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Decorative Arts Society

Fundraising primarily to support charitable women and needy teenager groups.

$410k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
14
Grants FY2025
14
Organizations funded FY2024
36%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,218
Organizations funded a year
12 to 19
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$1.2M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 36% of the organizations Decorative Arts Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 32% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving13$410k8%
FY202414$376k36%
FY202312$335k25%
FY202212$275k33%
FY202019$550k47%
FY201915$227k53%
FY201814$255k36%
FY201712$156kn/a
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What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$965kHousing & Shelter$518kHealth$499kFood & Nutrition$188kEmployment$170kYouth Development$125kEducation$65kArts & Culture$30kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures$180,00071%
Thomas House Temporary Shelter$170,21853%
Beyond Blindness$150,00062%
South County Outreach$143,00041%
Mariposa Women and Family Center$140,00032%
Taller San Jose Hope Builders$135,00061%
Serving People In Need Inc$125,00052%
Fristers$115,00068%
Caterinas Club$110,20024%
Icec$103,31141%
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All grantees of Decorative Arts Society by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures$180,00071%
Thomas House Temporary Shelter$170,21853%
Beyond Blindness$150,00062%
South County Outreach$143,00041%
Mariposa Women and Family Center$140,00032%
Taller San Jose Hope Builders$135,00061%
Serving People In Need Inc$125,00052%
Fristers$115,00068%
Caterinas Club$110,20024%
Icec$103,31141%
Breast Cancer Solutions$85,00067%
Human Options Inc$80,00021%
Friendly Center Inc$65,00031%
Family Support Network$65,00024%
Project Hope Alliance$55,00031%
Women Helping Women$55,00032%
Orange County Rescue Mission Inc$52,45030%
Casa Youth Shelter$50,00022%
Providence Speech and Hearing Center$45,50030%
Waymakers$45,00020%
Project Self-Sufficiency$45,00027%
Laurel House Inc dba Hope Harbor$45,00023%
Families Forward$45,00011%
Hope Ignites Southern California$40,00024%
Boys and Girls Club of Buena Park$40,00021%
Homeless Intervention Services of Orange County$40,00021%
Project Scientist Inc$35,00013%
Casa Youth Center$25,0001n/a
Build Futures$25,000126%
Mary's Shelter$25,00010%
The Decorative Arts Trust$25,00011%
Youth Employment Service of the Harbor Area Inc$20,00022%
Laura's House$20,00020%
Healthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County$20,00010%
Templo Calvario Community Development Corporation$20,00010%
Boys Hope Girls Hope$15,0001n/a
Families Forward$15,0001n/a
Families Forward$15,0001n/a
Casa Teresa Inc$15,00010%
American Red Cross$15,0001n/a
The Autism Community in Action$15,00011%
Illumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation$15,00010%
Environmental Nature Center$10,00011%
Laurel House$10,0001n/a
Laguna College of Art & Design$10,00010%
Pretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County$5,00010%
Down Syndrome Association of Orange County$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Decorative Arts Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWomens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures: $180,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetThomas House Temporary Shelter: $170,218 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetBeyond Blindness: $150,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetSouth County Outreach: $143,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMariposa Women and Family Center: $140,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetTaller San Jose Hope Builders: $135,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetServing People In Need Inc: $125,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetFristers: $115,000 over 6y, 7.6% of budgetCaterinas Club: $110,200 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetIcec: $103,311 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetBreast Cancer Solutions: $85,000 over 6y, 7.4% of budgetHuman Options Inc: $80,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFriendly Center Inc: $65,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetFamily Support Network: $65,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetProject Hope Alliance: $55,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetWomen Helping Women: $55,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetOrange County Rescue Mission Inc: $52,450 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCasa Youth Shelter: $50,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetProvidence Speech and Hearing Center: $45,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWaymakers: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetProject Self-Sufficiency: $45,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetLaurel House Inc dba Hope Harbor: $45,000 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetFamilies Forward: $45,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHope Ignites Southern California: $40,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Buena Park: $40,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetHomeless Intervention Services of Orange County: $40,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetProject Scientist Inc: $35,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetBuild Futures: $25,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetMary's Shelter: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Decorative Arts Trust: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYouth Employment Service of the Harbor Area Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetLaura's House: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHealthy Smiles for Kids of Orange County: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTemplo Calvario Community Development Corporation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCasa Teresa Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Autism Community in Action: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetIllumination Health Home formerly The Illumination Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Nature Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetLaguna College of Art & Design: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPretend City the Children's Museum of Orange County: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDown Syndrome Association of Orange County: $5,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 41.

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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.

Orange County Communi…O L Halsell FoundationSisters of St Joseph …The Devto Support Fou…Hoag Memorial Hospita…Glen and Dorothy Stil…Edwards Lifesciences …Farmers & Merchants B…Angels Baseball Found…The Crean FoundationHenry L Guenther Foun…Samueli Foundation
Orange County Community FoundationCA63× affinity32 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Orange County Community Foundation · O L Halsell Foundation · Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation · The Devto Support Foundation · Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian · Glen and Dorothy Stillwell Charitable Trust · Edwards Lifesciences Foundation · Farmers & Merchants Bank Foundation · Angels Baseball Foundation Inc · The Crean Foundation · Henry L Guenther Foundation · Samueli 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.

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About Decorative Arts Society

How much does Decorative Arts Society give?
Decorative Arts Society reported 14 grants totaling $410,218 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does Decorative Arts Society fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (37%), Housing & Shelter (20%), Health (19%).
Who are Decorative Arts Society's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Womens Transitional Living Center Inc Radiant Futures ($180k), Thomas House Temporary Shelter ($170k), Beyond Blindness ($150k).
Does Decorative Arts Society fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 36% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Decorative Arts Society?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Orange County Community Foundation, O L Halsell Foundation, Sisters of St Joseph Healthcare Foundation.
Where is Decorative Arts Society based?
Decorative Arts Society is based in CA.

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 47 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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