NonprofitsOpportunity Institute

Human Services

Opportunity Institute

BERKELEY, CA

Total revenue

$776K

Total expenses

$823K

Net assets

$113K

Grants received

$3.9M

23 grants

EIN

473888926

Tax year

2023

Mission

The opportunity institute is a non-profit organization that promotes social mobility and equity by improving outcomes from early childhood through early career. We focus on education, which plays a critical role in opening opportunities, and the related social policies that make true opportunity possible.

Programs

2 programs

Resource equity: advocating for adequate and sustained funding for public schools and the equitable allocation of educational resources, with higher-need schools and districts getting their fair share.

Expenses: $249K

Equity indicators: supporting the use of the monitoring educational equity framework developed by the national academies of sciences, engineering, and medicine (nas) to analyze disparities, as well as the development of state-based equity indicator systems and a federal equity indicator system.adolescent learning and development project: is a highly focused effort to utilize a "whole child" approach to address the unique developmental needs of adolescents and youth. We work to identify the practice changes that need to happen, and the policy supports that will accelerate the institutional changes required so changes are both sustainable and transformative at scale.

Expenses: $135K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$776K
Program service revenue
Investment income$195
Other revenue
Total revenue$776K

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$605K
Fundraising$4K
Other expenses$218K
Total expenses$823K
Total assets$114K
Net assets$113K

People

13 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MARIA ECHAVESTE

PRESIDENT/CEO

Board

$197K

40 hrs/wk

CYNTHIA PALMERIN

DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Board

$113K

40 hrs/wk

ROBERT SHIREMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTOPHER EDLEY JR

CO-FOUNDER/PRESIDENT EMERI

Board

2 hrs/wk

MARK G YUDOF

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ARNOLD SOWELL

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

LAURA DANDREA TYSON

CHAIR

Board

2 hrs/wk

THOMAS SAENZ

SECRETARY

Board

2 hrs/wk

ROBERT REICH

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BILL RICHARDSON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

GUY JOHNSON

PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$150K

40 hrs/wk

WINSOME WAITE

PROGRAM OFFICER

Staff

$145K

40 hrs/wk

CHIARA PARISI

PROGRAM ANALYST

Staff

$105K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 23 of 23

FromAmountPurposeYear
$500K
FOR SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL EQUITY INDICATORS
2023
$250K
K-12 EDUCATION; PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
2023
$200K
SKILLS - INVESTMENT TO EQUIP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SKILLS, TRAINING, AND EXPERIENCES TO THRIVE PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY
2023
$300K
FOR SUPPORT OF DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL EQUITY INDICATORS
2022
$83K
For general support
2022
$75K
BUILDING CIVIC POWER
2022
$10K
EDUCATION FUNDING CHALLENGES RESEARCH
2022
$200K
For applying the science of adolescent learning to school improvement strategies
2021
$117K
For general support
2021
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$250K
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2020
$200K
FOR APPLYING THE SCIENCE OF ADOLESCENT LEARNING TO SCHOOL DESIGN AND INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE
2020
$100K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$50K
To support research on the Whole Child Equity initiative
2020
$250K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$100K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$250K
RENEWING COMMUNITIES
2018
$75K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2018
$500K
GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC AWARENESS AND ANALYSIS
2017
$100K
RESEARCH AND LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
2017

Funded by

$3.9M from 10 funders · 23 grants · 2017–2023

Gates Foundation

$1.1M · 4 grants · 2017–2023

The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

$800K · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Carnegie Corporation Of New York

$800K · 6 grants · 2019–2022

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$500K · 2 grants · 2018–2019

California Community Foundation

$300K · 3 grants · 2019–2021

The Eli And Edythe Broad Foundation

$200K · 1 grant · 2023

Latino Community Foundation

$75K · 1 grant · 2022

Details

EIN473888926
NTEE codeP20
Subsection03
Ruling date2015-08
Formed2015
Employees7
Volunteers7
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