California · Nonprofit
EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC
EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,979,879 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $5.8M
- Funders on record
- 40
- Grants received
- $26M
- Net assets
- $13M
What Education Leaders of Color Inc does
Mission
To catalyze the academic and economic advancement of young people of color by harnessing the power of our multi-racial, multi-sector, and values-aligned membership network.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
During 2024, edloc became a fiscal sponsor of several other entities, including campaign for our shared future, the folding chair collective, wwhd, llc, asian & pacific islander american (apia) educators collective, and grow where you are. Edloc accepts tax deductible donations on behalf of these other entities, and administers the expenditures of those funds for designated tax-exempt charitable purposes. All of these entities engage in activities that are consistent with edloc's mission.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Network: edloc recruits and selects leaders of color in key decision-making roles to join our multiracial, multi-sector network, building collective power and expanding members' professional networks and social capital. Once members join, edloc offers year-round programming to strengthen leadership, foster belonging, and support members' impact across sectors. Our national convening, which consistently sells out and drew over 500 participants in 2024, remains a flagship experience. It brings members together to deepen knowledge of our policy platform, engage in peer learning, and align around shared values and priorities. The convening fills a critical gap in the field by creating space for values-aligned, diverse leaders in education and related fields. In addition, members participate in curated programming throughout the year, including book talk talks, regional gatherings member-led events and policy-focused forums that center the leadership and lived experience of people of color. These spaces grow and connect the membership, elevate shared values, build skills, bridge research and practice, and align on our goals and priorities.
$2,090,101 spent$702,272 earned by the program47% of program spendingIn 2024, edloc awarded $175,000 in grants to campaign for our shared future and became the home of this time-bound national initiative, which works to shift the public narrative and center the needs of children by building grassroots support to stop harmful policies like book bans and curriculum censorship. The social studies accelerator is an ongoing initiative that advances the adoption and implementation of high-quality, culturally responsive social studies curricula in schools and districts nationwide. Through a continued partnership with reconstructionus, edloc helps expand access to culturally affirming courses and learning experiences for students from low-income communities, ensuring they see themselves reflected in what and how they learn.
$1,785,801 spentof which $175,000 as grants$23,250 earned by the program40% of program spendingPolicy & advocacy: edloc activates the collective voice of its members to advance bold, equity-driven policy solutions. Through regional networks and affinity groups, edloc members convene to strategize around advancing policies that protect and support students, families, and communities, while building relationships that strengthen cross-sector, multiracial coalitions. In 2024, as in previous years, members engage directly with policymakers during advocacy day events in washington, d.c., and in their home districts to elevate priorities that reflect the needs of the communities they serve.
$429,036 spent10% of program spendingGrantmaking: the boulder fund grants support entrepreneurial ventures of innovative and diverse leaders working to advance edloc's values and policy priorities. The fund is integral to edloc's strategy of advancing values-aligned leaders of color committed to demonstrating the impact of cross-sector approaches. Edloc invests in leaders and organizations that are taking value-aligned approaches to solving the most pressing challenges in education and are inspired by being part of a network that collectively seeks to build generational wealth. In addition to direct grant support, edloc provides coaching and thought partnership to grantees. The grant recipients lead organizations focused on improving life outcomes for children of color across the country.
$136,570 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,441,508.
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 2020 to 2021, from $6.4M to $14M (+119%).
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: 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
83% of EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Sharhonda Bossier
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Nancy Gutierrez
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $1.3M → $2.1M.
12 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 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
EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 19% 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
42% 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 EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 31% · 2018 45% · 2019 32% · 2020 52% · 2021 45% · 2022 52% · 2023 49% — growing more concentrated.
“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
33% of EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC'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
EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8.3M 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
EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
58%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 5 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC?
- EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC (California) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $25,979,879 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($5,000,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC have?
- IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $25,979,879 in grants to EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $5,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 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