California · Nonprofit
BETTI ONO FOUNDATION
BETTI ONO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,899,037 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $977k
What Betti Ono Foundation does
Mission
"the Betti Ono Foundation designs and produces high-impact arts, community engagement & cultural development initiatives that leverage cultural products and networks for good. The Betti Ono Foundation operations are headquartered in oakland, california, and our work is produced locally and nationally in other geographies in cultural spaces, the public sphere, and online. The mission of Betti Ono Foundation is to build power through culture. Our vision and creative practice embody the bold, curious and unapologetic spirit of our namesakes: betti mabry davis and yoko ono. We value art-making as a function of activism, community transformation, and cultural resilience. As a black women-led and operated organization, we are dedicated to amplifying the lives and work of artists and communities who are black, brown, immigrant, indigenous, and lgbtq+."
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our cultural permanence strategy aims to create wealth-building and cooperative ownership opportunities for bipoc artists, cultural workers, and community-based organizations through land and real estate purchases. The betti ono mobile hub: the mobile hub is a mobile unit for culture, art, and advocacy that can be used for various programming, including workshops, events, performances, studios for inresidency programs, and collaborative gatherings. Through the betti ono mobile hub and in partnership with community arts stabilization trust (cast) and blinklab architecture, betti ono will be able to meet people and communities where they are, showcase local artists, and engage audiences on critical advocacy issues. The mobile hub allows us to have unprecedented access to local communities in new and exciting ways. The blacspace cooperative: in coordination with other black led cultural organizations, the blacspace cooperative leverages the black arts movement tradition to build a supportive ecosystem where black arts, business, ownership, and culture thrive. Launched in 2021 with three local partners: black culture zone (bcz), the black arts movement business district community…
$115,843 spent16% of program spendingThrough the community wellbeing strategy, we are creating autonomous spaces that deepen community connection, foster civic engagement, and extend arts and culture into the fabric of public life. The arts and civic engagement (ace) youth fellows: the ace youth fellows are transitional age young leaders (16-24 years) wh are given a platform to amplify the public issues that they care about. We create opportunities for fellows to develop leadership and community outreach skills. They work with our team to design and execute public awareness campaigns, primarily focused on disrupting the culture of gender based violence and challenging harmful gender norms. In addition to engaging with the subject matter, youth have the opportunity to develop their personal leadership capacity and make concrete connections to local artists, activists, and educators advancing social change efforts in oakland. The artists in residence program: so far we have commissioned five paid residencies featuring eight black and brown artists from oakland, st. Louis, new york, and the caribbean. We have had at least 3,000 public participants and built strategic partnerships with 20 actively engaged community…
$200,620 spent28% of program spendingOur ending gender-based violence (gbv) strategy is focused on implementing survivor-led cultural change initiatives to disrupt the culture of gbv. Not one more girl (nomg) is a bipoc youth-led initiative in partnership with community based organizations and bay area rapid transit authority (bart) to end gender-based violence. It is the first community driven bay area initiative to address sexual harassment and gender based violence on public transportation that include art, cultural strategy, policy change, and youth leadership. This ongoing initiative was cocreated with local black and latinx artists and youth and seeks to disrupt the norms perpetuating genderbased violence and bystander inaction on public transportation.
$405,268 spent$33,650 earned by the program56% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $721,731.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $1.4M to $976k (−32%).
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.
97% of BETTI ONO FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Anyka Howard
CEO/presiden
Board chair
Kristy Hagares
Chair, board
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 5 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $1.4M → $80k.
4 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 11% 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 BETTI ONO FOUNDATION’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
BETTI ONO FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 74% of grant income and the top three 94%; 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: 2022 57% · 2023 63% — growing more concentrated.
“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
BETTI ONO FOUNDATION draws 83% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $305k 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
BETTI ONO FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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
Organizations like BETTI ONO FOUNDATION
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BETTI ONO FOUNDATION: 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 BETTI ONO FOUNDATION?
- BETTI ONO FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,899,037 to it, the largest being THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION ($2,150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BETTI ONO FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $2,899,037 in grants to BETTI ONO FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BETTI ONO FOUNDATION?
- THE ANDREW W MELLON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BETTI ONO FOUNDATION 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 2022–2024), 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