California · Nonprofit
CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,500 to it, the largest being Wells Fargo Foundation ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $72k
- Net assets
- $15k
What Carlsbad Chamber Community Foundation does
Mission
The specific and primary purpose for which the foundation is formed is to engage in the solicitation, receipt and administration of property and moneys, and from time to time, to disburse such property and the income there from to, or for the benefit of, one or more of the following: 1. Public and/or private schools (grades k through 12) serving the city of carlsbad, california, including, but not limited to, the development and enhancement of economic educational opportunities and programs for both students and faculty by developing a partnership between the schools and the carlsbad business community. 2. Businesses who are based in carlsbad, california or are members of the carlsbad chamber of commerce who have suffered economic hardship due to circumstances outside their control, as judged by the foundation board. 3. Individuals who live and/or work in carlsbad, california who have suffered economic hardship due to circumstances outside their control, as judged by the foundation board.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The specific and primary purpose for which the foundation is formed is to engage in the solicitation, receipt and administration of property and moneys, and from time to time; to disburse such property and the income there from to, or for the benefit of, one or more of the following. 1. Public and/ or private schools grades k through 12 serving the city of carlsbad, california, including, but not limited to, the development and enhancement of economic educational opportunities and programs.
$36,289 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $36,289.
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 $54k to $205k (+282%).
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.
72% of CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION’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. 6 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
Bret Schanzenbach
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $32k → $6k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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: $33k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The San Diego Foundation). These are real filings, and they are not money CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY 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
CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 75% · 2023 91% — 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.
Where its funders are
CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,043 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
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
33% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY 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 CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
- CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,500 to it, the largest being Wells Fargo Foundation ($25,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $71,500 in grants to CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION?
- Wells Fargo Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CARLSBAD CHAMBER COMMUNITY 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.
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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 5 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