CALIFORNIA EMERGING TECHNOLOGY FUND

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S19

Classification

1000

Street

2151 SALVIO STREET SUITE 252

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Mission and programs · 2024

• CETF completed the development of the CETF Digital Equity Ecosystem as a major asset: integrated to optimize impact of each component, driven by Direct Notification; achieved the most cost-effective system of services operating at scale statewide; and recognized by partners as a valuable asset with increasing references in partner proposals. The CETF Digital Equity Ecosystem is operated as a seamless continuum of supports for CBOs so they can focus on outreach and delivery of services in-language and in-culture to reach the most low-income households. The following are the CETF assets and resources to support the Digital Equity Ecosystem:- Working Relationships Statewide with Spectrum of Community, Public, and Private Partners- Operations at Scale for Cost-Effective Implementation and Grant Management- Ability to Partner with New CBOs as Additional Trusted Messengers to Build Local Capacity- Understanding and Experience in Planning and Managing Direct Notification- Tool Kit and Templates for Affordable Internet Service Offers in Multiple Languages- Get Connected Call Center with Ability to Accommodate Multiple Communications Channels- Curricula to Train Digital Navigators and Coach to Success- Digital Literacy Training Curricula and Facilitator Guides (UNESCO Framework 6 Elements)- Digital Literacy Skills Proficiency Self-Assessment for Common Metrics- Online Learning Platform with Curriculum Content and Self-Assessment Process- Experience in Organizing and Supporting In-Person Enrollment Events Statewide- Knowledge in Public Awareness Advertising in Community and Ethnic Media Channels- Established Strategies to Generate Revenue Streams for Computing Devices- Data Analysis to Benchmark Costs and Project Possible Impacts- Deep Experience in Integrating and Managing All Components of Digital Equity Ecosystem Enrolled 13,709 low-income Unconnected Households in affordable Internet service: (1) 12,239 Low-income Households statewide through a California Public Utilities Commission (CASF) California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Call Center Grant; (2) 220 Low-Income Households in 5 AB617 Communities (West Oakland, East Oakland, Richmond, South Sacramento, Stockton) through a CPUC CASF Grant for 5 AB617 Communities; and (3) 1,250 Low-income Households through the Riverside County Partnership. Delivered Digital Literacy Training to 750 Low-Income Households: (1) 600 Low-Income Households in 3 Regions (Pacific Coast, Southeast Los Angeles County, and Riverside County) supported by CPUC CASF Grants; (2) 100 Low-Income Households in Silicon Valley and Central Coast supported by an AT&T Foundation Grant; and (3) 50 Low-Income Households in Silicon Valley supported by Kaiser Permanente Foundation.

  Expenses $9,909,010 · Grants $4,076,320 · Revenue $760,822

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

• On December 31, 2024 CETF and >51 Partners were awarded a Competitive Grant ($12M total with $1M net to CETF) by the U.S. Department of Commerce National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). The CETF award was 1 of 24 across the nation and the only California-based recipient announced by NTIA in the first round of Competitive Grants, which speaks to the extent of inclusive collaboration forged by application and the quality of the NTIA proposal. The award was terminated on May 20, 2025 by NTIA, so CETF focused on a Pivot to the Future. CETF immediately informed Partners and prospective California Department of Technology (CDT) CalDEP Applications Collaborators regarding the NITA termination of the awarded Competitive Grant and the State Capacity Grant. CETF regrouped with Partners, and on behalf of the Partners, submitted a Get Connected! California Partnership (GCCP) Grant Application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Adoption Account. The purpose of this Grant is to build capacity among 46 Partners to accelerate Broadband Adoption by 15,0000 low-income households (HHs). The Partners include: 33 community-based organizations (CBOs); 12 Regional Broadband Consortia (RBC); and 1 Metropolitan Planning Organization (Southern California Council of Governments (SCAG) representing 6 Counties and 191 Cities). The RBCs and SCAG in turn will be working with 35 Local Governments to support implementation of Action Plans they have developed to notify residents about available affordable Internet service offers and Digital Literacy Training.

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,938,233

  Expenses

  $10,441,474

  Contributions

  $2,728,065

  Grants paid

  $4,076,320

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,662,388

  Expenses

  $10,591,270

  Contributions

  $797,416

  Grants paid

  $2,379,899

• 2022

  Revenue

  $3,574,011

  Expenses

  $9,491,888

  Contributions

  $1,363,002

  Grants paid

  $1,218,540

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,248,904

  Expenses

  $9,584,902

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,282,028

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,248,904

  Expenses

  $9,584,902

  Assets (EOY)

  $35,282,028

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $253,401

  Expenses

  $7,893,942

  Assets (EOY)

  $44,150,511

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,210,093

  Expenses

  $8,233,358

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,477,526

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $69,936

  Expenses

  $6,543,479

  Assets (EOY)

  $22,916,250

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $56,425

  Expenses

  $6,399,794

  Assets (EOY)

  $28,885,258

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $32,768,095

  Expenses

  $5,479,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $34,747,833

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $446,847

  Expenses

  $4,167,849

  Assets (EOY)

  $8,277,671

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $532,483

  Expenses

  $4,201,373

  Assets (EOY)

  $14,352,548

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $408,305

  Expenses

  $7,225,815

  Assets (EOY)

  $20,320,024

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• School2Home (multiple partners)

  $1,867,230

  2024 · to support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• AGIF Education Foundation of Santa Maria

  $1,153,170

  2023 · To support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• AGIF Education Foundation

  $879,510

  2024 · to support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• AGIF EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF SANTA MARIA

  $321,960

  2022 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE BROADBAND AWARENESS AND ADOPTION

• NEXTGEN CLIMATE AMERICA INC

  $250,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE BROADBAND AWARENESS AND ADOPTION

• CALIFORNIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

  $250,000

  2022 · TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT INCREASE BROADBAND AWARENESS AND ADOPTION

• FCC ACP Outreach Grants (multiple CBOs)

  $190,264

  2023 · To support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation

  $120,000

  2024 · to support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• San Diego Association Of Governments

  $100,000

  2023 · To support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

• Southern California Association Of Governments

  $100,000

  2023 · To support programs that increase broadband awareness and adoption

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS

  $44,266

  2023 · Policy

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $25,000

  2022 · Increasing Healthcare Access For Medically-disadva

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $25,000

  2023 · Digital Access And Equity For Improved Health

• KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS

  $25,000

  2024 · Increasing Healthcare Access For Medically-disadva

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $19,364

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,000

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $7,000

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $6,000

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

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