California Association for Bilingual Education
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
PROMOTE AND SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND EQUITY.
- Income
- $9.1 million
- Spending
- $9.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 81%
- Reserves
- -0.1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 76%
- Employees
- 89
- Volunteers
- 14
- Highest pay
- $290,136, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 44 out of 100.
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 49% of what it owns.
Living within its means
4 of 15Spending exceeded income by 8% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1581% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2514 of 14 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $3.8 million spent. REGIONAL AND ANNUAL CONFERENCES PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO OVER 9,500 EDUCATORS, PARENTS/FAMILIES, AND STUDENTS TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS WHO MAKE UP 40% OF THE STUDENT POPULATION IN CALIFORNIA. ONE ANNUAL, FOUR REGIONAL CONFERENCES, AND ONE DUAL LANGUAGE INSTITUTE WERE SCHEDULED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025. ALL EVENTS WERE HELD VIA IN-PERSON. ALL EVENTS SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED EDUCATORS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH CREATIVE AND INTENTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES OF ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES. WE EMBEDDED INTO OUR CONFERENCE ASIAN LANGUAGES WORKSHOPS, PROGRAMS, AND STUDENT PERFORMANCES AS PART OF OUR BUILDING OF MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCY IN EDUCATORS. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO HELD AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LANGUAGES INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS AND PARENTS AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL CABE 2025 CONFERENCE 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION. AS PART OF OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, WE ALSO DEVELOPED A CABE HISTORY WEBSITE THAT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF CABE'S 50 YEAR HISTORY WITH VIDEOS, A HISTORICAL BOOK AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVED BUTTONS IN INCREMENTS OF FIVE YEARS OF CABE HISTORY.
- $2.1 million spent. THE NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, PROJECT PROMESA, IS A GRANT FUNDED BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WHICH OFFERS BOTH EDUCATOR AND PARENT/FAMILY PROFESSIONAL LEARNING ON DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAMS TO TWO DISTRICTS AND SIX SCHOOLS IN BOTH SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, OVER 300 EDUCATORS, PARENTS, AND FAMILIES CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN PROJECT PROMESA, A 5-YEAR GRANT, OF WHICH WE JUST COMPLETED YEAR FOUR.
- $1.8 million spent. CABE HAS REORGANIZED AND REBRANDED OUR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING SERVICES (PLS) AND FAMILY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT (FACE) DEPARTMENTS INTO ONE TEAM: L.E.A.D. (LEARN, EMPOWER. ADVOCATE) EDUCATIONAL SOLUTIONS EXPANDED ITS SERVICES AND WORKED WITH OVER 80 SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION IN 2024-2025. THESE PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED THROUGH CONTRACT-FOR-SERVICE AGREEMENTS AS WELL AS GRANTS FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION. TOPICS AND SERVICES OFFERED INCLUDE DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION, ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT, ASIAN LANGUAGES ROUND TABLE AND INSTITUTES, DUAL LANGUAGE TEACHER ACADEMY, ELD TEACHER ACADEMY, LITERACY/BILITERACY DEVELOPMENT, MULTILINGUAL MASTERPLANS, ADMINISTRATOR LEADERSHIP TEAMS, PROJECT GLAD, WRITE INSTITUTE, BILINGUAL CREDENTIAL AUTHORIZATION SUPPORT FOR PARA EDUCATORS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, SCIENCE FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
- $279,320 spent. CABE IS AN ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES PUBLIC AWARENESS THROUGH ADVOCACY AND INFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH LEARNER/ MULTILINGUAL LEARNER EDUCATION. EACH YEAR SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS ARE GIVEN AND BILINGUAL/MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION IS PROMOTED. THIS IS DONE THROUGH INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, PUBLICATIONS, WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA, CONFERENCES, AND REGIONAL AND STATEWIDE ADVOCACY RELATED TO ISSUES RELEVANT TO ENGLISH LEARNER/MULTILINGUAL LEARNER STUDENTS. THIS WORK IS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL LEVEL BY OUR MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATES. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2025, WE AWARDED FOUR STUDENT ESSAY SCHOLARSHIPS, SIX SEAL OF EXCELLENCE SCHOOL AWARDS, FOUR TEACHERSHIP AWARDS, TWO HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERSHIP AWARDS, THREE BOARD AWARDS AND SIX EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AWARDS. WE PRODUCED ONE MULTILINGUAL EDUCATOR PERIODICAL WITH 42 ARTICLES SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION, TWELVE ONLINE NEWSLETTERS, AND ONE WEBSITE. "INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGNS" IS A TERM USED TO LOOSELY DESCRIBE THE INFORMATION WE SEND OUT ON DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL ISSUES. CABE DOES NOT ENGAGE IN SPECIFIC POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS, AS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1978.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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