California · Nonprofit
A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC
A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,329 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($47,684). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $301k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $10k
What A Cappella Academy Inc does
Mission
Our intensive 10-day summer vocal music program is designed to train, foster, and inspire the bright young minds of contemporary a cappella. Serving students ages 12-18, we are a community that comes together from all walks of life from all over the world, and forms connections through a love for music. We believe in the power of removing barriers and creating a sense of belonging, regardless of our differences.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
10-day summer program open to students ages 12-18 from around the world. They audition online and around 80 are accepted. Program structure includes: small group rehearsals and all-day camp choir rehearsals; classes on topics such as vocal performance, arranging, directing, songwriting, vocal percussion, active listening, social media, recording, live sound, group dynamics, and business management; guest performances featuring guest artists who provide interactive insight into their area of expertise via performances, workshops, and Q&A sessions; opportunities to collaborate with peers and staff and perform in a talent show alone or with others; activities/leisure time, including a field trip, group bonding activities, and outdoor games; final showcase performance for a live audience featuring small groups and all-camp choir. Music videos and audio tracks are also produced/released.
$275,783 spent$241,590 earned by the program96% of program spendingAcademy Choir Los Angeles (ACLA) is a choir group that holds weekly rehearsals in Los Angeles and hosts concerts open to the public. ACLA is an exciting ensemble that fuses pop a cappella and modern choral singing. Drawing influence from these two distinct vocal worlds, ACLA performs a wide range of repertoire meant to redefine what choir can be. We create a welcoming and supportive environment where singers can learn to be dynamic, versatile performers.
$10,786 spent$9,608 earned by the program4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $286,569.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $38k to $20k (−48%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
16% of A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $4k → $28k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 76%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
77% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 53% · 2022 68% · 2023 58% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
68% of A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $42k that is directly attributable, 70% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $88k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC?
- A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,329 to it, the largest being PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND ($47,684). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $130,329 in grants to A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC?
- PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $47,684 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like A CAPPELLA ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 7 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing