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CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL

CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $134,033 to it, the largest being Art Directors Guild Local 800 of the IATSE and MPT Artists and Allied Crafts ($134,033). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$314k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$134k
Net assets
$278k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 23%
01What it does

What California Iatse Council does

Mission

The purposes of the California IATSE Council is to advocate on behalf of California local unions of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) for the purposes of improving working conditions, maintaining strong health and pension plans, and to preserve the right to bargain collectively.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The organization conducts community outreach through public hearings and public rallies including events where legislative officials are in attendance. The organization also provides education and support to industry guilds/unions, member organizations and business advocacy groups who work within the film and television industry, its affiliated groups and independent producers.

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($138k) Expenses 100 ($229k) Net assets 100 ($96k)2019 Revenue 101 ($139k) Expenses 68 ($155k) Net assets 83 ($79k)2020 Revenue 117 ($161k) Expenses 87 ($199k) Net assets 44 ($42k)2021 Revenue 158 ($218k) Expenses 80 ($183k) Net assets 80 ($77k)2022 Revenue 163 ($224k) Expenses 96 ($219k) Net assets 85 ($81k)2023 Revenue 193 ($266k) Expenses 69 ($159k) Net assets 198 ($189k)2024 Revenue 228 ($314k) Expenses 98 ($225k) Net assets 291 ($278k)
2018201920202021202220232024
Revenue (228)Expenses (98)Net assets (291)Peer revenue range

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 $81k to $189k (+132%).

$96k
$79k
$42k
$77k
$81k
$189k
$278k
2018201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

100% of CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (54% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,338 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

−$91k
’18
−$16k
’19
−$38k
’20
$35k
’21
$5k
’22
$107k
’23
$89k
’24
15
months of
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.

2021202220232024
Listed20181819
Joined·+4+0+1
No longer listed·600
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $51k.

Funder
'19
'20
'21
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL’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.

Where its funders are

100% of CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin28% · top quartile
Months of reserve14.8mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)15% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

89% of spending goes to programs.

Program 89%Management 11%Fundraising 0%

Governance

19
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • California Iatse Council PAC · exempt

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL: 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 IATSE COUNCIL?
CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $134,033 to it, the largest being Art Directors Guild Local 800 of the IATSE and MPT Artists and Allied Crafts ($134,033). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $134,033 in grants to CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL?
Art Directors Guild Local 800 of the IATSE and MPT Artists and Allied Crafts is the largest funder on record, with $134,033 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CALIFORNIA IATSE COUNCIL 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 1 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