California · Nonprofit
SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION
SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,017 to it, the largest being HAROLD J MIOSSI CHARITABLE TRUST ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $853k
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $314k
- Net assets
- $14M
What San Luis Coastal Education Foundation does
Mission
Partner with public and private sectors to support creative and innovative programs for the benefit of students of the san luis coastal unified school district in the areas of academics, arts, career technical education, extra-curricular activities and programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The iinnovate program is a multi-year initiative to meaningfully and equitably integrate 21st century hands-on learning across the school district's ten elementary schools. The iinnovate initiative seeks to reimagine the traditional framework of instruction in order to prepare students with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a changing global economy.
$347,827 spentof which $331,386 as grants81% of program spendingThe opportunity program is a multi-faceted and high impact initiative to elevate students personally, academically, and socially. Experiences that students have in elementary and middle school can lay the groundwork for future achievement. Research shows that critical programs such as team sports, outdoor education and removing barriers for first generation students, help set kids up with the essential skills for future personal and professional success. The opportunity program includes multiple funds with the goal of partnering with the school district to offer a year-round elementary sports program focused on developing student leadership & academic excellence, equitable access for all students to experience overnight science camp and removing barriers for first-generation students and empowering them to reach for their goals.
$38,140 spentof which $30,331 as grants9% of program spendingThe grantmaking program seeks to inspire our student and teacher partners in education throughout the san luis coastal unified school district to dream big, be creative and accomplish projects they never before thought possible. The grantmaking program provides funding opportunities that are designed to encourage, facilitate, recognize and reward innovative and impactful educational activities that accomplish the program priorities shared by the foundation and school district.
$45,429 spentof which $38,551 as grants11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $431,396.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $78k to $11M (+14340%).
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: 2020 88% · 2025 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
63% of SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 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
Christine Robertson
Executive director (non-voting)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $1k → $56k.
6 of 14 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 54% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $17k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Dignity Community Care). These are real filings, and they are not money SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION’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 LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 77%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
57% 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 LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 74% · 2021 56% · 2022 92% · 2023 50% — 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
0% of SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 21% 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
54% of SAN LUIS COASTAL 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 $146k that is directly attributable, 98% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $168k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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 LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like SAN LUIS COASTAL 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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
57%
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 SAN LUIS COASTAL 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 SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,017 to it, the largest being HAROLD J MIOSSI CHARITABLE TRUST ($125,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 54% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $314,017 in grants to SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SAN LUIS COASTAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- HAROLD J MIOSSI CHARITABLE TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SAN LUIS COASTAL 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 14 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