California · Nonprofit
THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL
THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,410,124 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($616,320). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $18M
What The Seven Hills School does
Mission
The institution provides educational instruction and activities to students ranging from preschool through 8th grade.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The Seven Hills School, founded in 1962, is an independent, not-for-profit, day school educating 424 students in preschool through 8th grade. Accredited by the california association of independent schools (cais) and the western association of schools and colleges (wasc), seven hills is also an active member of the national association of independent schools (nais) and other independent school associations. Seven hills enjoys a long standing partnership with educational institutions nationwide. At seven hills, the mission is "to develop the intellect, engage the spirit and foster respect for and responsibility to our world." this is a community of parents, educators and students who are committed to lifelong learning. In an environment in which a student's curiosity is inspired, engaged, and rewarded, seven hills school's educators value professional development, lead each other and their peers to best practices, and accomplish all of this in a spirit of collegiality. The campus, nine acres of former ranchland set back behind heather farm park, is a student-centered environment that provides a myriad of experiences for children. Step out of the 21st century classrooms and explore…
$12,106,969 spentof which $2,243,894 as grants$16,621,496 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $12,106,969.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $34M to $40M (+19%).
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: 2020 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Julie Meissner
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $95k → $300k.
14 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL’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 SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
97% 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 SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 62% · 2019 43% · 2020 28% · 2021 37% · 2022 39% · 2023 41% — 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 SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL'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
97% of THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $80k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from funders outside California, across 5 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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.
Organizations like THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Shs Residential LLC · disregarded
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL: 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 SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL?
- THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL (California) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,410,124 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($616,320). 12 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $2,410,124 in grants to THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL, 12 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $616,320 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SEVEN HILLS SCHOOL 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 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing