California · Nonprofit
California Eastern Star Foundation
California Eastern Star Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $391 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($391). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $391
- Net assets
- $15M
What California Eastern Star Foundation does
Mission
To receive gifts, bequests, and contributions for the furtherance of educational, charitable, and scientific purposes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Humanitarian Assistance - distribution of funds for the purpose of education, charity, and scientific advancement.
$129,633 spentof which $122,767 as grants61% of program spendingMember assistance - assistance to members of the grand chapter of the order of the eastern star. During the fiscal year, 32 members received assistance.
$82,780 spentof which $82,780 as grants39% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $212,413.
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 2023 to 2024, from $11M to $13M (+21%).
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.
29% of California Eastern Star Foundation’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $0 → $160.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 California Eastern Star Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 1 of 2 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.
Where its funders are
100% of California Eastern Star Foundation'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $391 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
California Eastern Star Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like California Eastern Star 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
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- Eastern Star Homes of California · exempt
- Grand Chapter of California Order of th · exempt
- Endowment Fund of the grand Chapter · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for California Eastern Star 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 California Eastern Star Foundation?
- California Eastern Star Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $391 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($391). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does California Eastern Star Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $391 in grants to California Eastern Star Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of California Eastern Star Foundation?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $391 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like California Eastern Star 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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