California · Nonprofit
INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT
INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,987,297 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,792,989). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $540k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $56k
What Innovations in Education - a Nelson Project does
Program
Recognizing that many young adults lack critical thinking math and literacy skills, the purpose of innovations in education is to bring students to proficiency in literacy and math by the end of 3rd grade by utilizing approaches involving technology to bolster the common school-based teaching techniques. Activities include: (I) coaching teachers to best utilize technology to pinpoint student's strengths and tailor specialized individualized instructions; (ii) observing teachers' instructional strategies and providing guidance; (iii) using and interpreting student data to identify learning needs and best teaching techniques; and (iv) hiring supplemental support staff to assist in the classroom. In addition, innovations in education recognizes that students need social and emotional support, as well as academic support. In response to to this, innovations in education provides: (I) individualized student support; (ii) physical movement; and (iii) non-verbal self-assessments.
$422,359 spent
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $8k to $56k (+634%).
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
Marc Elin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $609k → $605k.
7 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT’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
INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 90% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 92% · 2023 100% — 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
100% of INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.0M arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT's revenue grew 22% between 2021 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT
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.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT: 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 INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT?
- INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,987,297 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($1,792,989). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,987,297 in grants to INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,792,989 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION - A NELSON PROJECT 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 2021–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing