California · Nonprofit
Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation
Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,299,685 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($2,299,613). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $-44450
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $568k
What Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation does
Mission
Focused on the potential of Americas youth, the Cadet Character and Leadership Foundation is designed to seek out young lives with leadership drive, who may be financially under-resourced and help them achieve their full potential.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
CCLF made contributions to the efforts of Civil Air Patrol by replacing an end-of-life module building at the Los Alamitos Joint Training Center used to support cadet training activities and emergency service operations. In addition, CCLF made contributions to Civil Air Patrol to upgrade a flight hangar used to house Civil Air Patrol aircraft and to host member meetings and cadet trainings. The amount of grants used for Civil Air Patrol building upgrades and tenant improvements in 2023 totaled $757,951. In addition, CCLF was able to contribute funds to repair and upgrade a Civil Air Patrol glider aircraft hangar that is used for glider flight instruction of cadets. The amount of grants used for Civil Air Patrol glider hangar upgrades for 2023 totaled $36,173. Additional support of cadet activities and upgrades to Civil Air Patrol vehicles and equipment totaled $8,635 for 2022.
$805,506 spentof which $805,506 as grants94% of program spendingLeadership scholarships totaling $23,065 for 2023, were awarded to under-resourced Civil Air Patrol cadets to attend leadership development activities. Also, another $6,670 was awarded to Civil Air Patrol cadets.In addition, CCLF granted funds for the flight simulator upgrades and corresponding simulator instruction program. This instructor pilot led program allows cadets to gain valuable simulated flight time before transitioning to actual flight. The amount of grants used in 2023 totaled $15,858. CCLF also granted funds for cadets to participate in the Air Force Associations annual National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. This competition inspires youth to pursue careers in cybersecurity or other STEM disciplines critical to our nations future. The amount of grants used in 2023 totaled $9,970.
$48,893 spentof which $48,983 as grants6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $854,399.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $254k to $714k (+181%).
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.
-35% of Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $90k → $1.3M.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation’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
Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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 Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 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 Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 4,682 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,682 youth development nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation: 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 Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation?
- Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,299,685 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS ($2,299,613). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,299,685 in grants to Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation?
- FOUNDATION FOR THE CAROLINAS is the largest funder on record, with $2,299,613 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Cadet Character & Leadership Foundation 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 2 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