California · Nonprofit
ACE MONSTER TOYS INC
ACE MONSTER TOYS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,600). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $306k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $39k
- Net assets
- $-184731
What Ace Monster Toys Inc does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to promote and encourage technical, scientific, and artistic skills through individual projects, social collaboration, and education.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Ace Monster Toys, doing business as Ace Makerspace, operates 4,000 square feet of shared workspace equipped with tools, technology, equipment, and other resources that enable people to create, learn, develop skills, and pursue independent projects. Members have 24/7 access to the makerspace, with space and tools for electronics, arts, 3D printing, laser cutting, metalworking, crafts, textiles, woodworking, CNC, large-format printing, and opportunities to connect with other makers. During the fiscal year, 180 unique individuals held memberships, with membership durations ranging from one month to a full year. Ace provided $7,940 in membership discounts, enabling 14 makers to access the makerspace at a reduced membership cost. Ace also welcomed visitors through free guest accounts, with 703 first-time visitors creating guest accounts during the year. Guest accounts provide limited access to the makerspace for people visiting with members or participating in workshops and free events. In addition to its educational program, Ace Makerspace also provided facility space for 32 workshops and classes hosted by external organizations. Ace fulfilled its Shuumi Land Tax commitment by…
$123,081 spent$209,765 earned by the program76% of program spendingOur Educational Program at Ace Makerspace offered 181 workshops serving 745 students, providing tool-based or project-based, hands-on opportunities to create, learn, and develop creative, technical, artistic, and making skills. Classes offered included laser cutting, woodworking, CNC, textiles, 3D printing, arts, and other creative and technical disciplines. This program was delivered through scheduled part-time instructors and volunteer-led classes, with volunteers contributing 100 hours of instruction during the year. Ace provided $1,497 in class fee discounts, enabling 21 individuals who requested assistance based on financial need to participate in classes at no cost.
$39,209 spent$39,897 earned by the program24% of program spendingOur Community Benefit Program at Ace Makerspace provided 259 free events serving 1,079 attendees, creating inclusive opportunities for people to gather, explore creative activities, share ideas, learn from one another, and connect with the broader community. These activities supported Ace's mission of bringing people together to create and learn, serving community members in Oakland and beyond. Ace also served as a Community Hub for East Bay Open Studios (EBOS), a program of Oakland Art Murmur, a local nonprofit, during four weekends-two in December and two in June. As an EBOS community hub, Ace provided free space for 10 artists to showcase and share their artwork with the public, creating opportunities for artists to exhibit their work and for community members to engage with local artists and the broader Oakland arts community. At least 400 visitors attended the EBOS at Ace Community Hub exhibitions. These community benefit activities were supported with 200 hours of volunteer hosting and other volunteer support, along with the infrastructure from the makerspace operations and our Educational Program.
$454 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
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The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $162,744.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $124k to $413k (+233%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 21% · 2022 12% · 2024 7% · 2025 5% · 2026 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
18% of ACE MONSTER TOYS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (55% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Sylvia Gonzalez
Chair & CEO, director
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $36.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 74% 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 ACE MONSTER TOYS 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
ACE MONSTER TOYS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% 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 ACE MONSTER TOYS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 62% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
74% of ACE MONSTER TOYS 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 $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $29k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ACE MONSTER TOYS INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 71 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 71 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like ACE MONSTER TOYS 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
84% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACE MONSTER TOYS INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACE MONSTER TOYS INC?
- ACE MONSTER TOYS INC (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $38,745 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($18,600). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 74% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ACE MONSTER TOYS INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $38,745 in grants to ACE MONSTER TOYS INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACE MONSTER TOYS INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $18,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACE MONSTER TOYS 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 FY2026 (financials across 2019–2026), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing