California · Nonprofit
PUENTE LEARNING CENTER
PUENTE LEARNING CENTER (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,783,942 to it, the largest being THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ($1,005,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $4.8M
- Net assets
- $34M
What Puente Learning Center does
Mission
Puente Learning Center is recognized for its commitment to its mission, embodied in its name: people united to enrich the neighborhood through education. As an established nonprofit presence in the underserved boyle heights community since 1985, puente has empowered over 122,500 students of all ages with tuition-free resources in four program areas: children, youth, adults, and community. Puente's record of accomplishment with research-based educational outcomes and compassionate wrap-around services matches the vibrant and culturally-rich community we serve.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Early childhood - preschool readiness provides an intellectually stimulating environment for children aged three years, nine months to five years old and prepares students for the successful transition into kindergarten. Puente charter school, an lausd authorized charter school serving elementary-aged students and their families, consistently receives high satisfaction ratings from its parent community and from the los angeles unified school district. The after school program provides individualized instruction and enrichment activities to reinforce student mastery of common core standards and strengthen engagement for student learning. Pre-school readiness - 48 served; charter school - 315 students served & 308 family members; after school enrichment - 137 students served.
$7,402,460 spent82% of program spendingAdult programs - english-language literacy & citizenship classes, through a combination of classroom instruction and technology-enhanced curriculum, students attain aquistion of the english language & citizenship status. The adult high school diploma program and the hiset test preparation program support achievement for individuals who are no longer within the traditional school system to attain a high school diploma by completing the a-g required courses. The puente digital initiative classes prepare students for the workforce through computer career training, including google suite, microsoft office, and a+ computer certification offering. Communty engagement - seminars and workshops provide additional support by providing direct access to financial, legal & health information and resources for the puente student and family community and the community at-large. Youth programs - a college and career program, with curriculum and additional engagement supports, designed for high school students interested in a career in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Sat preparation expands low-income high school students' opportunities for post-secondary education…
$1,661,114 spent18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,063,574.
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 2020 to 2021, from $24M to $30M (+23%).
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 61% · 2018 48% · 2019 48% · 2020 67% · 2021 78% · 2022 77% · 2023 85% · 2024 48% · 2025 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of PUENTE LEARNING CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (23% 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
Jerome G Greening
CEO
Board chair
Tyler Mp Sutherland
Board Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 21 funders, grant income rose $167k → $450k.
6 of 53 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 PUENTE LEARNING CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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
PUENTE LEARNING CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 21% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
26% 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 PUENTE LEARNING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 24% · 2018 57% · 2019 28% · 2020 75% · 2021 26% · 2022 23% · 2023 32% — 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
21% of PUENTE LEARNING CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% 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
69% of PUENTE LEARNING CENTER's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $364k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
PUENTE LEARNING CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 3,794 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,794 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like PUENTE LEARNING CENTER
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
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 PUENTE LEARNING CENTER: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds PUENTE LEARNING CENTER?
- PUENTE LEARNING CENTER (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,783,942 to it, the largest being THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION ($1,005,000). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUENTE LEARNING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $4,783,942 in grants to PUENTE LEARNING CENTER, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUENTE LEARNING CENTER?
- THE AHMANSON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,005,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUENTE LEARNING CENTER 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.
Play a game about who funds Puente Learning Center →
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 53 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing