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MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,500 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($430,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$1.0M
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$573k
Net assets
$-288914
2/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 10%
01What it does

What Mary L Booker Leadership Academy does

Mission

The organization develops the next generation of diverse leaders in san francisco. They prepare their graduates to be successful leaders in college and career through our rigorous, student-centered academic program and our shared belief in leadership, equity, and community.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

Operation of charter school

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2020: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $278k → $105k.

Funder
'18
'19
'20
total
New Schools Fundunclassified
$430k
$143k
funders
2
1
2

From the IRS filings of MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY’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

MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 75% 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

100% 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 MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.

75%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 77% · 2019 100% · 2020 76% — broadly stable.

“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

100% of MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’18
’19
’20
California out of state home

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.

03Its place in the field

Organizations like MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

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

04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Screen this organization

A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: 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 MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $572,500 to it, the largest being NEW SCHOOLS FUND ($430,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $572,500 in grants to MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
NEW SCHOOLS FUND is the largest funder on record, with $430,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MARY L BOOKER LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 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 FY2020 (financials across 2020–2020), and the filings of 2 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