California · Nonprofit
San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP
San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,103 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($260,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $485k
- Funders on record
- 13
- Grants received
- $394k
- Net assets
- $249k
What San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP does
Mission
To bring critical enrichment and support programs to our schools, providing equitable opportunities for our students while building community district wide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Provide music and enrichment programs in grades TK-12 in the San Rafael City Schools.We fund an elementary TK-5th grade arts enrichment program serving 3500 students at 7 elementary schools in our district. Five of these schools are title 1 schools with over 70% of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Three of those schools have over 90% of students that qualify.
$219,063 spentof which $219,063 as grants48% of program spendingProvide college and career counseling for the San Rafael High School District.Each college consultant sees about 160 students per year. They each organized over 50 college visits for students at their respective campuses.
$108,798 spentof which $32,980 as grants24% of program spendingProvide support in establishing a student wellness center at each high school campus.At the High Schools we also fund the wellness centers with supplies and materials, additionally supporting wellness fairs and suicide prevention week. Between our 3 high schools we have over 2500 students. The wellness centers also report about 100 students per week coming through for various services and support.
$97,817 spentof which $89,722 as grants21% of program spendingMini grantsprovided mini grants to 46 teachers.
$25,690 spentof which $25,690 as grants6% of program spendingOtherfunded 68 projects
$6,769 spentof which $4,462 as grants1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $458,137.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $117k to $242k (+107%).
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 0% · 2021 0% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 47% · 2025 56%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $19k → $70k.
6 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 84% 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 Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP’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 Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 88%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
84% 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 Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 99% · 2018 100% · 2019 45% · 2020 61% · 2021 88% · 2022 75% · 2023 71% — 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
33% of San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 69% 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
84% of San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP'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 $63k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from funders outside California, across 6 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $331k 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.
Organizations like San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP
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
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP: 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 Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP?
- San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP (California) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $394,103 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($260,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 84% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP have?
- IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $394,103 in grants to San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $260,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like San Rafael Public Education Foundation DBA HEADSUP 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 13 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