California · Nonprofit
CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION
CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $907,404 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($270,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $877k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $907k
- Net assets
- $5.0M
What California State Summer School Arts Foundation does
Mission
The California State Summer School Arts Foundation (csssaf) supports the students of the california state summer school for the arts (csssa) from pre-application through college and beyond.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
California State Summer School Arts Foundation (csssaf) supports csssa alumni development through college and career access programs. Primarily, thanks to partnership with the herb alpert foundation, csssaf provides college scholarships and support services to students who have attended the csssa summer program. In fiscal year 2025, csssaf awarded $336,000 in new college scholarships to 21 creative teens and disbursed over $275,000 to support previously awarded scholars. Foundation staff counseled and supported students on their college journeys and worked with over 20 different school financial aid offices to facilitate and maximize the award. Students attended schools such as artcenter college of design, uc berkeley, bard college, the juilliard school, kenyon college, cal state fullerton, ucla, usc, and stanford. In addition, csssaf partners with colleges to offer instiutional scholarship options for csssa alumni and provides college and career information to the alumni community.
$423,375 spentof which $349,198 as grants43% of program spendingCsssaf provides support for each csssa summer program and its students through need-based tuition scholarships; equipment and supplies; teaching guest artists; and other administrative and general support. In july and august 2024, approximately 520 students attended the summer school. Csssaf provided $220,000 in full and partial scholarships to students who applied for and were approved to receive need-based financial aid. Csssaf provided all students with a subscription to adobe creative cloud and provided various program arts supplies and specialized equipment as needed. Csssaf provided 52 industry experts, accomplished artists, and high-profile groups as teaching guest artists for each arts discipline. These guest artists included inspirational speakers, performers, and teachers such as writer sayda trujillo; disney animator ivan aguirre; and visual artist, mario ybarra jr. With contracts totaling over $44,000 these artists provided industry exposure, real-world advice, and thought-provoking feedback to csssa students. Csssaf also provided additional support to the animation dept and their alumni.
$397,047 spentof which $220,000 as grants40% of program spendingCsssaf manages a variety of outreach and communications initiatives to raise awareness about the csssa program; help ensure the student body is representative of california's diverse population; and engage alumni to make the most of their csssa experience. In fiscal year 2024 csssaf increased its in-school recruiting and virtual information programs, particularly in schools and in areas of the state underrepresented at csssa. Csssaf's program manager continues the work of expanding and improving outreach. They manages various in-school presenters and teachers to inspire student interest and applications. Csssaf provides in-person and virtual information sessions throughout the year, including with accepted and invited csssa students and families to prepare them for the csssa summer. Csssaf also manages various communications channels that engage alumni, provides information on opportunities, and keep them connected to their csssa network and to the program. In addition, csssaf manages community partnerships that offer special opportunities for csssa students and alumni.
$173,764 spent17% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $994,186.
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 2022 to 2023, from $5.3M to $6.5M (+22%).
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: 2017 8% · 2018 10% · 2019 13% · 2020 9% · 2021 19% · 2022 23% · 2023 8% · 2024 15% · 2025 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION’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. 6 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.
Chief executive
Linda Horner
Interim executive director
Board chair
Donna Miller Casey
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 4 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $130k → $33k.
4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 6% 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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION’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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 30% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
30% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 54% · 2018 34% · 2019 30% · 2020 54% · 2021 50% · 2022 54% · 2023 77% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
How long its funders stay
30% of CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
100% of CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION is better cushioned 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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS 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
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS 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 STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION?
- CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $907,404 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($270,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $907,404 in grants to CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS FOUNDATION?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $270,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CALIFORNIA STATE SUMMER SCHOOL ARTS 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 15 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