Sample funder match
How AMB FOUNDATION stacks up for Riverside Youth Coding Academy.
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AMB FOUNDATION
EIN 36-4188235
Fit score
74
Fit analysis
Why this funder ranked where it did against the sample org's mission and programs.
AMB Foundation is a credible and worthwhile prospect for Riverside Youth Coding Academy, primarily because the foundation has a strong documented grantmaking presence in California ($173,100, or 34.5% of total grant dollars in the available 990 dataset) and accepts unsolicited proposals through an open application process. The strongest alignment is geographic and thematic around youth education and economic empowerment; AMB has funded education, job placement, and indigenous youth-focused work, including California-based grantees. However, the fit is not top-tier because AMB’s stated priority is specifically the health, education, and economic empowerment of indigenous peoples of the Americas, while Riverside Youth Coding Academy is described as a general youth coding and apprenticeship organization with no explicit Indigenous population focus in the available data. This makes the opportunity worth pursuing only if Riverside can credibly demonstrate direct benefit to Native or Indigenous youth in Oakland/East Bay or a relevant partnership serving that population.
Strategic framing
Position Riverside not as a general coding nonprofit seeking growth support, but as a project implementer advancing educational access and economic empowerment for Native or Indigenous youth in the Bay Area. The proposal should emphasize direct student benefit, measurable outcomes, and a culturally responsive pathway from coding exposure to paid apprenticeship experience. If such beneficiary alignment is limited, the organization should not try to force a weak fit; doing so will likely reduce competitiveness.
What's working
- California is a major AMB funding state, representing 34.5% of known grant dollars.
- Riverside’s model combines education with workforce preparation, which maps well to AMB’s education and economic empowerment themes.
- The apprenticeship component is especially attractive because it creates a direct pathway from learning to income and opportunity.
- AMB is open to unsolicited applications and has a strong new-grantee rate, making access realistic.
What's marginal
- Riverside Youth Coding Academy’s available description does not show a direct Indigenous-serving mandate, which is the foundation’s clearest priority.
- No evidence was provided of partnerships with Native organizations, tribal communities, Indigenous student groups, or schools serving significant Indigenous populations.
- The organization’s likely strongest current asks—growth, LMS infrastructure, onboarding systems, and advocacy—do not fit AMB’s stated preference against operating, administrative, and indirect support.
- No budget, staff size, or organization age data were provided, limiting confidence in organizational fit against AMB’s typical grantee profile.
Programs that match
- AMB Foundation General Grants
What we'd want to confirm
- Can Riverside document that Native or Indigenous youth are a meaningful target population within its current or proposed cohorts?
- Are there existing partnerships with Native-led organizations, Indigenous parent groups, or school district programs serving Indigenous students?
- Can the request be framed entirely as direct project support rather than systems-building or organizational expansion?
- Does Riverside have credible student outcome data to show educational and workforce impact for the proposed beneficiary group?
Suggested next steps
- Only prioritize this funder if Riverside can substantiate direct service to Native or Indigenous youth in Oakland, the East Bay, or partner school districts.
- Develop a tightly scoped project request for $10,000 focused on direct program delivery, not infrastructure: for example, coding cohort scholarships, paid apprenticeship stipends, culturally responsive STEM curriculum delivery, or mentor-supported learning for Indigenous students.
- Use the application narrative to quantify beneficiary fit: number and percentage of Indigenous students served, school partners, referral sources, and expected educational/workforce outcomes.
- Avoid framing the request around LMS development, instructor onboarding systems, or broad organizational expansion, as these read like capacity or operating needs that AMB rarely funds.
- Research whether Oakland Unified, SFUSD, or partner community organizations include Native student initiatives that Riverside can align with before submission.
- Submit for one of the stated deadlines—June 1 or November 1—and keep the proposal concise, project-based, and outcomes-focused.
- If Riverside cannot credibly demonstrate Indigenous beneficiary alignment, deprioritize this prospect in favor of California funders focused more broadly on youth STEM, workforce development, or education equity.
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
$3.1M
Annual giving
$502k
Geographic scope
National
0% in VA
Application mode
Not specified
| Grant size | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Range across recent grants | $10k | $10k | $10k |
AMB Foundation appears to concentrate its giving on education and workforce development programs, likely with an international focus in Latin America. Their support is large and targeted, funding a very small number of organizations that deliver education, skills training, and job-placement services rather than many small or local US charities.
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)
- Education programs in Latin America
- Job placement and vocational training for youth
- Community development in Guatemala / Quetzaltenango region
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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