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MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO

MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,513,826 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($755,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$5.9M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$2.5M
Net assets
$-1299083
12/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Millennium School of San Francisco does

Mission

See schedule oto realize the transformative potential of middle school. Millennium school believes in developing each student to their fullest potential, this involves providing both a rigorous academic program and a science-based foundation for human development. Development science is the integration of neuroscience and developmental psychology, it offers us a scientific foundation for healthy individual formation. In contrast to academic testing alone, it provides a more integrated educational framework through which educators can apply a range of immersive curricula and experiences to foster healthy human development as well as advanced academic readiness. We base our curriculum on three essential elements provided by developmental science: provide a space for self-exploration, provide a safe social environment, provide connection to the real world.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. School - provide education to 103 students in the 2024-25 academic year. Our dedicated lab environment enables us to apply action research, gather feedback, and co-create programs in collaboration with researchers, teachers, and middle school students. We continue to serve a diverse student population. Approximately 18% of our budget goes to financial aid. Approximately 35% of our students are on some kind of financial assistance.

    $5,044,103 spentof which $886,100 as grants$4,842,299 earned by the program
    97% of program spending
  2. Forum - millennium's forum program provided professional development to 150 educators through communities of practice seeking to improve their well-being and, in turn, provide better whole student instruction. Millennium's program offered in-person and online memberships for both whole schools and individual educators within sfusd and across the us.

    $117,920 spent$127,375 earned by the program
    2% of program spending
  3. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $16,000 spent
    0% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,178,023.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($3.0M) Expenses 100 ($2.8M)2019 Revenue 141 ($4.2M) Expenses 145 ($4.1M)2020 Revenue 145 ($4.3M) Expenses 163 ($4.6M)2021 Revenue 166 ($4.9M) Expenses 164 ($4.6M)2022 Revenue 148 ($4.4M) Expenses 169 ($4.8M)2023 Revenue 189 ($5.7M) Expenses 189 ($5.4M)2024 Revenue 220 ($6.6M) Expenses 215 ($6.1M)2025 Revenue 198 ($5.9M) Expenses 209 ($5.9M)
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Revenue (198)Expenses (209)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.5M to $3.6M (+139%).

$902k
$1.2M
$1.9M
$2.4M
$1.5M
$3.6M
$4.3M
$4.1M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2023 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

15% of MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,352 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$155k
’18
$103k
’19
−$273k
’20
$306k
’21
−$376k
’22
$300k
’23
$474k
’24
−$15k
’25
2.8
months of
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

Jeff Snipes

Board chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed68101010111011
Joined·+3+2+3+4+3+1+1
No longer listed·1034220
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $125k → $271k.

10 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 98% 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 MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO’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

MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 30% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

98% 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 MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO.

30%
largest funder
77%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 80% · 2018 68% · 2019 49% · 2020 69% · 2021 67% · 2022 55% · 2023 37% — 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

43% of MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 92% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

98% of MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO'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 $47k that is directly attributable, 95% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.

IL
NY
CA

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

’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO has grown faster than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−0% · below the median
Months of reserve2.8mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Organizations like MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

87% of spending goes to programs.

Program 87%Management 12%Fundraising 1%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO?
MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,513,826 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($755,000). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 98% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $2,513,826 in grants to MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO?
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $755,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MILLENNIUM SCHOOL OF SAN FRANCISCO 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 13 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