California · Nonprofit
Communities For A New California Education Fund
Communities For A New California Education Fund (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,950,232 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($2,675,719). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.6M
- Funders on record
- 37
- Grants received
- $9.0M
- Net assets
- $2.4M
What Communities For A New California Education Fund does
Mission
To provide charitable assistance to underrepresented communities and the general public by providing non-partisan voter registration and mobilization, capacity building and educational activities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Program #1 Coachella Valley Collaboration between CNC EF and UC Irvine on the health impacts of repeated wildfires and smoke exposure in eastern Coachella Valley. Between February and April 2023, CNC EF/UC Irvine surveyed 118 residents, revealing significant physical and mental health challenges, especially among children and the elderly. Findings underscore the urgent need for improved emergency preparedness and tailored fire prevention education in Spanish, aiming to inform policymakers and enhance community resilience. The California Air Resources Board funded the research.
$47,425 spent$47,245 earned by the program5% of program spendingProgram #2: Sacramento, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern Counties: CNC EF implemented nonpartisan voter education outreach via live phone calls and door-to-door canvassing. CNC EF also collected surveys for a needs assessment to understand the issues affecting San Joaquin Valley Families. The completed surveys were utilized to produce a representative sample of survey voters, with results published as San Joaquin Valley speaks. An additional representative survey of Riverside County was conducted to learn about issues impacting Coachella Valley families.
$50,000 spent$50,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingProgram #3: SACRAMENTO, MERCED, FRESNO, COACHELLA VALLEY: Utilizing the findings from San Joaquin Valley Speaks and additional surveys collected from Riverside County. CNC EF implemented broad leadership development and volunteer recruitment campaigns via one-on-one personal visits, house meetings, monthly door-to-door neighborhood canvassing, and monthly issues impacting resident-led membership meetings. Emphasis has been placed on women, such as affordable housing, healthcare access, and education. CNC EF organizers supported neighborhood committees in developing issue-based educational campaigns for residents and elected and appointed officials.
$879,839 spent$746,000 earned by the program90% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $977,264.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.9M to $3.7M (+94%).
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.
21% of Communities For A New California Education Fund’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (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.
Chief executive
Pablo Rodriquez
Executive Director
Board chair
Sergio Cuellar
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $1.2M → $702k.
16 of 37 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 Communities For A New California Education Fund’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 37 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
Communities For A New California Education Fund has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% 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
32% 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 Communities For A New California Education Fund.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 64% · 2018 52% · 2019 50% · 2020 37% · 2021 25% · 2022 32% · 2023 36% — 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
40% of Communities For A New California Education Fund's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 43% 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
84% of Communities For A New California Education Fund's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
Communities For A New California Education Fund has grown faster than three-quarters 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 Communities For A New California Education Fund
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Communities For A New California Education Fund?
- Communities For A New California Education Fund (California) receives grants from 37 organizations whose IRS filings report $8,950,232 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($2,675,719). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Communities For A New California Education Fund have?
- IRS filings report 37 organizations giving $8,950,232 in grants to Communities For A New California Education Fund, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Communities For A New California Education Fund?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $2,675,719 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Communities For A New California Education Fund 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 37 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