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Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts

The primary and specific purposes of Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts are to foster public interest in and appreciation for symphony, further the work of the los angeles philharmonic association and other local public benefit symphonic associations, support symphonic, cultural and educational programs for young people in southern…

$1.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
40
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$405k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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$9.9MEducation$366kHealth$164kHuman Services$26kPhilanthropy$16kCommunity Improvement$12kYouth Development$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 40 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k17 grants · $123k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $252k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $246k
  • $250k+1 grant · $405k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSC$405,000
OTHERS 5000 AND LESS$245,800
OAK KNOLL MONTESORRI SCHOOL$20,000
CENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS A$20,000
THERAPEUTIC LIV CNTRS BLIND$15,000
USC THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC$15,000
PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEA$15,000
LOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY$12,000
ACADEMY OF MUSIC FOR THE BLIN$12,000
OAKWOOD BRASS$12,000
ELIOT ARTS MAGNET ACADEMY$10,500
DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCH$10,200
A NOISE WITHIN$10,000
VILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES$10,000
PASADENA CONSERVATORY OF MUSI$10,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $46k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOOTHILL FAMILY: $8k → 14%HILLSIDES: $5k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD & FAMILY SERVICE: $5k → 14%HILLSIDES: $5k → 14%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $2k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORE CH FAM SVS: $7k → 14%HATHAWAY-SYCAMORE CH FAM SVS: $6k → 14%YOUNG MUSICIANS FOUNDATION: $8k → 14%PASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $2k → 14%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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 44 repeat orgs$6.7M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

44 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
60

Total granted

$4.8M
$6.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+19%

Still filing today

89%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

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Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $2.4M · revenue +28%
  • TC
    THE COLBURN SCHOOL
    5× · 2017–2024 · $86k · revenue +90%
  • Pasadena Conservatory of Music
    8× · 2017–2025 · $79k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • CF
    CRESCENDO FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTSgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $6.3M · revenue +113%
  • O5
    OTHERS 5000 OR LESS
    one grant, 2019 · $105k
  • M
    MuseIque
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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.

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San Bernardino Valley Concert Association
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2
Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra

Kaleidoscope is a conductorless orchestra dedicated to enriching lives through exhilarating concert experience, artistic excellence, musician leadership, and connecting with the diverse communities of Los Angeles.

Arts & Culture
3
Los Angeles Symphony

The main function of los angeles symphony is to operate educational organization which provides the quality music to local community comprised of various ethnic groups.

Arts & Culture
4
Los Angeles International Dance Festival
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5
Socal Symphony Society

The Culver City Symphony Orchestra strives to enlighten and inspire the diverse citizenry of Culver City and the Los Angeles area through the presentation of orchestral music concerts, to present works of American composers, and to…

Arts & Culture
6
Hermosa Beach Youth Music

To initiate and develop musci education programs for Hermosa Beach youth.

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7
California Bach Society Inc

Choral Music Performances: California Bach Society is a 30-voice chamber choir known for finely wrought interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque music, often accompanied by leading period instrumentalists. Each season, the choir performs…

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8
Chamber Music Oc

The Performance Division is designed to provide residents of the greater Orange County area with world-class chamber music performances presented by rising stars and established veterans in the classical music world. The Education Division…

Arts & Culture
9
Los Angeles Youth Orchestra

To provide music education and an orchestra experience for Los Angeles Youth.

Arts & Culture
10
California Music Center

To seek and nurture exceptional young string musicians, foster and further their performance and professional skills development, and provide them with performance opportunities and monetary support.

Arts & Culture
11
Californians for Arts and Music Education in Public Schools

To support policies and ballot measures to increase funding and awareness of the importance of arts and music education in public schools.

