California · Nonprofit
10000 DEGREES
10000 DEGREES (California) receives grants from 232 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,718,503 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($20,656,532). 144 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $26M
- Funders on record
- 232
- Grants received
- $96M
- Net assets
- $26M
What 10000 Degrees does
Mission
10,000 degrees is a leading college success nonprofit in the san francisco bay area. We help students from low-income backgrounds gain access to and complete higher education to positively impact their communities and the world. Specifically, we deliver near-peer advising around college access, enrollment, and graduation as well as one-on-one financial aid support and management. We also provide comprehensive college success programming and financial aid support after students enroll in college. Our college success support includes scholarship grants as well as on-campus office hours, near-peer advising, an innovative texting platform, leadership development opportunities, and paid summer internships for current college students.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
College success and scholarship programsthe organization's college success program supports students from low-income backgrounds through college to achieve a baccalaureate and graduate career ready. With this support, over 80% of the organization's four-year college students earn bachelor's degrees double the national average. For those who start at community college, the organization's students transfer to and graduate from four-year colleges at double the national average. Program participation is not limited by academic requirements or test scores. The college success program staff trusts and believes in each student's strengths and goals as they help them achieve their dream of graduating from college.for this program, the organization's services include on-campus and virtual office hours at local community colleges and state universities, near-peer advising, and the development of a campus community that fosters campus connections and assists students in activating resources and navigating opportunities. The organization also offers regular public workshops on financial aid, college knowledge and resources, and career development.in addition to college success support, the…
$8,285,734 spentof which $7,103,297 as grants56% of program spendingCollege access programsthe organization's college access program provides the preparation, relevant information, and financial resources to help students get accepted into college. The college access program staff also seeks to create an environment that promotes educational equity via community activities. This program provides college preparation, college and financial aid counseling, and fafsa and california dream act application completion among a series of other public workshops, ensuring that students and families enroll in college successfully. Through the community college success program, the organization's staff works on campus with community college-bound high school seniors ensuring they are prepared and supported to succeed at community college.through its innovative model, the organization has been able to effectively scale its programs without compromising its college success metrics. For the year ended june 30, 2025, the organization provided direct support to almost 4,400 college students. The organization is currently working in 44 high schools, 40 community colleges and 197 four-year colleges and universities across the nation.
$5,294,048 spent$799,964 earned by the program36% of program spendingFellowship programthe organization's program success is powered by its fellowship program. The program's fellows are recent college graduates from low-income backgrounds, most of whom are alumni of the organization's programs. The fellows come back to serve in two-to three-year fellowships in program leadership roles where they support students and families throughout their college journeys.fellows gain hands-on leadership experience which contributes to the success and efficacy of the organization's programs. As recent college graduates from low-income backgrounds, the fellows have deep content expertise and cultural awareness of the challenges students face. The organization's near-peer role modeling helps students understand, navigate, and manage the entire college success process.
$1,153,870 spentof which $8,180 as grants8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $14,733,652.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $19M to $27M (+43%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 1% · 2018 3% · 2019 1% · 2020 1% · 2021 10% · 2022 0% · 2023 3% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of 10000 DEGREES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Kim Mazzuca
President & CEO
Board chair
Guy Lampard
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 55 funders to 105 funders, grant income rose $6.3M → $14M.
37 of 232 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 39% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 10000 DEGREES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 232 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
10000 DEGREES has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
76% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 10000 DEGREES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 29% · 2019 29% · 2020 29% · 2021 24% · 2022 38% · 2023 23% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
50% of 10000 DEGREES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
10000 DEGREES draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 27 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37M arriving through sponsors registered in 17 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
10000 DEGREES runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like 10000 DEGREES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 10000 DEGREES: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 10000 DEGREES?
- 10000 DEGREES (California) receives grants from 232 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,718,503 to it, the largest being MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($20,656,532). 144 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does 10000 DEGREES have?
- IRS filings report 232 organizations giving $95,718,503 in grants to 10000 DEGREES, 144 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 10000 DEGREES?
- MARIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,656,532 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 10000 DEGREES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 232 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing