California · Nonprofit
PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION
PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($77,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $93k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $78k
- Net assets
- $153k
What Passkeys Foundation Jefferson Center for Character Education does
Mission
From 1996 to the present: Passkeys Foundation Jefferson Center for Character Education has worked in collaboration with non-profits, the orange county business and professional community, educational institutions, school districts, civic and/or religious organizations and individuals to present character, and ethics education, programs, publications and presentations focused on values-centered education focused on seven ethical performance assets of an individual: personal responsibility, positive self worth, purpose, plan, paying the price, partnership and persistence.through its constantly evolving publications and programs based on common core virtues that cut across ethnic, cultural and religious lines, passkeys foundation pursues its mission of helping to build a nation of character at home, at work and in the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
2023 passkeys foundation programmingin 2023 passkeys foundation pursued its seven year of community programming through its institute for community impact8th year multi-program initiatives included:(a) three leadership breakfast programs (march, june, and sept). The march program three oc non profits presented their mission story and strategic challenge to an audience of oc community professionals. The participating audience of 100-110 oc community professionals at the program were engaged in exploring the #1 strategic challenge of the non-profit. At a follow up morning event held within 3 weeks after each breakfast program, each non-profit hosted a focus meeting via zoom involving interested professionals who attended the breakfast to pursue a deeper exploration of problem-solving with each non profit related specifically to the non-profit's strategic challenge. Each strategic challenge follow-up meeting was facilitated by a member of the institute's advisory team. Typically, 6-10 individuals attended the follow up, after signing up to participate at the initial breakfast program.(b) the foundation through the institute provided an orange county community leadership summit. In…
$56,223 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $56,223.
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 $199k to $220k (+10%).
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.
59% of PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (87% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 8 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Dawn Reese
Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $12k → $8k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION’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
PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 98% · 2018 98% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $500 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
PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION has grown faster than half of the 1,043 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 unclassified nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION
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
85%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION?
- PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $77,500 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($77,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $77,500 in grants to PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION?
- HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $77,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PASSKEYS FOUNDATION JEFFERSON CENTER FOR CHARACTER EDUCATION 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 2 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