California · Nonprofit
ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL
ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $620,842 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($305,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $621k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Alma Fuerte Public School does
Mission
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 productive members of society. (sch o) this is done through providing a quality education in an safe and supportive environment, introducing students to a variety of career paths, and developing the confidence and resilience they need to take on any challenge.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation of a public charter school in california serving students in grades tk to 8: our aim is to equip our students with skills and knowledge they will need to become successful in their chosen fields and to make an impact in the world. We strive to create an environment that encourages creativity, independent thinking and problem-solving, while also providing a nurturing and safe space for children to reach their fullest potential. Alma Fuerte Public School is a school that is focused on making a difference in our students' lives. We give them a unique opportunity to become successful entrepreneurs and future leaders. Our commitment to excellence and quality education, combined with our focus on entrepreneurship, ensure our students receive the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed.
$3,319,131 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,319,131.
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 2022 to 2023, from $802k to $2.1M (+163%).
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: 2018 76% · 2019 87% · 2020 88% · 2021 94% · 2022 100% · 2023 98% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Myra Salinas
Chair/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $145k → $311.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL’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
ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL leans on a few funders — its largest provides 49% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 61% · 2021 98% · 2022 99% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL: 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 ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL?
- ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $620,842 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($305,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $620,842 in grants to ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL?
- NEW SCHOOLS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $305,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALMA FUERTE PUBLIC SCHOOL 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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