California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200 to it, the largest being BEN B AND JOYCE E EISENBERG FOUNDATION ($1,200). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $116k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $-99665
What California Fashion Association does
Mission
The California Fashion Association (CFA) is a non-profit organization established- To provide information for business expansion and growth to the apparel and textile industry of California.- To provide a forum for industry networking & current issues.- To outline global sourcing options and export opportunities.- To analyze the application of apparel related technology.- To define the industry's economic impact.- To provide information about labor law compliance.- Offering valuable information, strategies, case studies and services to the global apparel and textile industries.- Facilitating meetings, forums and presentations.- Defining strategic objectives for international suppliers and retailers for interaction with the California apparel and textile industry.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Program
SEMINARSFeb 22 -LA Textile Show - Duty Savings and Inventory ManagementPanel: Heather Littman (GDLSK), Vincent Iacopella (Alba WheelsUp), Moderator: Ilse MetchekSept 27-LA Textile Show- Global Issues for Consumer Products for 2024Panel: Marquis Blanc (Krieger Worldwide), Sean Zahedi (Lafayette Textiles),Sydnee Breuer (Rosenthal & Rosenthal), Moderator: Ilse MetchekFeb 13 - Sourcing/MAGIC - Financial Stability and Brand ProtectionPanel: Gino Clark ( White Oak Finance) , Morgan Pietz ( Pietz & Shahriari LLP), Moderator: Ilse MetchekAug 8 -Sourcing at MAGIC -The Possibilities and Perils of Artificial Intelligence...Speaker: Gina Bibby (Withers Worldwide LLP), Moderator: Ilse MetchekAug 8- Sourcing at MAGIC - Social Compliance VerificationSpeaker : Avedis Seferian (WRAP), Moderator: Ilse Metchek EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS: (twice per year) Art Center College, Santa Monica College, LA Trade Tech, Fullerton College, Cal State Northbridge, Otis, FIDM, Cal Poly Pomona, Long Beach State Topic: Rethinking Product Development; Looking Toward the Future FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND AWARDS: Mt. San Antonio, Woodbury U, Long Beach State, Otis, FIDM, Santa Monica College, LA…
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
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.
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 $157k to $76k (−52%).
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 16%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
Lonnie Kane
Chairman
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION’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
CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% 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
“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
100% of CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION: 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 FASHION ASSOCIATION?
- CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,200 to it, the largest being BEN B AND JOYCE E EISENBERG FOUNDATION ($1,200). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $2,200 in grants to CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION?
- BEN B AND JOYCE E EISENBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,200 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA FASHION ASSOCIATION 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), 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