California · Nonprofit
SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,225,105 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,794,626). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.2M
- Funders on record
- 82
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $4.1M
What Silicon Valley Education Foundation does
Mission
Who we are - Silicon Valley Education Foundation (svef) focuses on raising student performance in the critical areas of math and science across all 33 santa clara county school districts, and also adjoining san mateo and alameda counties. Our goal is to be the leading advocate for public education in the region. We are known for our clear focus on achieving results, partnering, and emphasizing creativity and innovation. Beyond serving students, teachers, and administrators, we provide value to the larger community by making investing in education easy.why we matter - there has never been a more critical time to improve our schools. We must ensure our future workforce is prepared to take on the technological and business challenges that lie ahead. With an increasing gap of qualified workers to take over silicon valley jobs, our future as the heart of the u.s. Innovation is at risk.what we do - we establish effective partnerships with the private sector, the education community, and othe
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Elevate [math] elevate [math] is a summer program designed to elevate student achievement in math. This program front-loads curriculum designed to align with students next year common core math classes. By providing a summer program focused on building both math skills and student confidence, elevate [math] helps prepare more students for success in college and careers. Elevate [math]2 was developed during the covid-19 pandemic as the school-year offering that leverages the summer program curriculum.
$2,005,848 spent38% of program spending49ers stem leadership institute the 49ers stem leadership institute (sli) provides multi-year, year-round academic support, stem enrichment, skills training, and leadership opportunities to students in middle and high school. In the program from 7th through 12th grade, students enroll at cabrillo middle school and then santa clara high school, where they take sli-specific math & science classes and then ap seminar and ap research their junior and senior years, respectively.
$1,195,550 spent22% of program spending[computer science] innovate svefs [computer science] innovate (csi) program provides learning experiences to communities furthest from opportunity by introducing the foundations of computer science through the lens of making and design thinking in order to promote the continued pursuit of computer science learning in the future. Like elevate [math], csi is offered as a summer program and as a school-year program.
$649,228 spent12% of program spendingSchool2home school2home aims to close the achievement gap and the digital divide by integrating computers and online access into teaching and learning at low-performing middle schools in california. Svef manages the northern california arm of the program.
$616,450 spent12% of program spendingEastside education initiative the eastside education initiative (eei) aims to address a significant funding gap that exists between schools in east san jose and other, more well-resourced, school districts in the bay area, where property taxes are greater. This disparity in funding makes it extremely difficult for san jose schools to offer more than basic academic programs. As such, a-g completion rates are lower, college persistence rates are dropping and living wages are less achievable. Eei aims to do two things: (I) advocate for equal funding for east san jose schools, and (ii) provide supplemental educational services in order to promote a college and career readiness culture.
$459,707 spent9% of program spendingAfter school safety and enrichment for teens svef manages the after-school programming for eastside union high school district at 5 school sites. The after school safety and enrichment for teens (assets) program a state funding program - provides highly varied enrichment opportunities, as well as after school tutoring, physical conditioning and an opportunity to make up credits toward high school graduation.
$305,540 spent6% of program spendingEast side alliance the east side alliance (esa) consists of eight districts: east side union high school district and the seven elementary partner districts. With partnerships with san jose state university and evergreen community college, svef provides a pre-k through 16 aligned system. Through the esa, svef offers: academic preparation, through our championing of a-g default curriculum and the spartan east side promise. Our assessment for learning program offers professional development for teachers and administrators. The program highlights performance assessments in which students carry out tasks that require them to show evidence of their learning. Financial support, through our partnership with excite credit union to provide savings accounts to college-going seniors.
$107,874 spent2% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,340,197.
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 2017 to 2018, from $5.2M to $4.1M (−21%).
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: 2022 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Lisa Andrew
CEO
Board chair
Stasi Brown
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 19 funders to 31 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $1.3M.
17 of 82 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% 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 SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 82 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
SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
47% 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 SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 36% · 2018 34% · 2019 47% · 2020 16% · 2021 24% · 2022 33% · 2023 19% — 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
44% of SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 51% 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
56% of SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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
SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION's revenue grew 15% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,127 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 82 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,225,105 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1,794,626). 42 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 82 organizations giving $11,225,105 in grants to SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION, 42 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SILICON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,794,626 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SILICON VALLEY 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 82 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