California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,471 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($60,471). 1 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
- $159k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $60k
- Net assets
- $602k
What California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution does
Mission
The sons of the american revolution are direct descendants of those patriots that achieved the independence of the american people. The objectives of our organization are intended to perpetuate a more profound reverence for the principles of the government founded by our forefathers.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Membership dues collected by the state society sar for the national society sar and the state chapters.
$73,455 spent65% of program spendingDonation to the sar foundation, inc. For the sar education center and museum, as the third installment of a 4-year pledge of $100,000.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants22% of program spendingPayment from the state society sar to freedoms foundation for travel expense and tuition of selected american history teachers to attend the summer graduate teacher workshop related to the american revolution presented by the freedoms foundation at valley forge, pa.
$4,660 spentof which $1,650 as grants4% of program spendingOutstanding jrotc cadet award.high school essay contest winner.outstanding eagle scout award.brochure contest winner.poster contest winners.richard f. Locke award for state society sar chapters with the highest growth in membership.
$8,975 spentof which $8,500 as grants$715 earned by the program8% of program spendingGrants to the national society sar, state society car, and other local sar chapters.
$1,000 spentof which $1,000 as grants1% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $113,090.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $532k to $595k (+12%).
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.
72% of CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $10k.
1 of 1 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 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION’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 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION'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. $60k 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 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 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 CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
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 CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: 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 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
- CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $60,471 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($60,471). 1 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 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $60,471 in grants to CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $60,471 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 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 2020–2025), 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