· Private foundation
California Institute of Contemporary Art
Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2020
- Under $10k4 grants · $15k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $339k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ARTS DIVISION | $45,000 |
| CENTER FOR AMERICAN MILITARY MUSIC | $40,000 |
| LAMBDA ARCHIVES SAN DIEGO | $34,259 |
| A REASON TO SURVIVE ARTS | $32,000 |
| SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| DIVERIONARY THEATRE | $20,000 |
| ART WITH IMPACT | $20,000 |
| EAST COUNTY YOUTH COMPANY | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
| UPSTREAM ARTS INC | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $14,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $12,000 |
| RAISE A CHILD | $12,000 |
| CENTER FOR ART AND THOUGHT | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $37k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2020, 4 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ARA Reason To Survive3× · 2017–2020 · $102k · revenue +48%
- ADArt Division3× · 2018–2020 · $95k · revenue +79%
- TCThe Center for American Military Music Opportuntie3× · 2018–2020 · $90k · revenue +87% · 30% of their budget
Funded once
- SMSt Madeleine Sophies Center Incgraduatedone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue +43%
- OIOne in Long Beach Inc dba The LGBTQ Center Long Beachgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +93%
- LALOVE AFTER WAR LLCone grant, 2018 · $16k
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.
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.
Youth in Arts builds visual and performing arts skills through innovative and in-depth programs that foster confidence, compassion and resilience in students of all abilities. We develop capacity among educators and teaching artists,…
Artist Trust supports the livelihoods of artists working in all disciplines to create a more vibrant and equitable Washington State.
As creative producers, we are devoted to the production and presentation of groundbreaking experiences in contemporary performance that use innovative approaches to collaboration, technology, and social engagement. As a service…
Arts Education Connection San Diego engages professional teaching artists to provide high-quality arts education programs in all art forms for students, educators, families and communities, advocating for, leading and advancing education…
Pacific Arts Movement presents Pan Asian media arts to San Diego residents and visitors in order to inspire, entertain, and support a more compassionate society.
to advance regional contemporary art and artists while fostering cultural equity through access to meaningful art experiences
Primary mission and purpose is to nurture and support media artists working in multimedia
ARTRONIKA is a collective of Los Angeles based artists that produce immersive arts programming showcasing an array of South Asian talent and culture. Through innovative and inclusive events, we reimagine traditional music, art, and…
Art2Action creates, develops, produces, and presents original theatre, interdisciplinary performances, artistic interventions, and progressive cultural organizing. We support Black, Indigenous, artists of color, women and queer or…
Founded in 1978, World Arts West is a nationally-recognized leader in advocating for cultural arts communities. Serving the largest multicultural dance and music network in the United States, we are a wraparound cultural artist service…
Awakenings provides survivors of sexual violence with a trauma-informed, inclusive art making experience that encourages healing.
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 33 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds A Reason To Survive ↗
- Who funds Art Division ↗
- Who funds The Center for American Military Music Opportuntie ↗
- Who funds Lambda Archives of San Diego ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ART WITH IMPACT ↗
- Who funds Green Wish Inc ↗
- Who funds SOULSVILLE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Raise A Child Incorporated ↗
- Who funds UPSTREAM ARTS INC ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR ART AND THOUGHT ↗
- Who funds St Madeleine Sophies Center Inc ↗
- Who funds One in Long Beach Inc dba The LGBTQ Center Long Beach ↗
- Who funds THE AJA PROJECT ↗
- Who funds THE CENTER FOR INDEPENDENT DOCUMENTARY INC ↗
- Who funds WONDERLUST PRODUCTIONS ↗
- Who funds SAN DIEGO YOUTH SYMPHONY & CONSERVATORY ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The San Diego Foundation · Price Philanthropies Foundation · The Conrad Prebys Foundation · Jewish Community Foundation of San Diego · Sempra Foundation · California Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization California Institute of Contemporary Art funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from California Institute of Contemporary Art. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Center for Independent Documentary Inc: 6% of income from government
How this is measured
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