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HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,305 to it, the largest being THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOUNDATION ($9,410). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2026
$85k
Funders on record
7
Grants received
$37k
Net assets
$146k
4/7 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Highland Ranch Educational Foundation does

Mission

The foundation is dedicated to the children of highland ranch elementary school. The foundation is committed to the children's welfare by providing additional financial support to enhance and improve the curriculum and educational opportunities for all students attending the school.

As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. Provde physical education program

    $16,006 spent
    16% of program spending
  2. Provide science education program

    $37,275 spent
    37% of program spending
  3. Provide kindergarten classroom aides

    $7,643 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. Provide world music program

    $15,075 spent
    15% of program spending
  5. Provide financial literacy program

    $2,304 spent
    2% of program spending
  6. Provide school supplies and equipment

    $21,184 spent
    21% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $99,487.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 100 ($48k) Net assets 100 ($59k)2018 Revenue 89 ($66k) Expenses 108 ($52k) Net assets 124 ($73k)2019 Revenue 99 ($74k) Expenses 168 ($81k) Net assets 111 ($65k)2020 Revenue 108 ($80k) Expenses 106 ($51k) Net assets 160 ($94k)2021 Revenue 100 ($74k) Expenses 76 ($37k) Net assets 224 ($131k)2022 Revenue 125 ($93k) Expenses 175 ($84k) Net assets 238 ($140k)2023 Revenue 137 ($102k) Expenses 147 ($71k) Net assets 290 ($170k)2024 Revenue 130 ($96k) Expenses 199 ($96k) Net assets 290 ($171k)2025 Revenue 120 ($89k) Expenses 198 ($96k) Net assets 279 ($164k)2026 Revenue 114 ($85k) Expenses 211 ($102k) Net assets 249 ($146k)
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Revenue (114)Expenses (211)Net assets (249)Peer revenue range

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 $94k to $131k (+40%).

$59k
$73k
$65k
$94k
$131k
$140k
$170k
$171k
$164k
$146k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

84% of HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,912 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.

$26k
’17
$14k
’18
−$8k
’19
$29k
’20
$37k
’21
$9k
’22
$30k
’23
$240
’24
−$7k
’25
−$17k
’26

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

Sunny Montas

President & CEO

As listed on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.

03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $10k → $11k.

4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION’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

HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% 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

66% 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 HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.

25%
largest funder
69%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 62% · 2021 69% · 2022 75% · 2023 82% — 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.

Where its funders are

66% of HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'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 $13k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.

CA
VA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION has grown faster than half of the 1,807 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−21% · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)1% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,807 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026

Organizations like HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $37,305 to it, the largest being THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOUNDATION ($9,410). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $37,305 in grants to HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?
THE NORTHROP GRUMMAN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $9,410 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HIGHLAND RANCH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing