California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $956,349 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ($315,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $366k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $956k
- Net assets
- $257k
What California Foundation for Commerce & Education does
Mission
The organization carries out its exempt purpose by educating the public and policymakers on private enterprise and a strong economic base; impartial and objective research and analysis of public policy issues; education and outreach efforts in support of research and public policy findings and recommendations.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
A new program service conducted in 2024 was the digital journalism project, analyzing the impact of proposals to constrain the ability of technology platforms to distribute or link to journalism produced by news media based in california.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Technology policy research: research and analysis of the impact of antitrust legislation on the development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence.
$350,360 spent66% of program spendingKaiser capitol impact: provide support for the implementation of the promise to career construction scholarship program at los rios community college district, the preferred talent provider that serves the health care construction collaboratives priority populations. The scholarship has supported more than 50 individuals since its inception.
$111,250 spent$115,000 earned by the program21% of program spendingDigital journalism project: analysis of this policy, economic and competitiveness implications of proposals to constrain the ability of technology platforms to distribute or link to journalism produced by news media based in california.
$68,602 spent$788 earned by the program13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $530,212.
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 $108k to $424k (+292%).
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.
68% of CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $150k → $140k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION’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
CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
81% 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 FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2022 53% · 2023 82% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $215k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,117 philanthropy nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION
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
99% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- California Chamber of Commerce · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION: 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 FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION?
- CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $956,349 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ($315,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $956,349 in grants to CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION?
- CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE is the largest funder on record, with $315,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR COMMERCE & EDUCATION 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 8 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