California · Nonprofit
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,473,378 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($1,610,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $8.5M
What Institute for Educational Advancement does
Mission
The Institute for Educational Advancement (iea) is dedicated to the intellectual, creative, and personal growth in our nation's gifted and high potential youth. Central to the mission of iea is a commitment to the development of the whole child through engaging learning experiences that promote optimal challenge, mentorship, exploration of ideas, and recognition of personal potential. Iea seeks to connect like-minded individuals and supports a diverse community that creates a sense of belonging and affirmation.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The caroline d. Bradley (cdb) scholarship is a highly selective scholarship opportunity that identifies exceptionally gifted middle school students and rewards them with a four-year scholarship to a high school that best fits their intellectual and personal needs. As part of the scholarship, iea offers personalized guidance during the school search process and guidance throughout the scholar's high school experience. In 2024, iea named 26 new caroline d. Bradley scholars, who will receive four-year, full-tuition scholarships to the high schools that best fit their personal and academic needs. These scholars joined the current cohort of students, bringing the total number of scholarships awarded to 191 students.
$1,418,532 spentof which $79,281 as grants$1,268,325 earned by the program55% of program spendingThe iea academy program provides students in kindergarten through 8th grade with advanced enrichment classes that promote exploration and application of knowledge. Courses provide compelling content and appropriate challenges taught at a flexible pace with small classes by highly qualified, dedicated professionals. Due to covid 19, iea added programming in a virtual format, which also allowed the program to serve students nationally. In 2024, academy filled 825 seats.
$503,112 spentof which $56,607 as grants$385,215 earned by the program20% of program spendingYunasa summer camps for gifted youth provide exceptionally capable middle school students with a week-long residential summer experience. The program is designed to serve highly-gifted youngsters ages 10 to 14 who are engaged in a middle school curriculum. Yunasa teaches participants to balance their intellectual gifts with their emotional, social, spiritual and physical development through self reflection and personal application. Yunasa also offers an emerging leader program for returning campers ages 15 and 16 and a counselor-in-training experience for its 16 and 17 year old veterans. In 2024, yunasa filled 135 seats of gifted youth ages 10-17.
$336,745 spentof which $20,238 as grants$185,261 earned by the program13% of program spendingExternships providing leadership opportunities in research and education (explore) includes all of iea's educational enrichment opportunities for gifted and advanced high school students. In 2024, explore filled 41 seats of gifted youth ages 16+.
$299,970 spent$93,955 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: $2,558,359.
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 2019 to 2020, from $8.2M to $9.2M (+12%).
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: 2020 10% · 2021 11% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
26% of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Byron Lichtenstein
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $44k → $408k.
8 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 22% 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 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT’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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 79%; 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 46% · 2018 56% · 2019 53% · 2020 82% · 2021 94% · 2022 83% · 2023 67% — 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
47% of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $533k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT is better cushioned than half of the 11,761 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,761 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Caroline D Bradley Association of Scholars · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT: 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 INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT?
- INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,473,378 to it, the largest being The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc ($1,610,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,473,378 in grants to INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT?
- The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $1,610,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT 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 21 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