California · Public charity
Turnaround Arts California
Turnaround arts: california harnesses the power of the arts to engage, empower, and transform schools in marginalized communities throughout the state.
- $91k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $71k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $18,318
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 57% of the organizations Turnaround Arts California funded were first-time grantees, receiving 28% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $71k | 55% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $59k | 57% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $108k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $59k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $89k | 18% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $247k | 6% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $439k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $443k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps Arts | $532,163 | 7 | 5% |
| Cota (Collaborations Teachers and Artists) Inc | $170,926 | 7 | 15% |
| Santa Ana Unified School District | $108,724 | 7 | n/a |
| Commonweal | $100,504 | 4 | 1% |
| Sunset Cultural Center Inc | $100,360 | 4 | 1% |
| Mpusd | $96,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District | $72,966 | 4 | n/a |
| Stockton Unified School District | $71,550 | 4 | n/a |
| South Bay Union Elementary School District | $68,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compton Unified School District | $55,492 | 4 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ps Arts | $532,163 | 7 | 5% |
| Cota (Collaborations Teachers and Artists) Inc | $170,926 | 7 | 15% |
| Santa Ana Unified School District | $108,724 | 7 | n/a |
| Commonweal | $100,504 | 4 | 1% |
| Sunset Cultural Center Inc | $100,360 | 4 | 1% |
| Mpusd | $96,600 | 6 | n/a |
| Klamath-Trinity Joint Unified School District | $72,966 | 4 | n/a |
| Stockton Unified School District | $71,550 | 4 | n/a |
| South Bay Union Elementary School District | $68,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Compton Unified School District | $55,492 | 4 | n/a |
| Orange County Superintendent of Schools | $54,667 | 2 | n/a |
| Los Angeles Unified School District | $43,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Alameda County Office of Education | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Partners in Oakland Education Dba Vincent Academy | $40,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Ravenswood City School District | $35,600 | 5 | n/a |
| San Diego Unified School District | $32,996 | 5 | n/a |
| Alhambra Unified School District | $31,624 | 3 | n/a |
| Chula Vista Elementary School District | $30,010 | 2 | n/a |
| San Bernardino City Unified School District | $29,700 | 5 | n/a |
| Paramount Unified School District | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Avenal Elementary | $23,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Greenfield Union School District | $23,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Lynwood Unified School Distric | $18,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Everyday Arts | $15,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Arts Education Connection San Diego | $15,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Focus 5 | $12,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Mt Diablo Unified School Dist | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hayward Unified School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inglewood Unified School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oakland Unified School District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arts Council for Monterey County | $7,980 | 1 | 0% |
| Bay Area Creative BAC | $7,130 | 1 | 1% |
| Partnership for Los Angeles Schools | $6,110 | 2 | 0% |
| Victor Vatic Productions | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Art Makes US | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | $5,525 | 2 | 0% |
| Chapter 510 Ink | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Quavered | $2,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Drama Notebook | $630 | 1 | n/a |
| Tuleburg Press | $400 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Turnaround Arts California supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Project Lead the Way Inc · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Share Our Strength · Project Lead the Way Inc · For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) · Elbridge Stuart Foundation Dba Stuart Foundation · Round It Up America Inc · California Community Foundation · Raising A Reader · Los Angeles Universal Preschool · Feed the Children Inc
How this is measured
About Turnaround Arts California
- How much does Turnaround Arts California give?
- Turnaround Arts California reported 12 itemized grants totaling $71,028, out of $91,328 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Turnaround Arts California fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (49%), Arts & Culture (49%), Human Services (2%).
- Who are Turnaround Arts California's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Ps Arts ($532k), Cota (Collaborations Teachers and Artists) Inc ($171k), Santa Ana Unified School District ($109k).
- Does Turnaround Arts California fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Turnaround Arts California?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Project Lead the Way Inc, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, GenYOUTH Incorporated.
- Where is Turnaround Arts California based?
- Turnaround Arts California is based in CA.
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