California · Nonprofit
Madera County Schools Foundation
Madera County Schools Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION ($15,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2026
- $94k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $141k
What Madera County Schools Foundation does
Mission
The specific purpose of this corporation is to supplement and support the activities and purposes of the Madera County Board of Education, the Madera County Office of Education and the public schools in Madera County.The Foundation exists to support the academic and arts achievements of the students of Madera County. Each year over 500 students participate from Madera County in the various competitions and art program. Students from other counties are also invited to participate in the competitions.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Foundation provided the platform for over 500 students to compete in various academic competitions. Competition awards of $3,300 were awarded. Additionally, a scholarship fund provided 4 students with awards totaling $1,750.The Academic Decathlon high school competition was held at school sites on January 28, 2026 and in-person on January 30 and February 7, 2026. This event involved approximately 100 students and 62 community volunteers. Classroom study materials were provided for the school sites and supplies, support services, materials, food, scholarships and awards were provided for the various competitions. Online platform and essay scoring fees were paid from the Foundation account. A portion of the state competition registration fees were provided.The Academic Pentathlon event for middle school students was held online on February 27 and in-person on March 7, 2026. Approximately 100 students were served in this program. Study materials, supplies, support services, materials, food, and awards were provided. Online platform and essay scoring fees were paid from the Foundation account.The Mock Trial high school competition was held online on January 15, 20, 22 and February…
$47,605 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,605.
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 2025 to 2026, from $103k to $141k (+37%).
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.
97% of Madera County Schools Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of Madera County Schools Foundation’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
Madera County Schools Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
86% 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 Madera County Schools Foundation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 92% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of Madera County Schools Foundation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Madera County Schools Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,015 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,015 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2026
Organizations like Madera County Schools Foundation
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.
Public support
98%
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 Madera County Schools Foundation: 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 Madera County Schools Foundation?
- Madera County Schools Foundation (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,000 to it, the largest being EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION ($15,500). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Madera County Schools Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $18,000 in grants to Madera County Schools Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Madera County Schools Foundation?
- EDUCATIONAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION is the largest funder on record, with $15,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Madera County Schools Foundation 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), 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