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THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC
THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,478 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $45M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $83M
What The High Desert Partnership in Academic Excellence Foundation Inc does
Mission
The high desert partnership in academic excellence foundation, inc., in partnership with businesses, foundations, educators, parents, students, and others, promotes and supports the educational needs of the students, teachers and community members. The volunteer board of directors oversees the activities of the foundation and receives and utilizes funds acquired through solicitation for the purposes for which the corporation was formed. The mission of the lewis center for educational research is to ensure that the schools and programs operated by the corporation prepare students for success in a global society through data-driven innovative and research-proven practices. Academy for academic excellence exists to prepare students for post-secondary success through a relevant, rigorous college preparatory education. Norton science and language academy exists to ensure learning for a diverse population of students within a safe and rigorous bilingual education environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Norton science and language academy opened in august 2008. This school is located in the san bernardino inner city. Besides being modeled after the academy for academic excellence, it is additionally unusual because the instruction is conducted as dual language immersion. In this model, classes are conducted in a language not usually spoken by a majority of the students (in this case spanish) for the greater part of the class session and only in english for a smaller part of the day. When the students reach fifth or sixth grade they are introduced in extra activities to a third language. By this process the students are fluent in two or more languages by the eighth grade. Attendance is approximately 821 students in tk-8 grades.
$14,150,695 spent50% of program spendingThe organization operates a tk-12 public charter school, academy for academic excellence. The school provided instruction for approximately 1,433 tk-12 students. The school is modeled on the principal that children learn better when they have the opportunity to be actively engaged along with the teacher in the education process. The school has entered into partnerships with businesses, colleges, local government agencies and the federal government, specifically nasa and the department of defense. Through these partnerships the students have unique opportunities for hands on learning. One example is our partnership with nasa-ames. When nasa performed their juno project to orbit jupiter, our students and students in south america, through lewis centers mission control, were able to participate in the tracking of spacecraft via the internet. They operated the deep space radio telescope dss-13 located at the goldstone deep space network in the mojave desert. Such programs are once in a life time opportunities for the students to perform real science in real time. There are many other examples of this hands-on instructional model.
$13,321,377 spent47% of program spendingThe lewis center has conducted educational research and provided educational curricula to schools worldwide. The campus owned by the foundation consists of 150 acres in southern california through which the mojave river flows. The property provides rich opportunities for students of the two charter schools and other local schools to view and interact with nature. There are many endangered species whose home habitat is on the property. The property also contains the site of a 400 year old native american living center which includes petroglyps and a burial site. The organization operates an educational outreach to school children who visit the campus on field trips. The foundation also funds scholarships for former students attending higher education
$648,896 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $28,120,968.
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 $28M to $122M (+335%).
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: 2018 96% · 2019 97% · 2020 80% · 2021 80% · 2022 79% · 2023 99% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% 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.
Chief executive
Lisa Lamb
President & CEO
Board chair
Yolanda Carlos
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $0 → $624.
1 of 3 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 HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 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 HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 62% 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
100% 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 HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 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
THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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 HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION 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
Government funding THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $80k on record.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration$80k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC
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.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- 17500 Mana Road LLC · disregarded
- 230 South Waterman Ave LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC?
- THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,478 to it, the largest being For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) ($4,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $6,478 in grants to THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION INC?
- For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is the largest funder on record, with $4,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP IN ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE FOUNDATION 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 3 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