California · Nonprofit
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,771,448 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($6,750,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.4M
- Funders on record
- 43
- Grants received
- $23M
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What Campaign for College Opportunity does
Mission
Ensuring the next generation of californians has a chance to go to college and succeed.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Coalition Building, Research, and Policy Reform:The Campaign builds alliances among business, civic, civil rights, and higher-education leaders to advance evidence-based solutions that improve college access and success for California students. Through research, data analysis, and policy collaboration, the Campaign promotes practical reforms that expand opportunities for students to enter and complete higher education.These activities include producing reports, facilitating statewide coalitions, and engaging institutions and community partners in discussions that strengthen Californias workforce and economy.
$3,296,974 spent88% of program spendingCommunications:The Campaign develops high-quality communications to inform the public and decision-makers about higher-education issues in California. Activities include publishing digital content, distributing newsletters, and briefing journalists on research findings. The Campaign coordinates a statewide communications strategy, including media releases, interviews, and public statements, to raise awareness about policies that promote student success and affordability.
$378,842 spent10% of program spendingLobbying: We engage with California policymakers and their staff to share our research and data analysis, helping to inform legislative and budget decisions. We also provide testimony at public hearings to advocate for our policy and budget priorities.
$71,246 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,747,062.
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 2017 to 2018, from $4.2M to $2.5M (−40%).
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: 2020 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 3 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.
Board chair
Ed Bush
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 22 funders, grant income rose $2.8M → $4.0M.
8 of 43 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 43 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
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 38% · 2019 17% · 2020 50% · 2021 20% · 2022 34% · 2023 17% — 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
62% of CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY'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
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY is better cushioned than half 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 CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY
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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY: 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 CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY?
- CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY (California) receives grants from 43 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,771,448 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($6,750,000). 24 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY have?
- IRS filings report 43 organizations giving $22,771,448 in grants to CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY, 24 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $6,750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY 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 43 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