California · Nonprofit
Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc
Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $64k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $650
What Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc does
Mission
Arts for a Better Tomorrow harnesses the transformational power of the arts to provide young people with social-emotional arts-based education, academic preparation, and a strategic path toward a healthy, productive, and self-sustaining future.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Provided coaching and mentoring services to at-risk youth through partnerships with local schools, serving 40 students during the year.
$65,281 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $65,281.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Jose Manuel Bayona
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $10k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of Arts for a Better Tomorrow 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
Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 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
71% of Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like Arts for a Better Tomorrow 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.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Arts for a Better Tomorrow 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 Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc?
- Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc.
- Who is the largest funder of Arts for a Better Tomorrow Inc?
- THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Arts for a Better Tomorrow 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 FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 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