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COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY

COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,278,708 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($697,269). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2024
$2.4M
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$1.3M
Net assets
$1.2M
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 18%
01What it does

What Commission on Eliminating Harassment and Advancing Equality does

Mission

To close industry-wide gaps in standards, practices, and accountability to support entertainment workers, especially the most vulnerable, everywhere they work.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Ombuds office / reporting platform: the myconnext resource and reporting tool--currently available to the entertainment industry--is a secure, independent tool designed to support entertainment workers and drive industry-wide accountability for workplace abuse. It offers resources to understand rights, access confidential guidance, and use features like create a personal record" to let workers decide their next steps. The ombuds office is one of the key components of the myconnext resource and reporting tool. When workers experience a difficult situation, the ombuds is the live human being who can help provide neutral guidance as workers try to figure out their next steps.

    $840,991 spent$10,000 earned by the program
    49% of program spending
  2. Respect on set is a program that offers independent productions a practical framework, with practices, resources, and guidance to implement a harassment-free workspace.

    $449,806 spent
    26% of program spending
  3. Workshops and training is a program that educates on industry relevant topics, including minors in entertainment, mental health coordinators, and intimacy coordinators. In 2024, the hollywood commission began operating the entertainment industry helpline to help entertainment workers address workplace harassment and other forms of abuse.

    $302,785 spent$47,100 earned by the program
    18% of program spending
  4. Research & analysis: the hollywood commission benchmarks and defines the most urgent issues of harassment and discrimination facing hollywood workers and develop responsive resources to address and mitigate them. In november 2019, the commission launched the largest, first-of-its-kind climate survey. With valuable contributions from 9,630 entertainment workers, the survey led to 5 published reports concerning accountability, bias, sexual harassment, and sexual assault, bullying, and the path forward. The second survey was published in 2024 based on responses from 2023-2024 from nearly 5,000 respondents.

    $126,157 spent
    7% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,719,739.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20202020 Revenue 100 ($2.5M) Expenses 100 ($1.6M) Net assets 100 ($1.8M)2021 Revenue 86 ($2.1M) Expenses 152 ($2.4M) Net assets 84 ($1.5M)2022 Revenue 94 ($2.3M) Expenses 143 ($2.3M) Net assets 88 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 91 ($2.3M) Expenses 146 ($2.3M) Net assets 85 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 95 ($2.4M) Expenses 169 ($2.7M) Net assets 66 ($1.2M)
20202021202220232024
Revenue (95)Expenses (169)Net assets (66)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 2023 to 2024, from $1.6M to $1.3M (−20%).

$1.9M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.6M
$1.3M
20202021202220232024
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.

2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 0% · 2021 7%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

97% of COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 3,052 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.

$895k
’20
−$287k
’21
$69k
’22
−$58k
’23
−$331k
’24
3.9
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.

Chief executive

Malia Arrington

Executive director

Board chair

Anita Hill

Board chair & president

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

20202021202220232024
Listed55469
Joined·+0+0+2+3
No longer listed·0100
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $100k → $416k.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY’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

COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 55% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% 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 COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY.

55%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 74% · 2023 61% — 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

55% of COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY'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 $581k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.

PA
CA

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

’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $697k 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1.3M to it.

Operating margin−14% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve3.9mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−1% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,910 philanthropy nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

64% of spending goes to programs.

Program 64%Management 27%Fundraising 9%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

39%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Myconnext LLC · disregarded

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY?
COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,278,708 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($697,269). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $1,278,708 in grants to COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $697,269 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMISSION ON ELIMINATING HARASSMENT AND ADVANCING EQUALITY 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 2020–2024), and the filings of 5 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