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Alliance for California Traditional Arts

ACTA's mission is to ensure that California's future holds California's past.

$2.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
48
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$997kReligion$437kPhilanthropy$103kScience & Tech$103kHuman Services$75kEducation$50kCommunity Improvement$27kEnvironment$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 48 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 48 grants below total $675,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,117,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,442,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k47 grants · $625k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$12,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$6.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Backyard 4 Life LLC$50,000
Cambodian American Resource A$25,000
Dancers Group$25,000
Agua Sol y Sereno INC$25,000
Lao Community Cultural Center$12,500
Manilatown Heritage Foundatio$12,500
Somos Familia$12,500
Au Co Vietnamese Cultural Cen$12,500
Eszterlanc Hungarian Ensemble$12,500
Diamano Coura West African Da$12,500
Kultivate Labs$12,500
Chavalos De Aqui y Alla$12,500
Trinity County Arts Council$12,500
Purple Silk Music Education$12,500
Hmong Youth and Parents Unite$12,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $38k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 33% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Hmong Youth and Parents Unite: $13k → 12%Celebration Nation Inc: $13k → 8%Somos Familia: $13k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126k · 5 repeat orgs$915k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +102% since the first grant, against +48% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 44 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
9

Total granted

$126k
$290k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+102%
+48%

Still filing today

100%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 7% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $625k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’24
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyInternationalOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • DC
    Diamano Coura West African Dance Co
    2× · 2017–2024 · $23k · revenue +346%
  • SO
    SCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP
    2× · 2018–2024 · $23k · revenue +107%
  • DD
    DIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER INCORPORATED
    2× · 2018–2019 · $20k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • WF
    Walter & Flora Hewlett Found
    one grant, 2020 · $103k
  • WA
    WALTER AND ELISE HAAS FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $53k · revenue -37%
  • SF
    SURDNA FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $50k · revenue +16%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
San Francisco Basque Folkloric Groups
Arts & Culture
2
Indian Dance Training Center

Indian Dance Training Center (IDTC) is a community development organizationaimed at empowering the youth through cultural dance training of traditional SouthAsian dance styles as well as classical theater. IDTC provides trainings,…

Arts & Culture
3
Cultura y Arte Nativa De Las Americas

Carnaval San Francisco cultivates and celebrates the diverse Latin American, Caribbean, and African roots of the Mission District and the San Francisco Bay Area. We accomplish our mission through dance, music, the visual arts.

Arts & Culture
4
Herencia Hispana San Diego

Unite all latino americans

Membership Benefit
5
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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6
San Francisco Filipino Cultural Center
Arts & Culture
7
Hispanic Heritage Literature

Culture advance and literature

Arts & Culture
8
Tierra Caliente Academy of Arts

Dance, theater and music

Arts & Culture
9
Ecuador Cultural Alliance
Education
10
Comite Cultural Mexicano
Arts & Culture
11
Casa de la Cultura Inc

Casa de la Cultura was created as an entity that would support and foster the growth and promotion of LatinoHispanic arts in our region Casa de la Cultura is dedicated to creating space where Hispanic artists can grow showcase and promote…

