Cambiar Education
San Diego, CA · EIN 81-3508420. Reported 97 grants totalling $14.7M to 62 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Cambiar Education, the IRS classifies it under education rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE B90) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 62 distinct organizations, with 43% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 81% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 1 year-to-year transition. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $62,500. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $106,950; the smallest was $6,800 and the largest $3,790,596. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edsolutions LLC | West Windsor, NJ | $6,347,823 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| UNDAUNTEDK12 | San Francisco, CA | $1,080,421 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Contigo Ed Inc | Houston, TX | $1,049,438 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Learner-Centered Collaborative | Vista, CA | $297,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Building 21 | Plymouth Mtng, PA | $290,650 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| City Year Inc | Boston, MA | $290,120 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Big Picture Company Inc | Providence, RI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Global Impact | Washington, DC | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Talkingpoints | San Francisco, CA | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Teach for America Inc | New York, NY | $250,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Convergeedu Pbllc | Brooklyn, NY | $225,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| El Education Inc | New York, NY | $181,334 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dreams for Kids | Chicago, IL | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| High Resolves America | Los Angeles, CA | $142,600 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The History Co-Lab Inc | Milton, MA | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Schoolhack Solutions (dba Liftlearning) | Bristol, VT | $130,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| America Succeeds | Denver, CO | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dyslexia Alliance for Black Children | New Rochelle, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Edlight Pbc | Ventnor City, NJ | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Engagement Lab | San Francisco, CA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Idlemind Technology LLC Dba Pimspoints | Memphis, TN | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literacy Design Collaborative Inc | New York, NY | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mass General Brigham Incorporated | Somerville, MA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mastery Transcript Consortium | Winchester, MA | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northeast Academy for Aerospace & Advanced Technologies | Elizabeth Cty, NC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Paloma Learning Inc | Alameda, CA | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Southwest Creations Collaborative | Albuquerque, NM | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The Mind Trust Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Village of Wisdom Inc | Durham, NC | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Tides Center | San Francisco, CA | $106,950 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Valor Collegiate Academies | Nashville, TN | $106,800 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Flight School Inc | Sonoma, CA | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Innovateedu Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Study Group Solutions Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Ability Challenge Incorporated | Chevy Chase, MD | $81,235 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Edward Charles Foundation | Beverly Hills, CA | $65,375 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ulster Boces | New Paltz, NY | $62,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| 50CAN Inc | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Allhere Education Inc | Boston, MA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Black Male Educators Alliance | Detroit, MI | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Edtechlive LLC Dba Lessonloop | Chappaqua, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Families in Action for Quality Education | Oakland, CA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Great Lakes Academy Inc | Chicago, IL | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Immschools | Dallas, TX | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Immersed Games Inc | Buffalo, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Naca-Inspired Schools Network | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Open Way Learning | Murphy, NC | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Community Action Inc | Stone Mtn, GA | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Rock By Rock Inc | New York, NY | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Bend Empowerment Zone | South Bend, IN | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Waterford Institute Inc | Taylorsville, UT | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| X in a Box | Berkeley, CA | $46,625 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ownership Is the Future Inc | Washington, DC | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Angels for Angels | Burien, WA | $35,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Inkwire Inc | San Francisco, CA | $35,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Equity Project | Oakland, CA | $35,650 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Getting Smart Collective | Federal Way, WA | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Array Education Inc | New York, NY | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Center City Public Charter Schools | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cityschools Collaborative | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Modern Classrooms Project Inc | Washington, DC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nxut | Northridge, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
35 of 62 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Edsolutions LLC
Education Market Dynamics, the project for which Cambiar serves as fiscal sponsor - UNDAUNTEDK12 Inc
Cambiar Ventures Innovation grant Cambiar serves as fiscal sponsor - Contigo Ed
Cambiar Ventures Innovation grant - Building 21
Thrive & Future of Learning Grant - Edward Charles Foundation
Innovation & Future of Learning Grant - Modern Classrooms
Support the 2022 launch of Modern Classroom Twin Cities
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 62 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | $25,000 | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | $3,815,596 | $1,907,798 |
| 2023 | 42 | $6,793,283 | $62,500 |
| 2024 | 52 | $4,092,592 | $62,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
44% of its giving went to organizations in New Jersey. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $62,500 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in New Jersey.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Cambiar Education's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 41 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 11 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 4653 Carmel Mount Rd Suite 308-97, San Diego, CA, 92130.
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