California · Nonprofit
Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education
Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $68,854 to it, the largest being Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation ($68,854). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $23k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $69k
- Net assets
- $53k
What Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education does
Mission
The mission of ESICE is to support innovative education collaboration, pursue scientific research and monitoring, and address real world environmental and social issues.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Statement of Program Service Accomplishments Education In 2017, ESICEs Eastern Sierra Watershed Project provided science education based on the ecology of Inyo County to students in grades 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 from schools throughout Inyo County. Field trips emphasized the connections between water, plants and animals and the central role that water plays to the area where they live, and by extension to the rest of the world. Students participated in hands-on science activities and data collection in small groups led by ICSOS and ESICE staff, and trained docents, allowing each student the chance to actively participate. Students visited the Lower Owens River, local creeks, and Fish Slough. Older students collected data to document the changes on the Lower Owens River that have occurred since the re-watering in 2006. Students build upon their previous visits and knowledge by participating in new activities as they progress through grade levels. Through the Project, ESICE also provides classroom materials to help teachers leverage the interest and knowledge stimulated by outdoor education. The Eastern Sierra Watershed Project was carried out through partnerships and collaboration with…
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $18k → $15k.
From the IRS filings of Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative 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
100% of Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $69k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,847 environment nonprofits under $100k, FY2017
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
63%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education?
- Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $68,854 to it, the largest being Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation ($68,854). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $68,854 in grants to Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education?
- Donald and Ruby Branson Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $68,854 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Eastern Sierra Institute for Collaborative Education 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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