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CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY

CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being THE JOSHUA ALPER-MARINES FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$587k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$3k
Net assets
$342k
0/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What California Consortium for Independent Study does

Mission

To provide education information and professional training to the general public, public school educators and government agencies on the value of independent study.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide training, seminars, workshops and disseminate information to california public educators statewide to help them comply with state public education regulations and mandates.

    $519,076 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $519,076.

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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($366k) Expenses 100 ($418k) Net assets 100 ($461k)2018 Revenue 89 ($326k) Expenses 105 ($439k) Net assets 75 ($348k)2019 Revenue 101 ($370k) Expenses 107 ($447k) Net assets 59 ($270k)2020 Revenue 87 ($319k) Expenses 93 ($387k) Net assets 44 ($202k)2021 Revenue 43 ($159k) Expenses 26 ($107k) Net assets 55 ($254k)2022 Revenue 38 ($140k) Expenses 39 ($162k) Net assets 51 ($233k)2023 Revenue 41 ($151k) Expenses 34 ($144k) Net assets 52 ($240k)2024 Revenue 129 ($471k) Expenses 104 ($433k) Net assets 60 ($277k)2025 Revenue 161 ($587k) Expenses 125 ($523k) Net assets 74 ($342k)
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Revenue (161)Expenses (125)Net assets (74)Peer revenue range

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 $461k to $348k (−25%).

$461k
$348k
$270k
$202k
$254k
$233k
$240k
$277k
$342k
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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
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

0% of CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$53k
’17
−$113k
’18
−$77k
’19
−$68k
’20
$52k
’21
−$21k
’22
$7k
’23
$37k
’24
$64k
’25
6.6
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.

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Listed777755655
Joined·+1+0+0+2+0+1+1+1
No longer listed·10040021
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
funders
1

From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY’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.

Where its funders are

100% of CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Against its field

CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin11% · above the median
Months of reserve6.6mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY

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

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY?
CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,500 to it, the largest being THE JOSHUA ALPER-MARINES FOUNDATION ($2,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,500 in grants to CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY.
Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY?
THE JOSHUA ALPER-MARINES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CALIFORNIA CONSORTIUM FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY 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 1 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