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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
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 84%
01What it does

What Pasadena Education Network does

Mission

To promote family participation in public education.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Programs

  1. 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 spent
    100% of program spending
  2. Nearly 1,000 parents participated in our free virtual programs this school year, and 50 pen volunteers acted as ambassadors for their schools.

  3. Advocated for systems and processes that provide more equity & access for families throughout the district.

  4. 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.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($189k) Expenses 100 ($177k) Net assets 100 ($121k)2018 Revenue 115 ($218k) Expenses 92 ($162k) Net assets 143 ($174k)2019 Revenue 97 ($184k) Expenses 98 ($173k) Net assets 153 ($186k)2020 Revenue 92 ($174k) Expenses 97 ($172k) Net assets 155 ($187k)2021 Revenue 99 ($187k) Expenses 93 ($164k) Net assets 174 ($210k)2022 Revenue 105 ($198k) Expenses 98 ($173k) Net assets 194 ($236k)2023 Revenue 98 ($185k) Expenses 99 ($176k) Net assets 202 ($245k)2024 Revenue 118 ($224k) Expenses 85 ($150k) Net assets 263 ($318k)2025 Revenue 88 ($166k) Expenses 92 ($162k) Net assets 266 ($323k)
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Revenue (88)Expenses (92)Net assets (266)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 2017 to 2018, from $127k to $264k (+107%).

$127k
$264k
$191k
$193k
$243k
$240k
$250k
$324k
$326k
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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.

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2018
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2021
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

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).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$13k
’17
$56k
’18
$12k
’19
$2k
’20
$23k
’21
$25k
’22
$9k
’23
$73k
’24
$4k
’25
26
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.

Chief executive

Nancy Rose Dufford

Executive Director

Board chair

Jennifer Allan Goldman

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

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Joined···
No longer listed···
03Who funds it

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

74%
largest funder
95%
top three
~2
effective funders

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.

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

82% of PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK's grant income comes from California funders.

WA
NY
CA
NC

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

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California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

PASADENA EDUCATION NETWORK's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 4 as grant income climbed.

Operating margin2% · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−2% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

CA

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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