California · Nonprofit
THE D39C COLLABORATIVE
THE D39C COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $702,582 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($318,422). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $554k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $703k
- Net assets
- $553k
What The D39c Collaborative does
Mission
The D39c Collaborative is organized exclusively to harness the energy of parents, teachers, students and the community to nurture the design39campus culture and to help fund the resources the school needs to expand and enhance the educational experience of every design39campus student.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Form 990, part iii, line 4a, supplemental staffing: funded music assistant, computer assistant and impact teachers in 2024/25 for supplemental staffing.
$135,284 spent31% of program spendingForm 990, part iii, line 4b, student enrichment: enrichment clubs provided students with the opportunity to participate and enrich their learning in various types of activities/events such as math, science, robotics, art & drama, fitness, etc. Self-funded through program registrations for each event.
$46,594 spent11% of program spendingForm 990, part iii, line 4c, classroom and led supplies: provided students with materials needed to supplement their learning experience. Funding has allowed students the opportunity to participate in deep dives and exploration classes, minds in motion, and project lead the way curriculums. Deep dives and exploration classes allow students choice about learning more about topics of interest such as ceramics, music, theater, video production, sewing, architecture, insects, robotics, 3-d animation, etc. Project lead the way provides students a stem (science, technology, engineering and math) based program through activities, projects and problem solving curriculum. The minds in motion program takes physical education participation to a whole new experience.
$41,097 spent9% of program spendingOther program services that support the organization's mission
$219,115 spent50% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $442,090.
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 2020 to 2021, from $280k to $460k (+64%).
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.
91% of THE D39C COLLABORATIVE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $2k → $86k.
5 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 48% 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 D39C COLLABORATIVE’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
THE D39C COLLABORATIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 90%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE D39C COLLABORATIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 94% · 2019 70% · 2020 77% · 2021 76% · 2022 68% · 2023 85% — 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 THE D39C COLLABORATIVE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
THE D39C COLLABORATIVE draws 88% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $336k 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.
Against its field
THE D39C COLLABORATIVE holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE D39C COLLABORATIVE
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE D39C COLLABORATIVE?
- THE D39C COLLABORATIVE (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $702,582 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($318,422). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE D39C COLLABORATIVE have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $702,582 in grants to THE D39C COLLABORATIVE, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE D39C COLLABORATIVE?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $318,422 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE D39C COLLABORATIVE 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 15 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