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COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO

COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,684 to it, the largest being SCHUMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($101,442). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$86k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$132k
Net assets
$134k
2/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 21%
01What it does

What Community Karate Foundation Inc Santa Monica Dojo does

Mission

Aiding society by supporting the mental and physical health and well being of the public through the teachings of traditional japanese karate, and by promoting its spiritual and physical values.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Provide and support community health and welfare through the study and training in karate and other self-defense and physical fitness techniques.

    $55,495 spent$24,183 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $55,495.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($118k) Expenses 100 ($89k) Net assets 100 ($44k)2020 Revenue 64 ($76k) Expenses 72 ($64k) Net assets 246 ($109k)2021 Revenue 42 ($49k) Expenses 66 ($59k) Net assets 223 ($99k)2022 Revenue 40 ($47k) Expenses 67 ($60k) Net assets 195 ($86k)2023 Revenue 86 ($101k) Expenses 81 ($72k) Net assets 261 ($115k)2024 Revenue 73 ($86k) Expenses 77 ($68k) Net assets 302 ($134k)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (73)Expenses (77)Net assets (302)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 2020 to 2021, from $156k to $275k (+77%).

$44k
$156k
$275k
$263k
$292k
$308k
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2021 30% · 2023 20%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

70% of COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 26,798 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$29k
’19
$12k
’20
−$10k
’21
−$13k
’22
$29k
’23
$18k
’24
27
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.

Board chair

Jeffrey French

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed366666
Joined·+3+0+0+0+0
No longer listed·00000
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $165.

1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO’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

COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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

77%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.

“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

89% of COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO's grant income comes from California funders.

NY
CA

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

’18
’20
’22
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $242 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

COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 21,859 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin21% · above the median
Months of reserve27.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,859 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 19%Fundraising 0%

Governance

6
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

100%

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO?
COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $131,684 to it, the largest being SCHUMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION ($101,442). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $131,684 in grants to COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO?
SCHUMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $101,442 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like COMMUNITY KARATE FOUNDATION INC SANTA MONICA DOJO 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 2019–2024), 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