California · Nonprofit
THE PARTNERS PROGRAM
THE PARTNERS PROGRAM (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,891,550 to it, the largest being THE BEAVER FOUNDATION ($3,650,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $540k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $3.9M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What The Partners Program does
Mission
We provide transformative programs that bolster academic achievement and improve access to educational opportunities and resources for under-resourced oakland public middle school students. To do this, we bring middle schoolers together with trained high school and college mentors, with the goal of furthering educational equity and success for all.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Summer academy (sa) program: the 40th consecutive partners summer academy at college prep ran from june 2 to july 3, 2025. Summer academy 2025 featured 12 teachers, six college interns, and 17 high school-age assistant teachers. In addition to running our standard four-week program for rising 7th - 9th grade students, partners launched a one-week pilot program for rising 6th grade students. In total, 86 scholars engaged in core courses in math and english, as well as steam classes including digital media, engineering and coding, modern dance, visual arts, and a course in social and emotional learning that included topics such as identity, wellness, financial literacy and decision-making. Classes are academically rigorous and designed to spark scholars' curiosity and cultivate their love of learning. Scholars also participated in elective club activities, outdoor sports, and field trips to explore the bay area. Summer academy is a safe, nurturing academic space where scholars use their unique voices to tell their stories, build up their confidence and feel empowered to make their dreams come true.
$206,143 spent$500 earned by the program63% of program spendingAcademic year mentoring (aym) program: in 2024-25, The Partners Program partnered with 12 local middle schools for its academic year mentoring (aym) afterschool program. In the aym program, the consistent pairing of the same mentor and mentee provides a high quality and individualized academic enrichment experience. Aym mentors and mentees continued to use resources from freckle education, an online software platform that "differentiates instruction across math, language arts, social studies, and science." mentors build profound relationships and support their mentees with customized learning plans, as well as with their positive role-modeling and uplifting support. A mentor-mentee tutorial may include reviewing class notes or past tests, preparing for standardized exams, etc. During the spring semester, scholars also enjoyed after-school elective workshops.
$114,557 spent35% of program spendingHigh school advising (hsa) program: in 2024-25, The Partners Program high school advising (hsa) program supported 25 8th grade scholars with the following: high school options counseling and advising for all ousd traditional community high schools; ousd charter high schools; independent, non-religion-affiliated private schools; and religion-affiliated high schools. In addition, for the private school application requirements, partners provided student section and family section support and guidance, financial aid forms workshops, standardized test prep for hspt and interview simulations.
$8,598 spent3% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $329,298.
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 $2.2M to $3.6M (+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.
64% of THE PARTNERS PROGRAM’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. 3 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.
Board chair
Rick Heller
Board chair/director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $142k → $37k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $49k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The College Preparatory School). These are real filings, and they are not money THE PARTNERS PROGRAM raised.
From the IRS filings of THE PARTNERS PROGRAM’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 PARTNERS PROGRAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 88% · 2018 81% · 2019 97% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 77% · 2023 68% — 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
38% of THE PARTNERS PROGRAM's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 42% 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
100% of THE PARTNERS PROGRAM's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $172k 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 PARTNERS PROGRAM runs a healthier operating margin than half 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 PARTNERS PROGRAM
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
66% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- The College Preparatory School · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE PARTNERS PROGRAM: 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 THE PARTNERS PROGRAM?
- THE PARTNERS PROGRAM (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,891,550 to it, the largest being THE BEAVER FOUNDATION ($3,650,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE PARTNERS PROGRAM have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $3,891,550 in grants to THE PARTNERS PROGRAM, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE PARTNERS PROGRAM?
- THE BEAVER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE PARTNERS PROGRAM 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 12 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