Name

CARE Foundation

Legal name

Cloverdale Adds Resources for Education (CARE) Foundation

Website

https://cusdcare.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Foundation / Non-Profit Education Support

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Educational Support Services (61171), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Education Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

After-School, Tutoring & Academic Enrichment Nonprofits (BPAGADAC), Grantmaking Agencies & Education Program Grants Administration (EDADAHAD)

Keywords

• Educational foundation
• Teacher grants
• Non-profit education
• School fundraising
• Community education support

Headquarters

HQ city

Cloverdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals, families, and community members made via PayPal, check, or eScrip shopping programs. Donors can designate specific programs or causes.
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Local and regional businesses sponsor CARE Foundation through annual contributions. Sponsors include Calpine, Sonoma Clean Power, ACE Hardware Cloverdale, Rotary Club of Cloverdale, Kiwanis of Cloverdale, and numerous other local businesses.
3. Teacher Grants: Funding distributed to teachers through a grant application process. Teachers submit grant requests via an online Google form for educational programs, field trips, supplies, and enrichment activities.
4. eScrip Program: Percentage-based donations (1-15%) from online shopping mall purchases, 3-5% from participating merchants, and up to 5% from participating restaurants. Enrolled consumers designate CARE as their recipient organization.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CARE Foundation (Cloverdale Adds Resources for Education) is a privately funded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that funds educational enrichment programs for students of the Cloverdale Unified School District. Its core activity is awarding teacher grants for field trips, art programs, gardens, books, and other co-curricular programs, financed through individual donations, corporate sponsorships, and the eScrip shopping program.

Product overview

CARE Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1992 by parents, teachers, educators, and concerned citizens to support the Cloverdale Unified School District. The organization provides educational enrichment through teacher grants, community involvement, and fundraising partnerships. It is not a technology company and does not offer technology products or services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Teacher Grants Program Grant program through which teachers in the Cloverdale Unified School District submit applications (via an online Google form) for funding of educational programs, field trips, supplies, art programs, gardens, books, and other co-curricular enrichment activities. Applications are reviewed and approved by the CARE Board.
• Donation Program Tax-deductible donation program accepting individual contributions from community members via PayPal, check, or eScrip shopping program, with the ability for donors to designate specific programs or causes.
• Corporate Sponsorship Program Annual corporate sponsorship program through which local and regional businesses (including Calpine, Sonoma Clean Power, ACE Hardware Cloverdale, Rotary Club of Cloverdale, Kiwanis of Cloverdale, and Cloverdale Connect) contribute to CARE Foundation.
• eScrip Shopping Program

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• eScripcoreGTM or Marketing PartnereScrip is a shopping program that donates percentages of purchases to designated non-profits. CARE Foundation receives 1-15% from online mall purchases, 3-5% from participating merchants, and up to 5% from participating restaurants. Enrolled consumers link their cards/rewards to CARE #500005843.
• PayPal Giving FundcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerPayPal provides secure payment processing for online donations to CARE Foundation. Donors can contribute using PayPal's secure service through the foundation's website.
• CalpineminorOthersCorporate sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24
• Sonoma Clean PowerminorOthersCorporate sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24
• ACE Hardware CloverdaleminorOthersLocal business sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24
• Rotary Club of CloverdaleminorOthersCommunity organization sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24
• Kiwanis of CloverdaleminorOthersCommunity organization sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24
• Cloverdale ConnectminorOthersLocal business sponsor of CARE Foundation for 2023-24

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• DonorsChoose: National platform enabling individual donors to fund teacher requests — a scaled, technology-enabled version of CARE's teacher-grant model serving the same end user (K-12 teachers seeking classroom funds).
• AdoptAClassroom.org: National nonprofit funding K-12 classrooms directly — overlaps with CARE's mission of supplying teachers and students with educational resources, but at significantly greater scale.
• California Community Foundation: Large statewide philanthropic institution making education grants among many priorities — vastly larger scale, but shares the grantmaking-for-education mission category.

Direct peers

• Cotati-Rohnert Park Education Foundation: Community-based education foundation supporting C-RP schools with teacher grants and enrichment programs — directly comparable mission and structure.
• Petaluma Educational Foundation: Local education foundation granting funds to teachers and students for enrichment programs in Petaluma schools — a larger but structurally identical peer.
• Healdsburg Education Foundation: Community education foundation serving Healdsburg schools in Sonoma County via teacher grants and corporate sponsorships — directly analogous to CARE's model in a neighboring town.
• Sonoma Valley Education Foundation: Education foundation supporting Sonoma Valley schools through teacher grants and community fundraising — equivalent model in an adjacent Sonoma County geography.
• Windsor Educational Foundation: Sonoma County K-12 education foundation funding teacher grants and enrichment — same single-district, volunteer-board, donor-funded model as CARE.

Regional players

• Napa Valley Education Foundation: Education foundation serving Napa County schools through teacher grants and community donations — comparable model but operating in an adjacent region.
• Community Foundation Sonoma County: Larger regional grantmaking institution serving Sonoma County that includes education grants among many priority areas — a broader incumbent operating in CARE's geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pg/CUSDCARE/posts/?ref=page_internal

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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