California · Nonprofit
Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education
Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,404,627 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($996,700). 8 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 FY2023
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.4M
- Net assets
- $3.9M
What Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education does
Mission
Golesetan conducts Persian language and Persian cultural immersion classes, exposing children to language movement, science, math, nature, theater, art, music, cooking, dance, gardening, yoga, and more; as approved by the IRS and FTB in their respective determination letters.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Program
The mission of Golestan Education is to support the development of curious, creative, and altruistic children through experiential and heuristic learning, Golestan education fulfils its mission through: The Golestan School: Golestan kids is the model campus in the East Bay that gives children a deep understanding and respect for the world they live in. The school offers pre-school and primary school education. The child's entire experience is guided by a rich and comprehensive curriculum that integrates a hands on pedagogy. The Golesetan Colab: The Golestan Colab empowers and supports educators, parents, and community leaders to create their ideal learning environment for children by offering pro-bono consultancy and resources in the following areas: -The integration and application of hands-on and experiential learning practices and approaches;-Language immersion and cultural education; and -Develping natural playscapes and calm and beautiful learning environments.
$2,126,347 spent$2,623,141 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2022 Form 990. Program spending in total: $2,126,347.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2019 to 2020, from $6.4M to $4.7M (−26%).
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.
9% of Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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.
Board chair
Amir Kia
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $103k.
7 of 11 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
95% 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 50% · 2018 100% · 2019 81% · 2020 64% · 2021 65% · 2022 40% · 2023 62% — 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
14% of Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education'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 $66k 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. $1.3M 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
Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education is better cushioned than half of the 11,412 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,412 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2023
Organizations like Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education
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
81% 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education: 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education?
- Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,404,627 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($996,700). 8 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 Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,404,627 in grants to Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural Education?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $996,700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Golestan Center for Language Immersion & Cultural 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 FY2023 (financials across 2019–2023), and the filings of 11 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