California · Nonprofit
OPTIONS FOR LEARNING
OPTIONS FOR LEARNING (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,606 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY PARTNERS ($2,080,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $182M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $65M
What Options for Learning does
Mission
Options for Learning is a leader in preparing children and supporting families for life success through innovative, quality child development programs.vision: unlocking the promise of every child.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Voucher & r&r programs - see schedule o voucher program - Options for Learning is able to offer subsidized child care through contracts with community child care providers and reimbursements to parents through objective referrals to child care for parents and a variety of training programs for providers.
$81,968,475 spent$10,896 earned by the program50% of program spendingEarly learning programs - see schedule oearly learning programs - to support children and their families in preparing for kindergarten and the transition to elementary school, Options for Learning offers a year-round high-quality, developmentally appropriate educational program for children 0 to 5 years old. This program is designed to meet each child's individual needs while fostering strong partnerships with schools and community organizations. Services include early head start and general childcare programs for children ages 0 to 3 years old, and california state preschool and head start programs for children ages 3 to 5 years old. Options for Learning delivers a range of educational and comprehensive developmental services to low-income infant, toddler, and preschool-aged children. Additionally, Options for Learning offers home visiting programs primarily for teen parents supporting them as they complete high school or pursue post-secondary education.
$51,795,331 spent$8,802 earned by the program32% of program spendingSchool-age programs - see schedule o school-age programs - Options for Learning provides year-round before and after school and educational enrichment programs for elementary school-aged children through general childcare. The program is tailored to support each child's unique developmental needs while building strong, collaborative relationships with schools and community partners. Additionally, Options for Learning provides after-school enrichment activity programs for elementary and middle school aged children through after school enrichment and safety program.
$16,154,742 spent$266,721 earned by the program10% of program spendingNutrition program - Options for Learning provides meals to children in its centers and reimbursement to licensed family child care providers for meals served in their homes to children, in accordance with federal and state laws.other contracts - Options for Learning provides other child care and support services for existing programs which are funded by federal, state, and local grants and stipends.
$12,724,781 spent8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,643,329.
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.
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 $52M to $92M (+77%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 94% · 2018 96% · 2019 95% · 2020 96% · 2021 97% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Paul F Pulver
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Dave Wilbur
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $28k → $240k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 OPTIONS FOR LEARNING’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 7 of 10 funders by total. 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
OPTIONS FOR LEARNING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 OPTIONS FOR LEARNING.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 95% · 2023 100% — 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
98% of OPTIONS FOR LEARNING's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $201k 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.
Government funding OPTIONS FOR LEARNING receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $234.9M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$234.9M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like OPTIONS FOR LEARNING
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 OPTIONS FOR LEARNING: 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 OPTIONS FOR LEARNING?
- OPTIONS FOR LEARNING (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,381,606 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY PARTNERS ($2,080,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OPTIONS FOR LEARNING have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $2,381,606 in grants to OPTIONS FOR LEARNING, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OPTIONS FOR LEARNING?
- COMMUNITY PARTNERS is the largest funder on record, with $2,080,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OPTIONS FOR LEARNING 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 10 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