California · Nonprofit
LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION
LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,787 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($135,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.4M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $329k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Live Oak Waldorf School Corporation does
Mission
To provide a school for children that follows the Waldorf method of teaching.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic: Operation of primary school - grades K-8: Student enrollment ranged from 150 to 154 during the school year, with enrollment of 150 students as of year-end on June 30. 39 students (34 families) received tuition assistance, plus 20 families of school staff. Academics include organizing and hosting special academic enriching events for students and community such as a Pentathlon with 10 schools participating and 200 participants, May Faire (250 participants), Holiday Faire (200 participated,) and Pumpkin Path Event with approx 890 participants, and team sports for the students.
$1,299,243 spentof which $56,660 as grants$1,805,168 earned by the program74% of program spendingAuxiliary: Provided Pre-school (enrollment of 47 students), children's "Continuing Care" program during after-school hours (72 students,) summer day camps (146 students,) and Parent-Child program (13 children).
$460,222 spent$405,077 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,759,465.
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 $886k to $1.2M (+39%).
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 1% · 2021 11% · 2022 12% · 2023 21%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
5% of LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION’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. 1 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $6k → $122k.
6 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION’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
LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
92% 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 LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 80% · 2022 61% · 2023 41% — 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
67% of LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION's funders are still giving 1 year 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
92% of LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION'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 $25k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $304k 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
LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION
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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION: 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 LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION?
- LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $328,787 to it, the largest being MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC ($135,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $328,787 in grants to LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION?
- MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL IMPACT FUNDING TRUST INC is the largest funder on record, with $135,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIVE OAK WALDORF SCHOOL CORPORATION 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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