California School Education Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 330870682
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Costa Mesa, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9493756073
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $139,630
- Expenses
- $111,022
- Assets
- $107,497
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TRISHA GREGG (President)
- LISI STEERS (Vice President)
- LAUREN ARIZA (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- TRISHA GREGG (President)
- LISI STEERS (Vice President)
- LAUREN ARIZA (Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of this organization is to provide financial assistance to California school, a public elementary school in costa mesa, ca. The organization operates for educational purposes, including but not limited to the funding of educational programs, art programs, music programs, athletic programs, art supplies, musical instruments, athletic equipment, educational equipment, computers, training programs, and other programs, equipment, and economic assistance.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provided support and assistance to California school in all areas of need, including but not limited to the funding of the school, music, arts, science, technology, and other educaitonal programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.6%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 75%; rating input score 75
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 21.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.6% of revenue deployed · 75% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.