Sample funder match
How THE CONCRETE ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION stacks up for Riverside Youth Coding Academy.
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THE CONCRETE ROSE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
EIN 84-2960163
Fit score
87
Fit analysis
Why this funder ranked where it did against the sample org's mission and programs.
The Concrete Rose Community Foundation appears to be a strong prospect for Riverside Youth Coding Academy based on unusually close issue and geographic alignment. The foundation’s actual grant history is heavily concentrated in California (63.6% of total giving), including multiple grants in Berkeley, Richmond, San Francisco, and Menlo Park—directly relevant to an East Bay/San Francisco youth coding organization. Programmatically, the match is also strong: the foundation’s giving centers on addressing systemic inequality through Black-led tech workforce development, STEM education, youth development, and employment pathways, with grantees such as Hidden Genius Project, Digital NEST, Project Invent, Color Stack, and Dev Color. Riverside Youth Coding Academy’s free coding cohorts, school-district partnerships, paid teen apprenticeship pipeline, and policy advocacy around permanent computer science offerings fit this pattern well. The main limitations are missing grantee organizational data (budget, age, staff size, exact headquarters) and the lack of a clearly documented open application process, but on available evidence this is the kind of organization the foundation already funds.
Strategic framing
The strongest positioning is to present Riverside Youth Coding Academy not as a generic coding nonprofit, but as a racial and economic justice pipeline builder that moves students from access to skills to paid work to institutional policy change. The proposal should explicitly connect local Bay Area inequities in access to computer science education with the academy’s cohort model, apprenticeship wages, and district advocacy. The case should emphasize measurable outcomes and the ability to influence broader school-system practice, since the foundation’s giving suggests interest in systemic rather than purely transactional service delivery.
What's working
- Free, cohort-based coding access lowers barriers for historically marginalized youth.
- The model combines in-school, after-school, and summer delivery rather than standalone enrichment.
- Paid teen apprenticeships create a direct workforce and economic-opportunity pathway.
- Bay Area tech-company mentors provide strong regional relevance and employer connectivity.
- Advocacy for permanent CS offerings in OUSD and SFUSD aligns with systems-change framing.
What's marginal
- The grantee’s exact headquarters and formal service geography are not fully specified, though East Bay and San Francisco references suggest strong overlap.
- No grantee budget, staff size, or organizational age were provided, limiting comparison to the foundation’s typical grantee profile.
- It is unclear whether Riverside Youth Coding Academy is Black-led or primarily serves Black youth, which could matter because many sample grantees focus on Black opportunity-building.
- No known connections to foundation staff or board were identified.
- No documented open application process or deadlines were provided, so access pathway is uncertain.
Programs that match
- General mission alignment: systemic inequality through tech/STEM access and workforce pathways
What we'd want to confirm
- Be ready to explain exactly which populations are served and how the program advances equity for historically marginalized youth.
- Clarify organization size, budget, and sustainability to address missing organizational-fit data.
- Show why the apprenticeship pathway is more than enrichment and how it changes long-term economic opportunity.
- Address how district advocacy complements direct service rather than distracting from it.
- Be prepared to explain how expansion will be managed without diluting quality.
Suggested next steps
- Confirm and document the organization’s exact service footprint, especially Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, and San Francisco reach.
- Lead outreach with a concise case statement focused on reducing systemic inequality through computer science access, paid apprenticeships, and district-level course adoption.
- Quantify beneficiary demographics, especially service to Black, low-income, and other historically marginalized youth in Bay Area schools.
- Build a request around one clearly fundable unit: expansion to two additional East Bay school sites, a second summer intensive, or growth of the paid apprenticeship cohort.
- Prepare evidence of outcomes such as cohort completion, apprenticeship placement, school credit or course persistence, mentor participation, and district partnership traction.
- Seek a warm introduction if possible through Bay Area tech mentors, school district partners, or leaders connected to organizations already funded by the foundation such as Hidden Genius Project, Digital NEST, Project Invent, Dev Color, or Color Stack.
- If contact is secured, test receptivity first with a brief introductory email or conversation before sending a full proposal.
- Start with a $15,000-$25,000 request unless the foundation explicitly invites a larger proposal.
Generated by Kindora's AI from the funder's public 990 filings, public website, and aggregated public grant history.
Funder snapshot
Capacity and giving footprint at a glance — drawn from the latest public 990 filings.
Total assets
$472k
Annual giving
$506k
Geographic scope
Regional
65% in CA
Application mode
Not specified
| Grant size | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range across recent grants | $10k | $13k | $39k |
The Concrete Rose Community Foundation concentrates its giving on racial equity and Black opportunity-building, especially programs that create tech/STEM pathways, entrepreneurship training, and youth development for Black and other underserved communities. Grants favor organizations that combine skills training, college/career access, and community empowerment rather than purely service delivery, and many recipients are repeat grantees focused on systemic-inequality solutions.
Source: Latest public IRS Form 990 / 990-PF filings and aggregated public grant histories.
Focus areas
Themes Kindora extracted from the funder's public profile, program pages, and grant history.
Programmatic focus
Funding philosophy
Beneficiary types
Source: Public funder websites, public program pages, and AI synthesis of public 990 filings.
Recent giving signals
A look at where this funder has placed grants recently — useful for benchmarking and warm-intro paths.
Notable grantees
Stated focus areas (from public profile)
- Black-led tech workforce development and developer community-building (e.g., Dev Color, Color Stack)
- STEM education and hands-on engineering programs for underrepresented youth (e.g., Project Invent, Hidden Genius Project)
- HBCU support and Black cultural institution building
- Community-based entrepreneurship and civic leadership programs for marginalized youth (e.g., Digital NEST, Goodie Nation)
- College & career navigation and retention programs for low-income students (e.g., Summer Search, Takeoff Institute)
Source: Public 990 grant lists and the funder's own published program descriptions.
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