California · Nonprofit
LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE
LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES ($115,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $139k
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Ladera Education Institute does
Mission
To develop and operate premiere educational and health care institutions to meet the academic, emotional, mental and physical health needs of children.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Pulic, non-sectarian charter middle school designed to meet the unique needs of foster youth and children in low income and impoverished communities where the public school system that served this population is ranked far below basic in the state.
$1,716,463 spent100% of program spendingLei provides short term residential therapeutic program for youth and young adults 14-24 by providing life coping skills, occupational training and mental health support.
Provide hands on vocational training with major emphasis on work ethics, safety practices and procedures.our graduates are thoroughli imbued with the importance of work ethics and safety which has led to a high hiring andretention rate and inquiries from employers seeking future graduatesfrom our programs.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,716,463.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $1.2M to $1.3M (+9%).
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: 2024 24% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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.
Chief executive
M B Radke
CEO
Board chair
Dr Elaine Parker Gills
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50k → $54k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE’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
LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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: 2020 100% · 2023 56% — 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.
Where its funders are
92% of LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $14k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE
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
100% 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 LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE: 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 LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $139,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES ($115,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $139,000 in grants to LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE?
- CALIFORNIA FOUNDATION FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES is the largest funder on record, with $115,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LADERA EDUCATION INSTITUTE 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 3 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