California · Nonprofit
VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM
VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,060 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($73,242). 2 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
- $35k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $85k
- Net assets
- $133k
What Vista Grande Continuous Progress Alternative Program does
Mission
Our approach is to challenge students individually to work to their highest ability. We seek to build within students a sense of responsibility, self-discipline, confidence and pride in their accomplishments in a nurturing environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The Continuous Progress Program offers several features that distinguish it from the traditional program, including Spanish instruction, increased one-on-one time with teachers and paraprofessional aides, additional class time for kindergarten through second grades, and a consistent classmate environment from year to year. The collective cooperation of home and school ensures the best possible learning environment for students. Academic instruction is based on the traditional district curriculum and augmented with the following elements:* Grades K-2 have a longer school day than those in the traditional program.* Classes have a lower child to adult ratio, achieved through paid aides and parent volunteers. Kindergarten has a full-time aide; grades 1-5 have classroom aides for 19.5 hours per week, plus additional time with specialized (reading and math) aides.
$177,346 spentof which $174,408 as grants100% of program spending* All students receive the enrichment of Spanish instruction, beginning with kindergarten.* The program relies on active parent participation in and out of the classroom, as well as frequent communication between parents and teachers.* An annual contribution from parents pays for classroom para-educators, Spanish instructor, supplies and other essentials deemed necessary by the classroom teacher and/or Continuous Progress Program Board. The parent contribution, determined annually by the board, is necessary for the operation and continuation of the program.* Students stay together in the same class from grade to grade, facilitating consistency and a deep level of camaraderie in their social and learning environment.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $177,346.
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 2024 to 2025, from $280k to $133k (−53%).
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.
100% of VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% 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
Jennifer Verriere
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $12k.
3 of 5 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 VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE 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
VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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
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 VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 87% · 2021 90% · 2022 68% · 2023 96% — 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
97% of VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM'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 $2k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $83k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM's revenue fell 80% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,277 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE 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
97% 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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE 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 VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM?
- VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $85,060 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($73,242). 2 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 VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $85,060 in grants to VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $73,242 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VISTA GRANDE CONTINUOUS PROGRESS ALTERNATIVE 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.
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