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TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM

TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $675,010 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($650,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2019
$150k
Funders on record
2
Grants received
$675k
Net assets
$94k
1/2 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 100%
01What it does

What Technology for Education Consortium does

Mission

To bring transparency, efficiency, and collaboration to k-12 schools engaged in evaulating and purchasing edtech products and services. We believe that greater transparency and better information will allow school districts to improve results, reducde costs and support

As stated on its FY2019 Form 990.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($522k) Expenses 100 ($303k) Net assets 100 ($225k)2018 Revenue 0 ($0) Expenses 61 ($186k) Net assets 17 ($39k)2019 Revenue 29 ($150k) Expenses 31 ($95k) Net assets 42 ($94k)
201720182019
Revenue (29)Expenses (31)Net assets (42)Peer revenue range

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 $225k to $39k (−83%).

$225k
$39k
$94k
201720182019
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

100% of TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

$220k
’17
−$186k
’18
$55k
’19
12
months of
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.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.

201720182019
Listed555
Joined·+0+0
No longer listed·00
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500k → $150k.

Funder
'17
'19
'25*
total
funders
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM’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

TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% 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

96%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 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

TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.

WA
CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’19
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,877 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve11.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−46% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,877 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2019

Organizations like TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM

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

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 21%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM: 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 TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM?
TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $675,010 to it, the largest being GATES FOUNDATION ($650,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM have?
IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $675,010 in grants to TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM?
GATES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TECHNOLOGY FOR EDUCATION CONSORTIUM 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 FY2019 (financials across 2017–2019), 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