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Academy Business Leadership

Academy Business Leadership (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $427,016 to it, the largest being THE HOLDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($325,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$907k
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$427k
Net assets
$-130671
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Academy Business Leadership does

Mission

To inspire, educate and expand the educational and career objectives of at-risk students through practical and experiential education, with a focus on business, financial investment, entrepreneurial and social entrepreneurial training and leadership development.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

To inspire, educate and expand the educational and career objectives of at-risk students through practical and experiential education, with a focus on business, financial investment, entrepreneurial training, social entrepreneurial training and leadership development.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($748k) Expenses 100 ($744k)2018 Revenue 122 ($915k) Expenses 107 ($793k)2019 Revenue 131 ($983k) Expenses 122 ($911k)2020 Revenue 121 ($907k) Expenses 115 ($853k)
2017201820192020
Revenue (121)Expenses (115)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $87k to $132k (+52%).

$87k
$132k
$173k
$169k
2017201820192020
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.

$4k
’17
$123k
’18
$72k
’19
$53k
’20
0.0
months of
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.

2017201820192020
Listed6665
Joined·+0+1+0
No longer listed·011
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $75k → $50k.

3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 24% 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 Academy Business Leadership’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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

Academy Business Leadership leans on a few funders — its largest provides 76% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

76%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 54% · 2019 55% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“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.

Where its funders are

Academy Business Leadership draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

UT

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $102k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like Academy Business Leadership

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

98%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Academy Business Leadership: 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 Academy Business Leadership?
Academy Business Leadership (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $427,016 to it, the largest being THE HOLDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($325,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Academy Business Leadership have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $427,016 in grants to Academy Business Leadership, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Academy Business Leadership?
THE HOLDEN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $325,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Academy Business Leadership 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.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2020 (financials across 2017–2020), and the filings of 4 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing