California · Nonprofit
RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,657,128 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($13,492,126). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $12M
- Funders on record
- 81
- Grants received
- $37M
- Net assets
- $22M
What Ravenswood Education Foundation does
Mission
To ensure equitable and high-quality educational opportunities for ravenswood students by building on local strengths and engaging the entire community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Ref funded:(1) specialist teachers for art, music, dance, drama and physical education, providing whole child support and time for teachers to collaborate and create professional learning circles. (2) literacy intervention program, including literacy coaches and reading intervention teachers.(3) stem programs, including staff and supplies at each school site and robotics program for middle school students. (4) a robust middle school initiative, including hiring essential personnel and providing overnight field trips, athletics, and opportunities for student culture building.(6) support for children and families in need.(7) extensive training and support for ravenswood teachers, school leaders and district office staff; and (8) support of the ravenswood talent initiative, an ambitious program designed to retain, recruit, and reward excellent teachers through an initial raise and differentiated compensation aligned to performance.
$9,195,943 spentof which $8,951,156 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $9,195,943.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $17M (+58%).
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 0% · 2018 0% · 2019 0% · 2020 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 1% · 2023 0% · 2024 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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
Jenna Wachtel Pronovost Ex-Off
Icio, non-voting) exec dir
Board chair
Carolyn Bowsher
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 36 funders, grant income rose $2.3M → $4.3M.
19 of 81 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 81 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
RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 37% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
70% 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 RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 81% · 2018 31% · 2019 54% · 2020 69% · 2021 23% · 2022 36% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“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
55% of RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
68% of RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION'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. Of the $12M that is directly attributable, 79% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $25M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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
RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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 RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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 RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION: 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 RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 81 organizations whose IRS filings report $36,657,128 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($13,492,126). 49 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 81 organizations giving $36,657,128 in grants to RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 49 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $13,492,126 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like RAVENSWOOD EDUCATION FOUNDATION 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.
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 81 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