California · Nonprofit
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,162,438 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,680,291). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $24M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $4.9M
What Educational Enrichment Systems Inc does
Mission
Ees' mission is to provide a unique and affordable child development program designed to meet the social, emotional, physical, and educational needs of the individual child, as we strengthen and preserve the family and all who influence the life of the child.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Ees offers full day and part day preschool for children of low-income working families. These services help young children and their families by offering high quality preschool so children are well-prepared for kindergarten and parents can work or finish their education. 1,200 students ages 3 to 5 years old are served in this program funded through the california department of education, california state preschool program.
$16,920,326 spent$78,986 earned by the program77% of program spendingEes offers full day child care for toddlers from low-income working families. These services help young children and their families by offering high quality preschool so children are well-prepared for kindergarten and parents can work or finish their education. 160 students age 3 months to 3 years old are served in this program funded through the california department of social services.
$4,230,082 spent$4,851 earned by the program19% of program spendingEes has a contract with san diego county office of education, quality preschool initiative (qpi) funded by first 5 san diego to provide high-quality preschool opportunities. The ultimate goal of the quality preschool initiative is to reduce the school readiness gap and improve school achievement in san diego county by providing children with the kind of early education experiences they need to do well in school and beyond. Qpi has instituted a 5 tier preschool quality rating and improvement system. All ees locations score a 4 or 5 rating through the qpi system.
$252,000 spent1% of program spendingNon-state funded program support.
$486,380 spent2% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $21,888,788.
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.
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 $17M to $23M (+38%).
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: 2017 95% · 2018 98% · 2019 84% · 2020 97% · 2021 97% · 2022 99% · 2023 98% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 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
Celine Krimston
President & CEO
Board chair
Richard Clampitt
Chairperson of the board
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $29k → $30k.
4 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 100% · 2019 99% · 2020 87% · 2021 60% · 2022 78% · 2023 50% — 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
57% of EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 78% 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
95% of EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $112k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Organizations like EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC?
- EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,162,438 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($1,680,291). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $2,162,438 in grants to EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS INC?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,680,291 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT SYSTEMS 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.
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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 9 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