California · Nonprofit
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,724,100 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,805,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $433k
What Catholic Schools Collaborative does
Mission
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE (CSC)establishes and supports multi-school efforts that foster best practicies in the areas of academics, operations, leadership and parent engagement at Catholic PK -8th grade schools in lower income Los Angeles communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
PILLAR 2: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE. High educational achievement is a hallmark of healthy schools and critical to meeting the needs of the underpriviledged urban communities that CSC partner school services. CSCs academic excellence pillar area empowers educators and students with the right curriculum, material and pedagogical resources for high quality education and informed and responsible citizenship.
$525,952 spent$455,746 earned by the program46% of program spendingPILLAR 1: OPERATING VITALITY. Thriving school communities are the product of superb academic leaders with the right expertise and resources, robust systems and sound policies that work together for smooth operation and sustainability. CSCs operational vitality pillar area facilitates strong financial management, instructional leadership, site visioning and an environment for voice and growth for all stakeholders.
$275,917 spent$246,470 earned by the program24% of program spendingPILLAR 3: SOCIAL EMOTIONAL STUDENT SUPPORT. Learning and growth depends on everyone having confidence that they can trust each other with openness, kindness and respect. CSCs social emtional student supports the pillar area and provides programs and resources to cultivate the skills necessary for students to understand and manage emotions, maintain healthy relationships, address trauma and achieve positive goals throughout their life.
$219,539 spent$290,769 earned by the program19% of program spendingPILLAR 4: PARENT, FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Family engagement has been proven to have an immense positive impact on student achievement, participation and healthy growth; additionally, family engagement establishes schools into true communities for growth, learning and care. CSCs Parent, Family & Community Engagement pillar area builds parent and family engagement in an undertanding of students education and critical parent-school relations.
$125,909 spent$223,960 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,147,317.
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 $764k to $1.3M (+77%).
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: 2019 100% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (90% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Ellen P Holton
Executive director
Board chair
Bruce G Willison
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $268k → $996k.
5 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE’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
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
43% 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 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 77% · 2019 53% · 2020 72% · 2021 39% · 2022 51% · 2023 30% — 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
45% of CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% 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
94% of CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M 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
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,211 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,211 religion nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE: 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 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE?
- CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,724,100 to it, the largest being CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION ($1,805,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $5,724,100 in grants to CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE?
- CONRAD N HILTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,805,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COLLABORATIVE 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 22 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