California · Nonprofit
SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE
SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,000 to it, the largest being Project Lead the Way Inc ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $82k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $76k
- Net assets
- $108k
What Small Manufacturers Institute does
Mission
We create industry models that grow profit, engage local leadership, revive vocational education programs, build skilled workers and increase economic growth to communities.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Project lead the way (pltw) a grant from the chevron corporation targeting secondary and post secondary institutions in california. Primary program is the chevron challenge a design competition for pltw students. Each school composes their own teams to compete. Additionally it assists in professional development for counselors.
El camino community college:cosponsoring industry process improvement programs and supporting local mfg education programs
Develop fast break model - this was our primary voluntter activity with thousands of hours invested in writing statement of case and stretegic plan and marketing materials. Fast break is a remedial program that creates work-ready talent within 8 weeks. Individuals learn life skills, establish exceptional work habits and increase math and ready skills 2-3 grade levels during the 8-week program. There were no wages but many overhead expenses related to fast break.
The organization is a program in development of fast break that provides an 8 week boot camp to individuals that provides personal mentoring, increases reading and math skills 2-3 grade levels in 8 weeks and a guarenteed job for graduates.
$-616 spent100% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2020 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $-616.
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 2022 to 2023, from $129k to $108k (−16%).
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 72% · 2021 44%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 4 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
David Goodreau
President and CEO
As listed on its FY2022 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $25k → $1k.
From the IRS filings of SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE’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
SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE's revenue fell 50% between 2017 and 2023.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,386 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2023
Organizations like SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE
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.
Public support
89%
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 SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE: 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 SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE?
- SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $76,000 to it, the largest being Project Lead the Way Inc ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $76,000 in grants to SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE?
- Project Lead the Way Inc is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SMALL MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 2 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