California · Nonprofit
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,226 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $730k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $170k
- Net assets
- $186k
What Alliance Francaise de Los Angeles does
Mission
The specific purpose of this corporation is to promote education and instruction in the french language, literature and other french cultural spheres, to promote exchanges between southern california and france at the educational and cultural levels, to enable the general public to broaden its understanding of the forgoing, and to engage in and promote all activities furthering this purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Language classesthe alliance francaise is a french language school in the city of los angeles. Daily, evening and saturday classes are available year round. We teach adults and children, in group and private classes. Our curriculum has been modeled after the common european framework standards and has been developed as a part of the af frames project (af french american educational standards). We are part of an international organization of alliance francaise in 136 countries around the world. Class registration is online at www.afdela.org. A free placement test is available online for anyone to determine their level of french. During 2024, we served 750 adult and 234 kids/teen students.
$680,352 spent$641,242 earned by the program96% of program spendingExaminationsthe alliance francaise of los angeles is a passation center for the delf certifications. The delf (diplome d'etudes en langue francaise) and the dalf (diplome approfondi en langue francaise) are official diplomas awarded by the french ministry of education to assess and to certify foreign candidates' proficiency in french. These diplomas are valid for life and provide the candidate with a quality french-level certification, useful to carry out specific personal, academic or professional projects. Delf-dalf test is the same worldwide. It is composed of 6 independent diplomas corresponding to the common european framework of reference for languages: delf a1, delf a2, delf b1, delf b2, dalf c1 et dalf c2. The delf b2 affords access to all french universities and to an ever-growing number of european and francophone universities, eliminating the need for pre- admission french language tests. We also conduct the test de connaissance du francais (tcf). The tcf is the french language test awarded by the french ministry of education. The tcf examination assesses a person's level of french language for general purposes. It is intended for people who are not native french…
$24,545 spent$24,641 earned by the program3% of program spendingWorkshopsour program alliance francaise extension offers monthly workshops in french. For our students, it is a great way to challenge their skills with a cultural activity in french. Each month this year we ran different workshops online, including:- cine club: watch a movie at home and meet the students online for a discussion moderated by a teacher- book club: read a book at home and meet the students online for a discussion moderated by a teacher- history workshop: the teacher introduces the students to a specific period of history via a pdf presentation followed by a discussion - art history workshop: the teacher introduces the students to a specific theme via a pdf presentation followed by a discussion- pronunciation or grammar workshops: master your french pronunciation or focus on specific french grammar difficulties with a teacher
$2,470 spent$2,480 earned by the program0% of program spendingCultural events & lecturesour goal with the cultural events and lectures program is to encourage the study of the french language, and to promote and enhance the knowledge and appreciation of french and francophone cultures. We host monthly french film screenings, tasting events, book signings, and conferences year round in our effort to promote french culture. We partner with the french consulate of los angeles, the university of california la and the university of southern california, and with numerous other organizations in los angeles to create and promote french culture. During the year, we ran different cultural events online including:- meet an actor, singer or author: discussion led by a teacher- accordion mini concert: discover this ancient musical instrument and listen young players- cooking classes: discover a french cooking recipe and learn how to make it with a famous chef- story in french for kids
$3,336 spent$3,349 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $710,703.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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 2019 to 2020, from $234k to $379k (+62%).
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 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
8% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Jasmine Rafati Fowler
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $53k → $5k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 97% 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 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES’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
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 95% · 2021 100% · 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
97% of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $165k 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
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES?
- ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $170,226 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($155,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 97% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $170,226 in grants to ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LOS ANGELES 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 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing