CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B192

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 86087

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

• BUILDING SUPPORTIVE POLICY ENVIRONMENTLOCAL ADVOCACY AND BASE BUILDING: PROMOTES AUTONOMY FOR CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS AND ADDRESSES CHALLENGES SUCH AS AUTHORIZER OVER-REGULATION AND FACILITIES THROUGH GRASSROOTS AND GRASSTOPS ADVOCACY. GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS: IMPROVES THE POLICY ENVIRONMENT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH LEGISLATION AND REGULATORY ADVOCACY. CHARTER SCHOOLS LEGAL DEFENSE FUND: LITIGATES KEY ISSUES WHICH SUBSTANTIALLY IMPACT CALIFORNIA'S CHARTER SCHOOL MOVEMENT AND PROVIDES SUPPORT TO CHARTER SCHOOLS SEEKING FACILITIES UNDER PROPOSITION 39 OR FACING UNFAIR TREATMENT.

  Expenses $4,654,840 · Grants $934,797 · Revenue $1,239

• STRENGTHENING SCHOOLSMEMBERSHIP: SCHOOL MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM CCSA'S ADVOCACY AT THE STATE AND LOCAL-LEVEL, ACCESS TO MEMBERS-ONLY CONVENINGS AND RESOURCES, DATA CONSULTATION AND SUPPORT TO HELP WITH CHARTER RENEWAL, AND A COHORT TRAINING PROGRAM FOR MEMBERS DEVELOPING NEW CHARTER SCHOOLS. VENDOR MEMBERS RECEIVE ACCESS TO PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES. SCHOOL PERFORMANCE, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND RESEARCH: CONDUCTS SOPHISTICATED DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING OF CHARTER SCHOOLS AND TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNTABILITY WITHIN THE CHARTER MOVEMENT. ANNUAL CONFERENCE: CONVENES CHARTER SCHOOL STAFF, BOARD MEMBERS, PARENTS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS FOR NETWORKING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND COLLABORATION ON TOPICS CRITICAL TO CALIFORNIA'S CHARTER SCHOOLS.

  Expenses $3,694,549 · Grants $30,050 · Revenue $2,504,263

• IMPROVING PUBLIC OPINIONADVANCES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS BY IMPLEMENTING VARIOUS MEDIA STRATEGIES WHILE ALSO SERVING AS A TRUSTED SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON CALIFORNIA'S CHARTER SCHOOLS FOR PARENTS, AUTHORIZERS, LEGISLATORS, AND OTHER INTEREST GROUPS.

  Expenses $1,087,150 · Grants $38,000 · Revenue $250

• CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH FUNDA PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ACCELERATE CHARTER SCHOOL GROWTH IN CALIFORNIA.

  Expenses $715,000 · Grants $715,000

As filed on the 2023 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 · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 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

• 2023

  Revenue

  $12,806,090

  Expenses

  $13,710,623

  Contributions

  $9,928,879

  Grants paid

  $1,717,847

• 2022

  Revenue

  $12,923,618

  Expenses

  $12,554,812

  Contributions

  $10,219,947

  Grants paid

  $1,286,501

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

  $14,797,816

  Expenses

  $12,674,053

  Assets (EOY)

  $31,436,396

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $18,898,883

  Expenses

  $13,695,162

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,950,225

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $17,260,739

  Expenses

  $17,059,608

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,439,379

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $21,624,166

  Expenses

  $25,681,050

  Assets (EOY)

  $26,683,485

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $26,088,440

  Expenses

  $22,049,824

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,463,176

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,426,909

  Expenses

  $24,280,771

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,436,182

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $23,061,448

  Expenses

  $22,836,073

  Assets (EOY)

  $27,006,941

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,972,160

  Expenses

  $20,779,570

  Assets (EOY)

  $25,794,869

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $22,120,466

  Expenses

  $19,061,384

  Assets (EOY)

  $23,193,665

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $15,886,739

  Assets (EOY)

  $19,740,351

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

• CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES

  $420,000

  2023 · LOBBYING GRANT

• CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES

  $402,000

  2022 · LOBBYING GRANT

• ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

  $262,000

  2023 · ENROLLMENT GROWTH GRANT

• KIPP PUBLIC SCHOOLS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

  $229,000

  2023 · ENROLLMENT GROWTH GRANT

• NAPA FOUNDATION FOR OPTIONS IN EDUCATION

  $223,352

  2023 · CHARTER SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND GRANTS

• ASPIRE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION

  $148,000

  2022 · ENROLLMENT GROWTH GRANT

• WESTLAKE CHARTER SCHOOL

  $136,000

  2023 · ENROLLMENT GROWTH GRANT

• ADALID GONZALEZ AND PARENTS UNITED FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CHOICE

  $127,223

  2023 · CHARTER SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND GRANT

• NAPA FOUNDATION FOR OPTIONS IN EDUCATION

  $124,587

  2022 · CHARTER SCHOOL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND GRANT

• WESTLAKE CHARTER SCHOOL

  $117,000

  2022 · ENROLLMENT GROWTH GRANT

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• SILICON VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $400,000

  2023 · Education

• GREAT PUBLIC SCHOOLS NOW

  $300,000

  2022 · 2022 COLLECTIVE ACTION ADVOCACY GRANT

• CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2024 · DISASTER RESPONSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $130,000

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $100,000

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• CITY FUND

  $56,000

  2023 · TO SUPPORT PUBLIC EDUCATION MEDIA CAMPAIGN TO IMPROVE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IN STOCKTON, CA THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE FREE, PUBLIC, AND OPEN TO ALL AND FACILITATE AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

• NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS

  $50,525

  2022 · GRANT TO PARTICIPATE IN DC PARENT RALLY

• CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES

  $32,250

  2024 · SPONSORSHIP

• CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES

  $28,700

  2023 · CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

• CALIFORNIA CHARTER SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION ADVOCATES

  $25,100

  2022 · CONFERENCE SPONSORSHIP

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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