California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF
AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,053,746 to it, the largest being California Emerging Technology Fund ($2,032,680). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.7M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $289k
What American Gi Forum Education Foundation of Santa Maria Calif does
Mission
The American GI Forum Education Foundation is organized to solicit and receive funds through grants, bequests, gifts, and contributions to provide educational scholarships, grants, loans, and support for educational research and related activities benefiting qualified and financially needy individuals. The Foundation also provides assistance to veterans and their families facing physical, emotional, or financial hardship.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Scholarship Awards ProgramSince 1979, the American GI Forum of Santa Maria has awarded over 600 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 to local students. Supported by member fundraising and contributions from individuals, small businesses, and investment income, the program continues to promote educational advancement.Veterans Family Assistance ProgramIn partnership with local agencies, the Foundation provides emergency aidsuch as food, clothing, lodging, transportation, and medicationsto veterans and their families, primarily those who are homeless. Funding is provided by corporate sponsors including Verizon, ExxonMobil, and Pfizer.Low-Cost Internet ProgramTo bridge the digital divide, the Foundation partners with the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) and Frontier Communications to help eligible households access affordable Internet service and receive free HP Chromebooks.Computer Literacy ClassesThrough CETFs School2Home Initiative, trained Foundation team members conduct virtual classes on computer literacy, online safety, and digital parenting for families across California.Time-of-Use (TOU) Community Education ProjectIn collaboration with Energy Upgrade California,…
$1,677,139 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,677,139.
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 2023 to 2024, from $254k to $350k (+38%).
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: 2024 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
7% of AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue 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. 4 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $23.
1 of 4 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 AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF’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
AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% 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
100% 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 AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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 AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $66 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
AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF has grown faster than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF
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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF?
- AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,053,746 to it, the largest being California Emerging Technology Fund ($2,032,680). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $2,053,746 in grants to AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF?
- California Emerging Technology Fund is the largest funder on record, with $2,032,680 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN GI FORUM EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA CALIF 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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