Sample funder match
How The Barrios Trust stacks up for Riverside Youth Coding Academy.
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The Barrios Trust
EIN 94-3323331
Fit score
81
Fit analysis
Why this funder ranked where it did against the sample org's mission and programs.
The Barrios Trust appears to be a strong prospect for Riverside Youth Coding Academy, with one major caveat: the grantee’s exact headquarters and service geography are not fully documented in the intake data. Mission alignment is very strong. The trust explicitly funds youth development, education, STEM workforce development, after-school enrichment, and programs that build skills, confidence, and self-esteem for economically disadvantaged youth in the Oakland metropolitan area. Riverside Youth Coding Academy’s described model—free coding cohorts delivered in school, after school, and in summer, paired with a paid teen apprenticeship pipeline and Bay Area tech mentors—fits that stated priority set closely. Geographic evidence is also favorable if the organization indeed serves Oakland and/or San Francisco as suggested by its partnership opportunities, because 98.0% of all Barrios Trust grant dollars went to California and the largest city concentration is Oakland ($729,450 across 81 grants), with additional grants in San Francisco ($75,000 across 9 grants). The main limiting factor is incomplete grantee data on exact location, budget, age, and staff size, which prevents a full organizational-fit confirmation and keeps this from an IDEAL FIT rating.
Strategic framing
The application should be positioned less as a technology program and more as a youth development pipeline. The strongest frame is: underserved Oakland-area teens gain academic skills, mentorship, paid work experience, confidence, and career exposure through an integrated model spanning school-day learning, after-school enrichment, summer engagement, and apprenticeship placement. The narrative should explicitly use the funder’s language around whole-child development, self-esteem, enrichment, and skills-building. If available, the proposal should show how the program reaches economically disadvantaged youth and supports those underrepresented in tech pathways.
What's working
- Free access removes financial barriers for underserved youth.
- Cohort-based model supports belonging, persistence, and confidence.
- In-school, after-school, and summer delivery creates a fuller developmental arc than a standalone class.
- Paid apprenticeships align with workforce development and tangible youth advancement.
- Bay Area tech mentors provide local relevance and quality enrichment.
What's marginal
- Exact headquarters and primary service geography are not confirmed.
- No documented budget, staff size, or organizational age to compare with typical Barrios Trust grantees.
- Need clearer evidence that beneficiaries are economically disadvantaged young people, not a general student population.
- The model is highly STEM-focused; proposal should avoid appearing too narrow or purely technical by emphasizing mentorship, confidence, belonging, and youth development outcomes.
- If current programming is centered outside Oakland metro, this opportunity becomes substantially weaker.
Programs that match
- General Grants for Youth-Centered Programs (The Barrios Trust)
What we'd want to confirm
- Can the organization prove current Oakland metropolitan service, not just future expansion interest?
- What proportion of participants are economically disadvantaged, and how is that defined?
- Is the apprenticeship pipeline already operating at meaningful scale, or is it still aspirational?
- Does the organization have the operational maturity to manage grant reporting and outcomes tracking?
- Can the proposal connect coding outcomes to broader youth development outcomes such as confidence, persistence, and belonging?
Suggested next steps
- Verify and document current service footprint, especially any Oakland, East Bay, or San Francisco school partnerships.
- Review the Barrios Trust application page and prepare for the next March 1 or September 1 deadline.
- Submit a first-time request in the $7,500-$10,000 range for a clearly defined Oakland-focused program component.
- Frame the request around economically disadvantaged youth, paid apprenticeship access, and developmental outcomes—not just coding instruction.
- Include concrete outputs and outcomes: number of Oakland youth served, cohort completion rates, apprenticeship placements, mentor hours, and post-program education/workforce milestones.
- If the organization serves both Oakland and San Francisco, foreground Oakland-specific numbers because that is where the trust’s actual giving is heaviest.
- If possible, identify any informal introductions through Bay Area education, youth development, or tech-sector networks; no direct connection is documented, but local ecosystem overlap may exist.
- Prepare a concise case statement showing how the program integrates academics with enrichment, mentorship, confidence-building, and career exposure.
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
$970k
Annual giving
$1.0M
Geographic scope
Local
97% in CA
Application mode
Not specified
| Grant size | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range across recent grants | $8k | $8k | $10k |
The Barrios Trust provides financial assistance to non-profit organizations and individuals supporting high quality educational and developmental experiences for economically disadvantaged young people in the Oakland Metropolitan area. We focus on programs that encourage healthy habits of mind and body, nourish cultural diversity and educate the whole child, preferring programs that integrate academic skills with enrichment activities to help young people develop skills, confidence and self-esteem.
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.
No notable grantees pulled yet for this funder. The funder's stated focus areas are below — Kindora updates this as new public 990s are filed.
Stated focus areas (from public profile)
- youth development
- education
- STEM workforce development
- arts and theater
- environmental education
- athletics and mentorship
Source: Public 990 grant lists and the funder's own published program descriptions.
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Sample data: Riverside Youth Coding Academy is a fictional 501(c)(3). The fit score, verdict, and rationales above were generated by Kindora's real matching and AI fit-analysis pipelines using public IRS Form 990 filings, public funder websites, and aggregated public grant histories. The funder is real.
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