Arts & Culture
12
Floricanto Dance Theatre

Danza Floricanto/USA - founded in 1975 by Gema Sandoval. Danza Floricanto/USA is the oldest existing professional Mexican folk dance troupe in Los Angeles. As professional dancers, their purpose is to preserve Mexican culture, validate it…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is School of Arts and Culture At Mhp; the most unlike its peers is Walter and Elise Haas Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 58 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/47
Grantees still filing
22/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Walter & Flora Hewlett Found: $102,500 · OtherWalter & Flora Hewlett FoundWALTER AND ELISE HAAS FUND: $52,500 · OtherWALTER AND ELISE HAAS FUNDBackyard 4 Life LLC: $50,000 · OtherBackyard 4 Life LLCEL TEATRO DE LA TIERRA: $41,500 · OtherEL TEATRO DE LA TIERRAKINGS REGIONAL TRADITIONAL FOLK ARTS INC: $29,000 · OtherKINGS REGIONAL TRADITIONAL FOLK ARTS INCCAMBODIAN AMERICAN RESOURCE AGENCY: $25,000 · OtherMERCED LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY INC: $19,500 · Other+16 more: $194,500 · Other+16 moreDANCERS GROUP: $25,000 · Arts & CultureDANCERS GROUPAGUA SOL Y SERENO INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureAGUA SOL Y SERENO INCDiamano Coura West African Dance Co: $22,500 · Arts & CultureDiamano Coura West African Dance CoSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP: $22,500 · Arts & CultureSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHPDIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER INCORPORATED: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDIMENSIONS DANCE THEATER INCORPORATEDDANZANTES UNIDOS DE CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · Arts & CultureDANZANTES UNIDOS DE CALIFORNIAINDIGENOUS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $12,500 · Arts & CultureMUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureEAST LA SOCIETY OF FILM & ARTS: $12,500 · Arts & CultureLa Pea Cultural Center Inc: $12,500 · Arts & CulturePURPLE SILK MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,500 · Arts & CultureASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF FILIPINO AMERICAN: $12,500 · Arts & CultureMARIGOLD PROJECT INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureManilatown Heritage Foundation: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCulturas Music & Arts: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTHE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DANCE: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCHAKSAM-PA: $12,500 · Arts & CultureNa Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau: $12,500 · Arts & CultureTRINITY COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCHAVALOS DE AQUI Y ALLA: $12,500 · Arts & CultureCUBACARIBE: $12,500 · Arts & CultureLITTLE MANILA RISING: $12,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $17,000 · Arts & CultureSURDNA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · PhilanthropyKumeyaay Community College Inc: $12,500 · EducationGENERACIONES EN ACCION: $12,500 · EducationLATINOS UNIDOS DEL CONDADO DE SONOM: $12,500 · EducationINTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK LATINOS: $12,500 · EducationHMONG YOUTH AND PARENTS UNITED: $12,500 · Human ServicesCELEBRATION NATION INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesSomos Familia: $12,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,500 · Community ImprovementKULTIVATE LABS: $12,500 · Community ImprovementCentro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno: $12,500 · International
Other$514,500Arts & Culture$351,500Philanthropy$50,000Education$50,000Human Services$37,500Community Improvement$25,000International$12,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWALTER AND ELISE HAAS FUND: $52,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSURDNA FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEL TEATRO DE LA TIERRA: $41,500 over 2y, 11% of budgetKINGS REGIONAL TRADITIONAL FOLK ARTS INC: $29,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetDANCERS GROUP: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetAGUA SOL Y SERENO INC: $25,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetDiamano Coura West African Dance Co: $22,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetSCHOOL OF ARTS AND CULTURE AT MHP: $22,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetMERCED LAO FAMILY COMMUNITY INC: $19,500 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetINDIGENOUS COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $12,500 over 1y, 13% of budgetCentro Binacional Para El Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaqueno: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTataviam Land Conservancy: $12,500 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetHMONG YOUTH AND PARENTS UNITED: $12,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMUSIC IS EXTRAORDINARY INC: $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEAST LA SOCIETY OF FILM & ARTS: $12,500 over 1y, 39% of budgetEL SERENO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST: $12,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetLa Pea Cultural Center Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPURPLE SILK MUSIC EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetKULTIVATE LABS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHomies Organizing The Mission To Empower Youth HOMEY: $12,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKumeyaay Community College Inc: $12,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMARIGOLD PROJECT INC: $12,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetManilatown Heritage Foundation: $12,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCulturas Music & Arts: $12,500 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetCENTER FOR TRAINING & CAREERS INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCELEBRATION NATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANOTHER LEVEL TRAINING ACADEMY: $12,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTHE MAHEA UCHIYAMA CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DANCE: $12,500 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetGENERACIONES EN ACCION: $12,500 over 1y, 37% of budgetNa Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu Hula Halau: $12,500 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetLATINOS UNIDOS DEL CONDADO DE SONOM: $12,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetCHAVALOS DE AQUI Y ALLA: $12,500 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetCUBACARIBE: $12,500 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetSomos Familia: $12,500 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetSAN BERNARDINO VALLEY CONCERT ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetAuco Vietnamese Cultural Center: $12,500 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetREGIONAL ORGANIZATION OF OAXACA: $10,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetMODESTO CAMBODIAN BUDDHIST SOCIETY INC: $7,000 over 1y, 5.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Zellerbach Family…The James Irvine Foun…Latino Community Foun…The San Francisco Fou…Kenneth Rainin Founda…The California Endowm…The William & Flora H…Center for Cultural I…California HumanitiesAmalgamated Charitabl…Public Health Institu…Gerbode Foundation
The Zellerbach Family FoundationCA27.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Zellerbach Family Foundation · The James Irvine Foundation · Latino Community Foundation · The San Francisco Foundation · Kenneth Rainin Foundation · The California Endowment · The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation · Center for Cultural Innovation · California Humanities · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Public Health Institute · Gerbode Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Alliance for California Traditional Arts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alliance for California Traditional Arts. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Alliance for California Traditional Arts through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 58 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $2.4M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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