California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND
CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND (California) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,709,644 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($19,104,855). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $8.9M
- Funders on record
- 68
- Grants received
- $67M
- Net assets
- $26M
What California Calls Education Fund does
Mission
California Calls Education Fund (ccef) is an alliance of community-based organizations from across the state of california. Ccef educates and engages communities of color and working-class neighbordhoods about public policy. Communities are engaged to participate in policy solutions addressing poverty and community needs.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Voter education and engagement for california voters
$2,970,432 spentof which $1,120,765 as grants42% of program spendingBudget power project (bpp) - bbp is an initiative of the california budget & policy center, catalyst california (formerly advancement project california), and the mvp to build the capacity of local organizations to center community residents in local budget decisions. Bpp provides funding technical assistance, budget and organizing training to empower advocates engaging in state and local budget and policy debates.
$2,069,623 spentof which $1,476,666 as grants29% of program spendingCcef convened mvp in 2015. Mvp engages in collaborative statewide civic engagement programs, builds movement alignment around a long term policy agenda, engages in narrative strategy and capacity building, and engages in collaborative fundraising to scale aggregate power and maximize the impact of community based networks.
$1,996,637 spentof which $550,797 as grants28% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $7,036,692.
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 $18M to $26M (+41%).
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 0% · 2019 3% · 2020 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Chief executive
Sabrina A Smith
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Camila Chavez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $4.2M → $11M.
18 of 68 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $212k from one payer (the same organization on both sides, largest California Calls Education Fund); $92k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest California Calls Action Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND raised.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 68 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
CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
28% 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 CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 41% · 2019 27% · 2020 34% · 2021 30% · 2022 27% · 2023 28% — 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
27% of CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
94% of CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $12M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 978 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 978 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- California Calls Action Fund · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND: 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 CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND?
- CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND (California) receives grants from 68 organizations whose IRS filings report $66,709,644 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($19,104,855). 38 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND have?
- IRS filings report 68 organizations giving $66,709,644 in grants to CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND, 38 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $19,104,855 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA CALLS EDUCATION FUND 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 68 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