California · Nonprofit
KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT
KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,700 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($115,138). 7 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 FY2025
- $323k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $548k
- Net assets
- $138k
What Karat School Project does
Mission
Educate children and women by utilizing a culturally-relevant, dynamic syllabus and new technologies, and enable them to have a lifelong love of learning. Empower those in extreme poverty to reach their full potential. Invest in local communities by delivering supplies and nutritious meals - allowing students and their families to focus on learning. Eradicate the cycle of poverty by providing valuable education and making a sustainable change in people's lives.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Karat School Project (ksp) provides holistic education and empowerment programs for underserved girls and families in cte d'ivoire, addressing barriers such as poverty, gender inequality, and food insecurity.in 2025, ksp maintained a 100% national exam pass rate for the third consecutive year and has served 782 students to date. The organization implements a multigenerational model through its education incentive farming program, where girls attend school while mothers receive training in literacy, financial skills, and climate-resilient agriculture. In 2025, the program graduated three cohorts of women and produced 1.5 tons of food supporting students, families, and the local community.ksp also delivered health and gender equity services, including 387 community health screenings and menstrual health education for 1,000+ girls.ksp is expanding toward a permanent campus with capacity to serve up to 500 students annually.program expenses: approximately 65.9% of total expenses (cte d'ivoire programs: school 42.95% + women & girls 22.96%).
$112,820 spent47% of program spendingKsp provides direct support to underserved families in silicon valley experiencing housing instability and economic hardship.in 2025, ksp adapted services to meet emerging community needs and helped six families (35 individuals) transition from vehicle living to more stable housing. Programs also included youth development initiatives such as outdoor wellness programming and the youth empowerment story summit, serving 78 youth through mentorship and leadership development.these efforts improve housing stability, educational access, and youth well-being.program expenses: approximately 37.1% of u.s. Expenses attributed to mission-driven programming.
$127,518 spent53% of program spendingKsp advances its mission through partnerships and community engagement initiatives. In 2025, ksp hosted its first donor educational trip to cte d'ivoire, engaging 13 participants in a volunteering trip program learning and global awareness.
$1,320 spent1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,658.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $121k to $52k (−57%).
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: 2022 6% · 2023 8% · 2024 6% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Sherry Auerbach
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $200 → $199k.
9 of 20 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 KARAT SCHOOL 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
KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% 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
83% 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 KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 46% · 2021 48% · 2022 37% · 2023 50% — 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
80% of KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 35% 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
66% of KARAT SCHOOL 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. Of the $187k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $361k 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
KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like KARAT SCHOOL 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.
Where the money goes
85% 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 KARAT SCHOOL 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 KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT?
- KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $547,700 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($115,138). 7 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 KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $547,700 in grants to KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of KARAT SCHOOL PROJECT?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $115,138 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KARAT SCHOOL 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 20 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