Sample funder match
How PARTNERS IN OAKLAND EDUCATION DBA VINCENT ACADEMY stacks up for Riverside Youth Coding Academy.
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PARTNERS IN OAKLAND EDUCATION DBA VINCENT ACADEMY
EIN 27-1570315
Fit score
82
Fit analysis
Why this funder ranked where it did against the sample org's mission and programs.
PARTNERS IN OAKLAND EDUCATION DBA VINCENT ACADEMY appears to be a strong Bay Area education funder with clear geographic relevance for Riverside Youth Coding Academy, assuming the organization is operating in the East Bay and/or San Francisco districts referenced in its strategy. The funder has made 100% of recorded grants in California, all to San Francisco-based education nonprofits, and its inferred focus is narrow: college-readiness, secondary-school enrichment, and educational equity for Bay Area students. Riverside Youth Coding Academy aligns well on youth-serving education programming, school-linked delivery, and equity orientation, especially through its in-school, after-school, and summer coding pipeline and district systems-change goals. However, the prospect is not an IDEAL FIT because the funder is highly concentrated, has only three grants on record, shows a 0% new grantee rate, lacks a public website or open process, and has not yet demonstrated explicit funding for computer science/STEM nonprofits specifically. This is worth pursuing if a warm introduction can be secured; it should not be treated as a broad-access opportunity.
Strategic framing
Position Riverside Youth Coding Academy as a Bay Area student-success and opportunity-access organization that uses computer science as the vehicle for persistence, confidence, and college/career readiness. Lead with educational equity, school partnership depth, and measurable youth outcomes. Avoid framing the request as a generic STEM initiative; instead, emphasize how the model expands access for students who are least likely to receive high-quality computing opportunities, while building durable pathways into high school success, postsecondary options, and paid work exposure.
What's working
- Serves students through in-school, after-school, and summer formats that resemble other education-enrichment models the funder has supported.
- Strong Bay Area relevance through East Bay growth plans and systems work with OUSD and SFUSD.
- Clear equity-oriented value proposition: free access, school partnerships, and paid youth apprenticeship opportunities.
- Can be positioned as a bridge from academic engagement to postsecondary opportunity, not just a coding program.
What's marginal
- No direct evidence that the funder prioritizes coding, STEM education, or youth workforce development specifically.
- The grantee’s headquarters, budget, age, and staffing are unspecified, limiting organizational-fit assessment.
- The funder has an extremely small, closed-looking portfolio with no demonstrated new-grantee activity.
- All available grants went to a tiny set of known Bay Area education organizations, implying relationship dependence.
- The profile flags the entity as potentially not actionable, which may mean limited external grant opportunity despite some grantmaking history.
Programs that match
- General Education Support / Educational Equity
What we'd want to confirm
- Does the funder make grants to new organizations, or only to existing relationships?
- Does the funder support program expansion versus only known anchor institutions?
- Can the grantee document Bay Area student outcomes comparable to college-readiness or persistence metrics?
- Is the apprenticeship component viewed as education support, or could it be seen as outside the funder’s comfort zone unless tightly tied to school outcomes?
- Is there a direct line of access to Jean Driscoll or board members through education networks?
Suggested next steps
- Confirm Riverside Youth Coding Academy’s exact service geography, especially whether it currently serves Oakland and/or San Francisco students; Bay Area specificity is essential.
- Seek a warm introduction through district leaders, Bay Area education networks, or intermediaries connected to Aim High for High School or Envision Education.
- Frame the opportunity as education equity and student pathway expansion, not primarily as coding instruction or general technology training.
- Develop a concise one-page case for support tied to one fundable unit: an East Bay school-site expansion, summer intensive cohort, or paid teen apprenticeship pipeline.
- Show outcomes beyond technical skill acquisition: attendance, persistence, high school readiness, college/career exposure, paid internship conversion, and district systems impact.
- Before investing heavily, verify whether the entity accepts external proposals at all, given the DAF-like / private-operating flag.
- If outreach is possible, test with a smaller cultivation ask or exploratory conversation rather than leading with a full proposal package.
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
$1.2M
Annual giving
$230k
Geographic scope
Local
100% in CA
Application mode
Not specified
| Grant size | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range across recent grants | $70k | $90k | $90k |
This foundation concentrates its giving exclusively on Bay Area K–12 college-readiness initiatives, especially programs that support low-income Oakland students' transition to and success in high school and college. Funding is focused and strategic, with repeated, substantial support to a small set of education nonprofits that run summer bridge, academic enrichment, and small-school college-prep models. The foundation appears to prioritize direct service providers that produce measurable gains in student persistence and college access.
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)
- Summer college-prep and transition programs for Oakland/Bay Area high school students (e.g., Aim High for High School)
- Small high-school models and alternative secondary schools focused on college readiness and project-based learning (e.g., Envision Education)
- Academic enrichment and out-of-school-time supports for low-income Bay Area students preparing for postsecondary education
Source: Public 990 grant lists and the funder's own published program descriptions.
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