California · Nonprofit
EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE
EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,163,429 to it, the largest being THE ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD FOUNDATION ($3,017,969). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Expanded Learning Alliance does
Mission
Supports, connects, and advocates for expanded learning opportunities that provide equitable access for all children and youth in the la area. By working collaboratively with school- and community-based organizations, we will build systems, pathways, and processes that strengthen the field to nurture a young person's natural curiosity, empower their self-development, and cultivate the value they bring to making the world a better place.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The organization undertook a new program service during the year, which is described at part iii, line 4a.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Create a quality & impact framework and measurement tools task force, which meets monthly starting in the fall. The task force will assess what high-quality programming should look like in practice. Then, they will develop a framework and tools to measure program efficacy and impact. The task force will be gathering feedback from expandla's network of program providers.
$515,272 spent40% of program spendingSupport program providers, particularly community-based nonprofit organizations, to strengthen organization and program infrastructure. Created a professional development series. The professional trainer network prepared provider's staff to be better facilitators of any kind of training for the field. Those trainers will continue to offer workshops for the whole expandla network. The summer professional development bootcamp trained program staff and their supervisors on how to be more intentional in the activities they facilitate for their youth.
$281,159 spent$18,050 earned by the program22% of program spendingCreation of a network of out-of-school time providers and foster coordination within the sector to increase access to expanded learning opportunities for youth from historically marginalized communities. Hosted quarterly countywide network meetings hosting approximately an average of 120 organizations at each meeting to discuss key issues that impact service deliver for young people and creating opportunity for organization leaders to connect and partner. We offered giveaways, breakfast and lunch. In one of those meetings we hosted a press conference in celebration of lights on afterschool.
$271,130 spent21% of program spendingLead strategic communications to shift the narrative and public perception about the importance of expanded learning in youth development. Help systems leaders and funders to understand the needs of the expanded learning sector and what resources and policies would be most impactful. 2024 lights on afterschool press conference convened afterschool providers in collaboration with the california afterschool advocacy alliance, guest speakers included lausd board member melvoin, attorney general rob bonta, assembly member tina mckinnor, and la councilmember monica rodriguez to celebrate the importance of leaving the lights on after school so students can continue to learn and develop useful skills.
$210,174 spent16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,277,735.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $538k to $1.3M (+140%).
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.
98% of EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
Maria Lou Calanche
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $70k → $1.6M.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% 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 EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 4 of 5 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
EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 63% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $850k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE runs a healthier operating margin 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 EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE
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
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE?
- EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,163,429 to it, the largest being THE ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD FOUNDATION ($3,017,969). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,163,429 in grants to EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE?
- THE ELI AND EDYTHE BROAD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,017,969 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like EXPANDED LEARNING ALLIANCE 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 5 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