· 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $41k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| PS ARTS | $18,318 |
| FOCUS 5 | $12,600 |
| ARTS EDUCATION CONNECTION SAN DIEGO | $10,000 |
| ARTS COUNCIL FOR MONTEREY COUNTY | $7,200 |
| VICTOR VATIC PRODUCTIONS | $6,000 |
| PALOS VERDES ART CENTER | $5,000 |
| COTA | $4,000 |
| PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY | $3,700 |
| QUAVERED | $2,400 |
| MONTEREY COUNTY PARKS | $780 |
| DRAMA NOTEBOOK | $630 |
| TULEBURG PRESS | $400 |
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 (FY20–24, $101k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
26 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PAPS ARTS7× · 2017–2025 · $532k · revenue +35%
COMMONWEAL4× · 2020–2024 · $101k · revenue +115%- SCSUNSET CULTURAL CENTER INC4× · 2017–2020 · $100k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- ACALAMEDA COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATIONone grant, 2017 · $40k
- EAEVERYDAY ARTSone grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -20%
- MEMONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLone grant, 2021 · $12k
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.
Occidental Center for the Arts exists to provide a welcoming and accessible venue for the performing and visual arts in Sonoma County California for local regional national and international artists. our mission is to enrich our community…
To advance the visual, literary and performing arts in san luis obispo county through programs that promote local arts planning and collaboration; the arts in educational settings; public access to the arts; and opportunities for artists…
The San Francisco Arts Education Project provides participatory experiences in the arts to the children of San Francisco so they are better equipped to make use of their creative abilities in all aspects of their lives.
The Museum of Children's Art (MOCHA) in Oakland aims to ensure the arts are a fundamental part of the community by providing quality, hands-on art experiences, particularly for children at risk academically or in underserved areas. Their…
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,…
To establish and maintain a positive school culture in which all students are motivated to learn, support each other, and have structures in place that assist students in accessing their full artistic and academic potential.
Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…
To advance arts justice by ensuring that all students in under-resourced oakland public schools receive a comprehensive arts education in order to improve learning and promote achievement.
The organization's mission is to generate creativity, vibrancy, and connection within santa cruz county; to fund and support artists in the community, arts education and effective community collaborations in the arts.
Create CA advocates for high-quality arts education for all students by providing policy expertise and mobilizing a statewide network of advocates and allied partners.
Enriching Lives Through the Arts
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 44 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 PS ARTS ↗
- Who funds COTA (COLLABORATIONS TEACHERS AND ARTISTS) INC ↗
- Who funds COMMONWEAL ↗
- Who funds SUNSET CULTURAL CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS IN OAKLAND EDUCATION DBA VINCENT ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds EVERYDAY ARTS ↗
- Who funds Arts Education Connection San Diego ↗
- Who funds Palos Verdes Art Center Beverly G Alpay Center for Arts Education ↗
- Who funds PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ARTS COUNCIL FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
- Who funds Bay Area Creative BAC ↗
- Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS ↗
- Who funds PERFORMING ARTS CENTER OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Turnaround Arts California funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Turnaround Arts California. Bigger dots raise more.
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