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12
The Crowden Music Center

Where Students come to receive a world class education with music at its core.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pacific Opera Project; the most unlike its peers is Crescendo for Music and the Arts. 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

91 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 91 of the 115 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
89/91
Grantees still filing
56/91
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CRESCENDO FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS: $6,296,420 · PhilanthropyCRESCENDO FOR MUSIC AND THE ARTS+2 more: $104,200 · PhilanthropyLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $2,359,200 · Arts & CultureLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCI…+48 more: $883,600 · Arts & Culture+48 moreOTHERS 5000 AND LESS: $1,095,139 · OtherOTHERS 5000 AND…OTHERS 5000 OR LESS: $105,219 · OtherOTHERS 5000 OR …LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $66,500 · OtherPASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: $64,730 · Other+35 more: $258,280 · Other+35 moreUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $88,220 · EducationTHERAPEUTIC LIVING CENTERS FOR THE BLIND INC: $77,000 · EducationVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $50,000 · EducationCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $30,700 · EducationOAK KNOLL MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,000 · EducationHarmony Project: $12,500 · Education+9 more: $40,400 · EducationHATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $17,770 · Human ServicesHILLSIDES: $10,000 · Human ServicesFoothill Family Service: $7,500 · Human ServicesCharity Navigator: $7,500 · Human ServicesASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ANGELES: $2,000 · Human ServicesPASADENA SENIOR CENTER: $1,600 · Human ServicesAlhambra Educational Foundation: $22,500 · Membership BenefitChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,400 · HealthOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $10,000 · Health
Philanthropy$6,400,620Arts & Culture$3,242,800Other$1,589,868Education$318,820Human Services$46,370Membership Benefit$22,500Health$21,400

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $2,359,200 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $88,220 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE COLBURN SCHOOL: $86,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPasadena Conservatory of Music: $79,400 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetTHERAPEUTIC LIVING CENTERS FOR THE BLIND INC: $77,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetAcademy of Music for the Blind: $68,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS FOUNDATION: $66,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetLOS ANGELES OPERA COMPANY: $65,700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $62,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCENTER THEATRE GROUP OF LOS ANGELES: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA ESPERANZA SERVICES: $50,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GLENDALE YOUTH ORCHESTRA: $46,500 over 5y, 38% of budgetGRAND VISION FOUNDATION: $42,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetLA CANADA FLINTRIDGE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetARCADIA MUSIC CLUB INC: $36,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE REDESIGN OF LEARNING: $35,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOAKWOOD BRASS - OUTREACH PROJECT: $34,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY DOMINGUEZ HILLS PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION: $30,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMUSYCA: $30,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetHELIX COLLECTIVE: $27,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetLOS ANGELES CHILDREN'S CHORUS: $26,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSOUTH PASADENA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $26,250 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PASADENA SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $26,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION: $23,250 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetAlhambra Educational Foundation: $22,500 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetSANTA CECILIA OPERA AND ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOAK KNOLL MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPASADENA MASTER CHORALE ASSN dba Pasadena Chorale: $18,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetHATHAWAY-SYCAMORES CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $17,770 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetA Noise Within: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSan Gabriel Valley Music Theatre Inc: $17,000 over 3y, 8.0% of budgetTHE PASADENA PLAYHOUSE STATE THEATRE OF CALIFORNIA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAngelica Center for Arts and Music: $14,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetMUSIC CENTER FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLos Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra: $13,750 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetTHE LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY INC: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHarmony Project: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE ASSOCIATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN YOUTH SYMPHONY INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPLAYHOUSE VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 2y, 8.9% of budgetChildren's Hospital Los Angeles: $11,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMuseIque: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSIDES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLA COUNTY LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetSan Gabriel Educational Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetOptimist Boys' Home and Ranch Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 3.5% 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.

Pasadena Community Fo…The Ahmanson Foundati…The Ralph M Parsons F…The Rose Hills Founda…The Green FoundationCalifornia Community …Ann Peppers FoundationThe Meredith and Rose…Perenchio FoundationColburn FoundationRotary Club of Pasade…Michael J Connell Fou…
Pasadena Community FoundationCA56× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Pasadena Community Foundation · The Ahmanson Foundation · The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Rose Hills Foundation · The Green Foundation · California Community Foundation · Ann Peppers Foundation · The Meredith and Rosemary Willson Charit (Aka the Music Man Foundation) · Perenchio Foundation · Colburn Foundation · Rotary Club of Pasadena Foundation · Michael J Connell Foundation Michael J Connell Charities Lte

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 Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pasadena Showcase House For The Arts. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    33report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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.

    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 115 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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