California · Nonprofit
INSTEDD
INSTEDD (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $617,358 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($332,070). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $527k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $617k
- Net assets
- $211k
What Instedd does
Mission
To improve global health safety and sustainable developemtn through building capacity within communities to foster a local culture of innovation creating collaboration technologies for social good,
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
InSTEDD closed the iLab Southeast Asia initiative and ceased to explore grants and funding for that location. The staff of the Cambodia operations subsequently spun off into a social benefit organization thereby achieving the initiative mission and goals.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Non-communicable Disease Surveillance:With funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention RTI and InSTEDD are exploring the feasibility and quality of new modes of data collection for non-communicable disease NCD surveillance. These new modes include short message service SMS interactive voice response IVR and computer-assisted telephone interviewing CATI.
$449,065 spent$449,065 earned by the program65% of program spendingUniversity of California San Diego RADx Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics: Funded by the National Institute of Health. This initiative seeks to expedite the development commercialization and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing and research to understand why COVID-19 disproportionately impacts some communities.
$96,489 spent$96,489 earned by the program14% of program spendingUniversity of California San Diego Patient Navigation Mobile App for the Moores Cancer Center:This initiative supports UCSD with the development of a patient navigation mobile app for the Moores Cancer Center. This project aims to build reusable components or layers in the MyPath app that could later support and simplify the development of similar apps for other needs.
$70,430 spent$70,430 earned by the program10% of program spendingSupporting meaningful civic engagement for improved accountability by leveraging digital technologies with API & Care funded by EU: The overall objective for this initiative is to develop effective accountable and transparent institutions at all levels and ensure public access to information and fundamental freedoms. The overall objective will be achieved through activities which empower young ethnic minority community citizens to make government more participatory transparent responsive and accountable including leveraging digital technologies
$78,182 spent$78,182 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $694,166.
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 2017 to 2018, from $627k to $113k (−82%).
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.
99% of INSTEDD’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (75% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $51.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 70% 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 INSTEDD’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
INSTEDD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 96%; 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 INSTEDD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 74% · 2020 47% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
70% of INSTEDD'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 $185k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $432k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
INSTEDD's revenue fell 75% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,070 public safety & disaster nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTEDD
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTEDD: 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 INSTEDD?
- INSTEDD (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $617,358 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($332,070). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 70% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does INSTEDD have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $617,358 in grants to INSTEDD, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTEDD?
- TIDES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $332,070 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTEDD 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 5 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