California · Nonprofit
SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER
SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,178,472 to it, the largest being SAN CARLOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ($2,734,196). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.7M
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $2.3M
What San Carlos Charter Learning Center does
Mission
Scclc fosters an inclusive, learner-centric environment that draws from the whole community to support all of our children as learners and people.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
At the core of scclc's educational program is a philosophy, a mission and a set of goals with outcomes and standards. The philosophy of this charter is grounded in the belief that learning opportunities are most effective when they are part of a larger community effort. Scclc bases its teaching methodology on constructivist learning theory developed on the premise that students construct their own understanding of the world by generating "rules and "mental models" that help make sense of experiences. All grades k-8 employ project based learning whenever possible, along with other key pedagogical strategies such as thematic units, authentic experience, inquiry based instruction, integrated arts, personalized learning projects, enrichment sessions, and community service.
$5,521,486 spent$221,227 earned by the program93% of program spendingScclc operates a fee-based afterschool care program, known as the educare program. The program offers families with students currently enrolled in the charter school an affordable option for childcare which also provides an academic atmosphere following the charter school's day of instruction. The program strives to create an emotionally and physically safe environment built on teamwork, cultural awareness, and acceptance.
$405,311 spent$534,952 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,926,797.
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 2023 to 2024, from $5.7M to $3.3M (−43%).
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 80% · 2018 77% · 2019 78% · 2020 77% · 2021 84% · 2022 82% · 2023 80% · 2024 79% · 2025 80%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
88% of SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Fran Dickinson
Executive director
Board chair
Erica Kendall
Chair/parent member
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $60k → $477k.
5 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 14% 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 SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER’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
SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 100% · 2019 87% · 2020 82% · 2021 86% · 2022 89% · 2023 88% — 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 SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% 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
100% of SAN CARLOS CHARTER 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. $432k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER is better cushioned 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
Organizations like SAN CARLOS CHARTER 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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- San Carlos Education Foundation · exempt
- San Carlos PTA · exempt
- Scclc Fundraising Association · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SAN CARLOS CHARTER 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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER?
- SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,178,472 to it, the largest being SAN CARLOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ($2,734,196). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $3,178,472 in grants to SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN CARLOS CHARTER LEARNING CENTER?
- SAN CARLOS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,734,196 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN CARLOS CHARTER 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.
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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 10 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