California · Nonprofit
CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER
CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,998 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($391,955). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $213k
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $582k
- Net assets
- $600k
What Casa de la Cultura Center does
Mission
The mission/purpose of Casa de la Cultura Center, since 1996, is a faith-based organization that empowers the community residents of Pajaro, Ca, a farm working community, to have a voice, live in a healthy, safe environment and to acquire skills in order to navigate resources. We also provide financial assistance, if possible. This mission is accomplished through education. We collaborate with the Pajaro Disaster Long Term Recovery Alliance for Community Resident and Pajaro business meetings. Pajaro is a depressed area of North Monterey County, with below poverty economic levels for most residents; this fact lends itself to chronic levels of economic needs; especially when the planting/harvesting season is over. At these times the needs rise exponentially. We assist with rent, food and utility costs as funds are available for us to use. We are a 'listening' ear for the community residents on a regular basis.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
There were two unexpected evacuations and a flood that curtailed regular services/programs. In light of this, the Casa became an instant disaster relief program to local businesses and residents.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
We had a two evacuations, January 2023 and March 2023 respectively. We had a major flood March 2023. All of our program classes ceased except for Tae Kwon Do. Our services became more of a disaster relief program. Monies were obtained through foundations and personal donations for client assistance for housing, food, transportation needs during both evacuations and during and after the flood. We are still in this recovery process. Our office building was affected by the floor, requiring complete removal of everything, stored, and complete renovation due to mold.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
March, 2023, we had a flood that affected the town of Pajaro. We had to evacuate our office; returned after two weeks to mold everywhere. We gutted the building, put what we could be into storage and served the community from our mobile unit. We provided disaster funds service to the local business, including child care, for water and mold damages and lost inventory.
$308,500 spentof which $325,000 as grants55% of program spendingWe served the community from our mobile unit. We provided disaster funds to the residents of Pajaro for the two evacuations and water and mold damage to their homes by providing housing (hotels), food, gas and transportation following the flood. In the recovery process still.
$225,011 spentof which $150,000 as grants40% of program spendingTae Kwon Do classes for children ages 4 - 12, offsite.
$22,668 spentof which $15,000 as grants4% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $556,179.
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 $253k to $606k (+139%).
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.
90% of CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $11k → $289k.
5 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 92% 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 CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER’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
CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
98% 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 CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2022 66% · 2023 77% — diversifying over time.
“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
92% of CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER'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. Of the $48k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $534k 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
CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER
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
43% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER?
- CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER (California) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $581,998 to it, the largest being COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ($391,955). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 92% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $581,998 in grants to CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER?
- COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SANTA CRUZ COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $391,955 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CASA DE LA CULTURA CENTER 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 9 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