California · Nonprofit
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,325,199 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,700,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Balboa Art Conservation Center does
Mission
The center was organized to further the conservation of and the study of works of art.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Conservation services of cultural heritage materials principally owned by not-for-profit collecting institutions,and capacity building, education, and training in cultural preservation for the cultural workforce and general public.
$998,853 spent$372,842 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $998,853.
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 2021 to 2022, from $1.1M to $2.0M (+83%).
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 19% · 2023 18% · 2024 40%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (63% 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
Leticia Gomez Franco
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $9k → $725k.
1 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER’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
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 95%; 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: 2017 88% · 2018 93% · 2019 100% · 2020 67% · 2021 60% · 2022 87% · 2023 69% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER draws 78% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,127 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $398k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$398k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER
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
89%
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 BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: 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 BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER?
- BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,325,199 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($1,700,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $2,325,199 in grants to BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,700,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER 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 15 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