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PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY
PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,114 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($3,114). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $7.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $3k
- Net assets
- $-2864242
What Paso Robles Charter School Project Inc Almond Acres Charter Academy does
Mission
Almond acres charter academy is dedicated to providing all kindergarten through eighth grade students with an academically challenging and creative educational environment, rich in authentic experiences emphasizing core curriculum, the arts and character development to ensure students receive the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a dynamic society.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Operation of a public charter school in san luis obispo county. During 2023-24, the almond acres charter academy served approximately 471 students in grades k to 8. Almond acres charter academy is dedicated to providing students with an education that will enable them to be accountable for their learning experiences and successful in today's complex society. The collaborative learning environment is relevant, dynamic and challenging. It ensures that students remain engaged and fosters an intrinsic motivation to learn. Aaca places a strong emphasis on the core curriculum to prepare students for college preparatory courses upon entering high school and offers a balanced educational program by infusing technology, the arts, and physical education.
$6,461,761 spent$126,136 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,461,761.
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 2019 to 2020, from $1.3M to $16M (+1089%).
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 89% · 2018 92% · 2019 83% · 2020 88% · 2021 97% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
Jeff Cadwallader
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $246 → $3k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY has grown faster than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $197k on record.
- Department of Education$197k
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 PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- 1145 Niblick LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY?
- PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $3,114 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($3,114). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $3,114 in grants to PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,114 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PASO ROBLES CHARTER SCHOOL PROJECT INC ALMOND ACRES CHARTER ACADEMY 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 1 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