California · Nonprofit
CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION
CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,273,829 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($1,418,942). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $1.5M
What Carlmont Academic Foundation does
Mission
The Foundation funds projects that will enrich the educational environment at Carlmont High School, located in Belmont, California through the funding for essential educational programs that will have broad based, substantial and lasting impact.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Foundation funds projects that will enrich the educational environment at Carlmont High School, located in Belmont, California through the funding for essential educational programs that will have broad based, substantial and lasting impact. For the 2024 - 2025 period, funding was provided to the Sequoia Union High School District for additional class sections, afterschool tutoring, choir support, college & career counseling, cross departmental collaboration, student wellness and instructional supplies. Carlmont Academic Foundation has provided funds to support its teachers and a variety of student programs, including AVID, Choir, CAF-PTSA Teacher Enrichment Grants and Sojourn to the Past.
$1,254,287 spentof which $1,254,287 as grants97% of program spendingThe Carlmont Academic Foundation funds the operation of the performance theater fromtime to time. In the reporting period, the foundation provided $38,291.88 fortheater operations.
$38,292 spentof which $38,292 as grants$19,695 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe Carlmont Academic Foundation recognizes the accomplishments of its students and provides a small number of scholarships each year. In the reporting period, the Foundation awarded three total scholarships - one for $1,500 and two for $1,000.
$3,500 spentof which $3,500 as grants0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,296,079.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.0M to $1.9M (+82%).
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.
93% of CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 7 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $17k → $348k.
10 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 CARLMONT ACADEMIC 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
CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% of grant income and the top three 82%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 47% · 2018 43% · 2019 36% · 2020 54% · 2021 57% · 2022 64% · 2023 68% — growing more concentrated.
“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
32% of CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 66% 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
93% of CARLMONT ACADEMIC 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. Of the $151k that is directly attributable, 85% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 CARLMONT ACADEMIC 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 CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION?
- CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,273,829 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($1,418,942). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $2,273,829 in grants to CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARLMONT ACADEMIC FOUNDATION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,418,942 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARLMONT ACADEMIC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 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