California · Nonprofit
NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER
NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,515,749 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,155,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $897k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $2.5M
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Nicaraguan Education Resource Center does
Mission
Crea elevates rural nicaraguans and their communities through literacy and learning
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academic success the academic success program provides children and youth with critical, individualized educational support needed to successfully engage in their learning, complete school, and prepare for higher education.
$254,467 spent37% of program spendingYouth development the youth development program supports the academic, social, and emotional growth of adolescents as they strive to reach their goals while creating positive change in their communities.
$203,661 spent30% of program spendingLibrary services the library services program brings books to young learners and their families. Programs are designed to teach fundamental literacy skills, promote reading proficiency, inspire critical thinking, and foster a joy of reading and lifelong learning. Professional development as an education-focused organization, crea lives out its mission is by offering continual professional development opportunities for staff. We support ongoing education, attendance at conferences, and trainings around teaching and learning on an ongoing basis.
$230,383 spentof which $27,987 as grants33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $688,511.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.1M to $1.7M (+52%).
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.
92% of NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Chief executive
Michelle Chackerian
Exec dir, pr
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $102k → $219k.
11 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 91% 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 NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER’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
NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 27% · 2019 32% · 2020 18% · 2021 90% · 2022 73% · 2023 49% — 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
57% of NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 81% 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
91% of NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER'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 $239k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from funders outside California, across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER: 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 NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER?
- NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER (California) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,515,749 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($1,155,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 91% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $2,515,749 in grants to NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NICARAGUAN EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER 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 21 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