California · Nonprofit
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC (California) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,805,612 to it, the largest being Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation ($5,000,000). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $36M
- Funders on record
- 77
- Grants received
- $16M
- Net assets
- $74M
What The Archer School for Girls Inc does
Mission
The archer school for girls is an educational community that supports and challenges young women to discover their passions and realize their true potential by a) providing a rigorous, integrated college preparatory curriculum that fosters critical thinking and intellectual curiosity b) creating and sustaining a collaborative teaching and learning environment that explores and refines the ways girls learn best c) helping girls to become leaders and life-long learners and strengthening their capacity to contribute positively to their communities d) strengthening girls' voices in a diverse and culturally rich environment e) embracing possibility, promoting challenge-seeking and support risk-taking f) encouraging girls to develop meaningful relationships with peers and faculty rooted in honesty, respect and responsibility g) and graduating courageous, committed and ethical young women who take responsibility for their own physical, financial and emotional well-being.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Archer is an independent college preparatory school for girls, with approximately 485 students from grades six to twelve during year ended june 30, 2025.founded on the compelling research on how girls learn best, the archer school educates girls and young women to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century. Every girl's voice is encouraged and strengthened in an atmosphere where honesty, respect and responsibility are the cornerstones of daily school life. Leadership experiences are central to each girl's development, along with meaningful involvement in the community. Critical thinking fosters intellectual curiosity, which develops a pattern of life-long learning. (cont. On sch. O)archer graduates courageous, committed and capable young women of character who take responsibility for their own physical, financial and emotional well-being and who possess the psychological flexibility and confidence to confront the significant changes of their lifetimes.each year, archer graduates approximately 70 young women.over 21% of our students receive some form of financial assistance. The school is dedicated to diversity. 20% of the faculty are persons of color. In addition, 45% of our…
$25,852,059 spentof which $3,643,355 as grants$28,600,705 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $25,852,059.
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 $75M to $108M (+44%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
15% of THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 26 funders to 40 funders, grant income rose $1.1M → $1.3M.
20 of 77 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 38% 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 THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 77 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
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 32% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
38% 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 THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 25% · 2018 16% · 2019 26% · 2020 84% · 2021 20% · 2022 38% · 2023 20% — 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
46% of THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 73% 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
86% of THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 12 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
THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC?
- THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC (California) receives grants from 77 organizations whose IRS filings report $15,805,612 to it, the largest being Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation ($5,000,000). 56 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC have?
- IRS filings report 77 organizations giving $15,805,612 in grants to THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC, 56 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC?
- Fritz B Burns Foundation a Nevada nonprofit corporation is the largest funder on record, with $5,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE ARCHER SCHOOL FOR GIRLS INC 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 77 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