California · Nonprofit
BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE
BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $577 to it, the largest being Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $254k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $577
- Net assets
- $41k
What Brasarte the Damasceno Brazilian Cultural Exchange does
Mission
BrasArte has four major goals: 1 To preserve the traditional dances and music of Brasil 2 To preserve the historical roots of Brasil's vibrant culture by helping to support and care for its aging artists and mentors 3 To nurture new and emerging artistic talent 4 To provide cultural exchange between Brasil and the United States
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
BrasArte offered a comprehensive music and dance program featuring weekly classes in Afro Brazilian traditional dance and percussion (2142 students served)
$122,901 spent$149,644 earned by the program48% of program spendingProducing educational and community events. BrasArte produces two major festivals marking important celebrations in the Afro Brazilian calendar. The Lavagem Festival is a day long street festival, and the Yemanja Festival is a series of events, workshops and performances. BrasArte hosts several music and dance concerts and performances throughout the year.(Festivals: 3750 served; Events 2500 served)
$66,621 spent$39,347 earned by the program26% of program spendingEwe Dance Retreat: EWE is a weeklong intensive residential retreat held in Bahia Brazil, for students of Afro Brazilian traditional dance. (27 participants)
$47,492 spent$47,000 earned by the program19% of program spendingSF Carnaval Parade: BrasArte's Carnaval contingent Ginga Brasil has paraded annually for over 35 years. Over150 musicians and dancers paraded this year. (300 participants)
$17,813 spent$7,790 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $254,827.
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 2022 to 2023, from $129k to $95k (−26%).
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: 2020 13% · 2022 38% · 2023 15% · 2024 6% · 2025 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 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
Nicholas Harvey
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $17 → $29.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 87% 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: 2020 100% · 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
BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $77 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
BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE
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
69% 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 BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE: 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 BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE?
- BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $577 to it, the largest being Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc ($500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $577 in grants to BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE?
- Frank H Jernigan Charitable Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BRASARTE THE DAMASCENO BRAZILIAN CULTURAL EXCHANGE 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 2019–2025), and the filings of 3 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