a non-profit organization that promotes social mobility and equity by improving outcomes from early childhood through early career. We focus on education, which plays a critical role in opening opportunities, and the related social policies that make true opportunity possible.
- $297k
- Granted FY2020
- 9
- Itemized grants FY2020
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2020
- Itemized, FY2020
- $281k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2020
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $109,108
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 1
- Total assets, FY2020
- $114k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 38% of the organizations The Opportunity Institute funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 8 | $281k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $538k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State University | $537,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Kern Community College District | $520,126 | 2 | n/a |
| Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Jnt Ccd | $395,470 | 3 | n/a |
| Five Keys Schools and Programs | $275,000 | 2 | 1% |
| California State University Los Angeles Auxiliary Services Inc | $256,984 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the Homeless Fundraising Board | $196,726 | 2 | 86% |
| Chaffey Community College District | $140,000 | 2 | n/a |
| College Futures Foundation | $109,108 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Partners | $11,206 | 1 | 0% |
| Campaign for College Opportunity | $10,595 | 1 | 0% |
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.
Open a dossier: Foundation for California Community Colleges · California Humanities · The James Irvine Foundation
How this is measured
About The Opportunity Institute
- How much does The Opportunity Institute give?
- The Opportunity Institute reported 9 itemized grants totaling $280,909, out of $296,689 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
- What does The Opportunity Institute fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (38%), Youth Development (35%), Education (22%).
- Who are The Opportunity Institute's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: San Francisco State University ($538k), Kern Community College District ($520k), Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Jnt Ccd ($395k).
- Does The Opportunity Institute fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Opportunity Institute?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Foundation for California Community Colleges, California Humanities, The James Irvine Foundation.
- Where is The Opportunity Institute based?
- The Opportunity Institute is based in CA.
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