California · Nonprofit
HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,354,790 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($30,878,912). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $40M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What High Tech High Graduate School of Education does
Mission
The mission of the High Tech High Graduate School of Education is to activate a global network of change leaders to disrupt the status quo through transformative learning experiences.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Master's of education degree (m.ed.) programs: through the High Tech High Graduate School of Education, k-12 educators are provided an effective avenue to reflect upon their practice and acquire skills to perform as reform-minded leaders in their future assignments. High Tech High Graduate School of Education provides two m.ed. Options - school leadership for those aspiring to manage their own k-12 school and teacher leadership for those educators who plan to stay in the classroom but aspire to lead other teachers in improving their skills as educators of young people.
$2,065,870 spentof which $997,900 as grants$2,496,674 earned by the program16% of program spendingNational coalition for improvement in education (ncie) : we champion and amplify the use of improvement methods to transform educational systems so all young people learn and thrive, especially those furthest from opportunity.ncie engages practitioners, scholars and youth in critical dialogue and networked improvement efforts addressing complex problems of practice in k-12 education. Ncie merges professional practice and scholarship to actively improve teaching, learning, and leadership in schools.
$7,988,942 spentof which $2,708 as grants$641,366 earned by the program61% of program spendingCenter for love and justice: co-design schools for love, justice and collective liberation. We see school as a place where young folks feel seen, heard, activated and connected to their community. We use justice-driven, love-centered design to fiercely challenge inequity and co-create radically loving visions of the student experienceprioritizing cultural, economic and environmental justice. We design for the collective liberation of everybody.
$1,366,105 spent$565,807 earned by the program11% of program spendingProfessional learning: engage in active, hands-on workshops to uncover complex educational challenges. Hth has been globally recognized as a leader in project-based learning (pbl) for 20 years. Hth gse offers a variety of interactive professional development workshops for educators interested in pbl.
$1,573,019 spentof which $-493 as grants$1,595,276 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $12,993,936.
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 2018 to 2019, from $3.4M to $7.0M (+105%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 5% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Ben Daley
President/CEO
Board chair
Shafeen Charania
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $540k → $2.7M.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF 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
HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2017 57% · 2018 61% · 2019 71% · 2020 71% · 2021 86% · 2022 80% · 2023 93% — 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
38% of HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $294k 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
HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF 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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Hth Learning · exempt
- High Tech High · exempt
- High Tech High Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF 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 HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION?
- HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $40,354,790 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($30,878,912). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $40,354,790 in grants to HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION?
- GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $30,878,912 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HIGH TECH HIGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF 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.
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 12 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