Rhode Island · Nonprofit
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $525,000 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($525,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $525k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $525k
- Net assets
- $327k
What Collective Action for Education does
Mission
Our mission is to empower communities to harness their collective power to transform rhode island's education system, ensuring it serves all children in our state- regardless of their background or zip code.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Objective 2024the Collective Action for Education (cafe), a 501(c)(4) founded in 2024, is dedicated to reshaping rhode island's education system so it serves every child, regardless of background or zip code. The organization seeks to empower communities to harness their collective power, ensuring education policy decisions reflect the needs and aspirations of families statewide. In its first year, cafe's short-term objectives were to: -establish its name and credibility with communities, leaders, and decision-makers. -build organizational infrastructure, including staff, consultants, and communication tools. Begin community outreach and civic education focused on how education issues affect children in rhode island. -launch the design of the educhamps program (to begin in 2025) to train and support emerging education advocates. -develop issue priorities to guide legislative and community education efforts. The long-term goal is to create a durable network of informed, engaged rhode islanders who will sustain year-round advocacy on education issues, with cafe serving as a trusted convener and resource. Program service accomplishments:1. Building organizational infrastructure…
$170,058 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $170,058.
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
Victor Capellan
Director & chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR 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.
Where its funders are
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Rhode Island, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR 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 Rhode Island
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
86% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR 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 COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION?
- COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION (Rhode Island) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $525,000 to it, the largest being CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS ($525,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $525,000 in grants to COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION.
- Who is the largest funder of COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION?
- CAMPAIGN FOR GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS is the largest funder on record, with $525,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COLLECTIVE ACTION FOR EDUCATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Rhode Island. 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 1 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