California · Nonprofit
IDEOORG
IDEOORG (California) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,810,209 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($11,659,346). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $7.2M
- Funders on record
- 47
- Grants received
- $35M
- Net assets
- $3.4M
What Ideoorg does
Mission
We design products and services alongside organizations that are committed to creating a more just and inclusive world.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In the united states ideo.org designed and delivered future-facing, scalable solutions that contribute to community health, as well as economic and social mobility. We designed a chatbot, powered by artificial intelligence, that will help domestic workers advocate for fair working conditions with their employers. In texas, we led the collaborative design and teacher-driven delivery of a 'school culture champions' program, which has led to a dramatic reduction in rates of exclusionary discipline and keeps more students in classrooms. In collaboration with a cohort of youth co-designers, we designed a refreshed brand for a platform for youth activism and organizing. We produced a public report on reimagining childhood obesity care, with insights and opportunities for healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and health companies to better serve families. We delivered a comprehensive multimedia training program for the delivery of dignified services to recipients of wic (women infants and children) nutritional benefits. We also launched a public toolkit, re-grant, and technical assistance program for 501(c)(3)-compliant communications campaigns in support of public…
$4,354,650 spentof which $210,000 as grants$2,489,026 earned by the program75% of program spendingIn 2024, our east african portfolio comprised of projects and programs to create positive impact for women, young people and rural communities, taking a holistic view across the various areas of their lives such as health, agriculture/food and financial inclusion/money.within the health area, we continue to focus on designing safe spaces for msm, young girls and women, with partners such as psh zimbabwe and ciff. Within the agriculture area, we worked with one acre fund to develop gender-sensitive tools for their staff and clients that would improve capacity building and income generation.with citi foundation, we managed a global learning community of 100+ grantee organizations working around food security and homelessness.furthermore, we worked with the gates foundation to deliver a series of workshops to inform their strategic partnership experience.
$1,477,965 spent$845,321 earned by the program25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,832,615.
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 2022 to 2023, from $11M to $5.8M (−48%).
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 24% · 2018 20% · 2019 8% · 2021 22% · 2022 16% · 2023 4% · 2024 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
52% of IDEOORG’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (60% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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
Marty Schneider
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 13 funders to 14 funders, grant income fell $3.6M → $2.7M.
15 of 47 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 IDEOORG’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 47 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
IDEOORG leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 51% · 2018 51% · 2019 45% · 2020 45% · 2021 45% · 2022 81% · 2023 45% — 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
33% of IDEOORG's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
IDEOORG draws 84% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 13 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
IDEOORG's revenue fell 35% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,206 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like IDEOORG
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
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for IDEOORG: 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 IDEOORG?
- IDEOORG (California) receives grants from 47 organizations whose IRS filings report $34,810,209 to it, the largest being THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION ($11,659,346). 27 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does IDEOORG have?
- IRS filings report 47 organizations giving $34,810,209 in grants to IDEOORG, 27 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of IDEOORG?
- THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,659,346 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like IDEOORG 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 47 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