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CAMBIAR EDUCATION

EIN 81-3508420 SAN DIEGO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$69,537,421
Expenses 2024
$42,701,629

Program services were 94.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
1200
Street
4653 CARMEL MOUNT RD SUITE 308-97

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 · 2024

Mission

CAMBIAR'S VISION IS TO SPARK CREATIVE CHANGE BY SCALING BOLD IDEAS THAT UNDENIABLY PROVE THAT EVERY STUDENT CAN SUCCEED AND THRIVE. CONTINUED ON SCH O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Spark creative change by scaling bold ideas that undeniably prove how every student can receive a world-class education.

  • Cambiar Education is a nonprofit k-12 venture studio built to change the marketplace for education innovation to prove undeniably that every student can succeed and thrive. It propels groundbreaking ventures charting the future of education led by founders with unshakable optimism and courage. Cambiar cultivates a community of over 100 connected ventures, anchored in a commitment to build positive, life-changing solutions for our most vulnerable youth, and operating at the speed of innovation to make a lasting impact.

    Expenses $40,527,781 · Grants $4,285,341 · Revenue $17,475,662

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

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.

  • Christina Heitz

    FOUNDER, CEO, PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $509,896
    From this org
    $451,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $58,637
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $448,109
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $3,150
    Deferred
    $44,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,787
    Filer's total
    $509,896

  • Kimberly Smith

    Entrepreneur

    Total calculated
    $495,274
    From this org
    $396,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $99,031
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $376,243
    Bonus
    $20,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $44,850
    Nontaxable benefits
    $54,181
    Filer's total
    $495,274

  • Christopher Maher

    Superintendent in Residence

    Total calculated
    $321,936
    From this org
    $249,943
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $71,993
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,193
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $750
    Deferred
    $34,802
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,191
    Filer's total
    $321,936

  • Melinda Sjoblom

    Entrepreneur

    Total calculated
    $293,777
    From this org
    $221,431
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $72,346
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $216,431
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $30,966
    Nontaxable benefits
    $41,380
    Filer's total
    $293,777

  • Ian Natzmer

    Magpie VP, Engineering

    Total calculated
    $291,356
    From this org
    $266,347
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,009
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,180
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $84,167
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,009
    Filer's total
    $291,356

  • Babak Mostaghimi

    LearnerStudio Partner

    Total calculated
    $276,485
    From this org
    $243,263
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,222
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,238
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    $4,025
    Deferred
    $30,321
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,901
    Filer's total
    $276,485

  • Beth Sutkus Thompson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Andy Stern

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ajay Varia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
    $69,537,421
    Expenses
    $42,701,629
    Contributions
    $50,899,210
    Grants paid
    $4,285,341
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $31,679,941
    Expenses
    $27,096,364
    Contributions
    $22,598,775
    Grants paid
    $6,845,768
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $34,440,647
    Expenses
    $19,230,618
    Contributions
    $26,671,834
    Grants paid
    $3,815,596

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
    $15,993,046
    Expenses
    $10,584,727
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,761,927

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,070,506
    Expenses
    $4,881,843
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,357,575

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,344,475
    Expenses
    $3,401,238
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,375,154

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,078,877
    Expenses
    $3,065,393
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,493,762

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,284,861
    Expenses
    $2,538,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,565,471

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,910,968
    Expenses
    $379,847
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,611,659

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.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 11 November 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.