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COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE

COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being STUDENT LUNCHBOX INC ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$31M
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$11M
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 0%
01What it does

What COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE does

Mission

To operate a school

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. CBD College has been providing quality education and training to students for over 40 years with thousands of graduates currently working in the medical field. CBD is nationally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health and Education Schools (ABHES) and a Non-Profit Healthcare Career College located in the heart of Los Angeles. We believe that our instructional methods, the pleasant learning environment, and expertise of our staff, are second-to-none in our field. We also firmly believe that every student can and will achieve. Through the understanding of today's ever changing Medical Industry and career opportunities, CBD College has continued to introduce only the most in demand and opportunistic programs leading its students to stable and successful careers. The Institutional Goals are to provide quality educational programs that can be completed in a relatively short time period and provide students the tools necessary for immediate and productive employment. CBD College was established in 1982. Since its foundation in 1982, CBD College has grown to become one of Los Angeles best Non Profit resources for Healthcare Career training and career advising for students of all…

    $16,451,983 spentof which $3,333,000 as grants$30,874,814 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $16,451,983.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($10M) Expenses 100 ($10M) Net assets 100 ($1.9M)2018 Revenue 123 ($13M) Expenses 121 ($12M) Net assets 121 ($2.3M)2019 Revenue 122 ($12M) Expenses 121 ($12M) Net assets 139 ($2.7M)2020 Revenue 144 ($15M) Expenses 144 ($14M) Net assets 152 ($2.9M)2021 Revenue 180 ($18M) Expenses 172 ($17M) Net assets 215 ($4.1M)2022 Revenue 216 ($22M) Expenses 201 ($20M) Net assets 279 ($5.3M)2023 Revenue 241 ($25M) Expenses 214 ($21M) Net assets 449 ($8.6M)2024 Revenue 239 ($24M) Expenses 241 ($24M) Net assets 465 ($8.9M)2025 Revenue 304 ($31M) Expenses 291 ($29M) Net assets 564 ($11M)
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Revenue (304)Expenses (291)Net assets (564)Peer revenue range

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 $9.4M to $13M (+41%).

$3.5M
$4.2M
$4.8M
$5.2M
$8.1M
$9.4M
$13M
$13M
$13M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 73% · 2018 73% · 2019 72% · 2020 69% · 2021 60% · 2022 69% · 2023 59% · 2024 70% · 2025 66%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

66% of COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,251 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$205k
’17
$398k
’18
$340k
’19
$258k
’20
$1.2M
’21
$2.0M
’22
$3.2M
’23
$310k
’24
$1.9M
’25
2.2
months of
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

Alan Heshel

President/CEO

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed5710101010111111
Joined·+2+3+2+0+2+3+2+1
No longer listed·00202221
03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin6% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.7M on record.

Federal$5.7M
grants $5.7Mcontracts $0
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21
Top agencies
  • Department of Education$5.7M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 44%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
80%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE?
COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being STUDENT LUNCHBOX INC ($0). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE?
STUDENT LUNCHBOX INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMUNITY BASED EDUCATION & DEVELOPMENT dba CBD COLLEGE 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 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