California · Nonprofit
THE RP GROUP INC
THE RP GROUP INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,165,600 to it, the largest being COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION ($2,475,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6.8M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $4.6M
What The Rp Group Inc does
Mission
The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group)is a leader that supports equitable outcomes for minoritized and marginalized students through race-conscious, equity-minded research, planning, and professional development. We uplift student voices and empower researchers and planners to improve institutional effectiveness by dismantling systemic barriers and injustices.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE PROGRAM and projects ARE designed to increase student success and overall institutional quality at California community colleges. Projects include statewide surveys designed to provide information to individual colleges and the state about student experiences, needed, and challenges related to, but not limited to, transfer,enrollment, and basic needs.
$2,005,038 spent$3,062,169 earned by the program47% of program spendingResearch and evaluation contracts- contracts with rancho santiago ccd to implement the strategic enrollment management academy and multiple measures assessment project.- various fees for service contracts and initiatives by providing research, evaluation, and technical assistance services were undertaken on behalf of clients and organizations to address issues within the california community colleges system.
$1,247,620 spent$2,198,425 earned by the program29% of program spendingProfessional developmentamong multiple professional development and outreach initiatives, accomplishments include:-strengthening student success conference october 2024 - with 437 attendees, held annually since 2006, this 3-day event hosts a unique and wide cross-section of ccc attendees who come to share knowledge, learn, and connect, with a focus on improving institutional effectiveness, student success, leadershipcapacity, and equitable outcomes. -rp conference april 2025 - with 243 attendees - the conference encourages irpe professionals from all 116 colleges to attend. Representation in 2025 included attendees from 76 of the ccc colleges and districts.-regional research groups - small regional groups of california community college institutional research, planning, and effectiveness professionals met virtually at multiple points throughout the year to share knowledge on research and planningpier to pier (irpe to irpe) monthly virtual gatherings of college institutional research, planning, and effectiveness professionals from across the state to discuss topics related to research and planning.-leading from the middle academy - a professional development forum for 221 middle…
$999,257 spent$564,736 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,251,915.
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 2018 to 2019, from $2.4M to $3.4M (+46%).
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: 2024 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
12% of THE RP GROUP INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $514k → $797k.
From the IRS filings of THE RP GROUP INC’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 RP GROUP INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 86%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
31% 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 RP GROUP INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 56% · 2021 88% · 2022 80% · 2023 60% — growing more concentrated.
“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
64% of THE RP GROUP 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. 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 RP GROUP INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE RP GROUP 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
71% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
46%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE RP GROUP INC: 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 RP GROUP INC?
- THE RP GROUP INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,165,600 to it, the largest being COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION ($2,475,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE RP GROUP INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $4,165,600 in grants to THE RP GROUP INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE RP GROUP INC?
- COLLEGE FUTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,475,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE RP GROUP 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 5 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