California · Nonprofit
PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK
PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,127 to it, the largest being HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($730,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $166k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $988k
- Net assets
- $323k
What Pasadena Education Network does
Mission
To promote family participation in public education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
We provided more than 2,000 parents with the information they need to find the right school for their families and more effectively engage with the schools and the school district.
$96,782 spent100% of program spendingNearly 1,000 parents participated in our free virtual programs this school year, and 50 pen volunteers acted as ambassadors for their schools.
Advocated for systems and processes that provide more equity & access for families throughout the district.
During the school year, we provided individual parents with coaching and support nearly 500 times.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $96,782.
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 2017 to 2018, from $127k to $264k (+107%).
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: 2022 14% · 2024 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK’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
Nancy Rose Dufford
Executive Director
Board chair
Jennifer Allan Goldman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $115k → $117k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK’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
PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 74% · 2018 61% · 2019 72% · 2020 62% · 2021 75% · 2022 90% · 2023 86% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
82% of PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k 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.
Against its field
PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK
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
96%
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 PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK: 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 PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK?
- PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $988,127 to it, the largest being HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION ($730,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $988,127 in grants to PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK?
- HELEN AND WILL WEBSTER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $730,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK 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 8 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