California · Nonprofit
LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION
LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $544,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($390,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $382k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $544k
- Net assets
- $111k
What Looma Education Corporation does
Mission
We create technologies to improve lives in developing countries. Since 2012 we have focused on a specific goal--to create a system that can provide good educational material effectively for students and teachers in schools that are really under-resourced--those that lack reliable power, Internet, adequately trained teachers, sufficient funds and are often in remote locations that are difficult to support. We are developing this solution for Nepal, but Nepal is not alone in facing these barriers. The Looma system is open-source, so may be adopted and 'localized' to the needs of any country.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
During 2025 the number of schools equipped mostly by LEC increased to 85, with around 20 more arranged by other non-profits and the US Peace Corps. Among these, three schools were fully equipped with all teachers trained to use Looma. These "Lead Schools" have the outreach responsibility for the other public schools in their community, with commitment and assistance by their local government agencies and community organizations. This mode of scaling Looma engages directly the local entities in a manner that will establish the practices needed by the government to broadly scale the system as/when it is adopted for general use. Elsewhere, nearly all the schools with one Looma have been retrofitted to have an independent solar system and a white board to ensure no power interruptions and improve the user interface.
$190,000 spent$190,000 earned by the program48% of program spendingDuring 2025 the design of Looma III was completed and 100 Looma systems assembled in California by technical partners who will subsequently produce the systems closer to- and more economically for Nepal. These are being transferred to Nepal as quickly as possible, and many are already installed and working. The labor to produce one Looma system has been reduced from roughly four days to four hours.
$150,000 spent$150,000 earned by the program38% of program spendingThe Looma Teacher Corps, a team of four regular field staff augmented by student interns has provided exceptional assistance in the form of ongoing teacher training, monitoring usage and progress, and providing feedback that is used to modify the 'user interface', augment content, and encourage interest and motivation among the teachers and students. Based on what has been learned in this startup phase, a permanent media-based support system will be introduced to provide full-time visibility, updates, support and systematic encouragement throughout the Looma school network.
$59,659 spent$59,659 earned by the program15% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $399,659.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2023 to 2024, from $66k to $180k (+173%).
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.
100% of LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Edward P Stritter
Board Chair and Technical Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $12k → $161k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 76% 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 LOOMA EDUCATION 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
LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% · 2023 93% — 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
76% of LOOMA EDUCATION 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 $130k that is directly attributable, 69% of it comes from funders outside California, across 4 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $415k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LOOMA EDUCATION 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
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 LOOMA EDUCATION 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 LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION?
- LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $544,000 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($390,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 76% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $544,000 in grants to LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LOOMA EDUCATION CORPORATION?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $390,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LOOMA EDUCATION 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 6 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