Florida · Nonprofit
CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC
CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,114 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($48,882). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $101k
- Net assets
- $77k
What Cristinas Academy Inc does
Mission
Empower the next generation of volunteers and future-changemakers by supporting academic literacy leadership training and supporting empathetic development within children and youth so that they may overcome challenges and be better equipped to positively contribute to society
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Rhythmic Revolution Provide accessible music education and performance opportunities to underserved youth Offered weekly after-school music classes to 50 students ages 814 in two different sites Youth engaged in drumming keyboard guitarukulele and vocal workshops led by professional teaching artists Held two community concerts with over 100 attendees
$30,123 spentof which $48,000 as grants48% of program spendingAgents of Change Youth Leadership Cultivate youth leadership and civic engagement through service and recognition Engaged 75 youth in leadership cohorts throughout the year with trainings on tutoring leadership and volunteerism Participants completed over 1200 collective volunteer hours through various service projects such as tutoring gardening sports and music skills development in underserved communities Youth also embarked in the development of their own Hero Projects Held two volunteer appreciation events and awarded certificates and trophies to cohort members
$4,183 spent7% of program spendingUmatter provided academic and community-based support to underserved youth and families to strengthen educational outcomes and promote holistic development The program offered weekly tutoringboth in-person and onlineusing IXL learning tools It organized Back-to-School events community beautification projects speaker panels and resource fairs Additional initiatives included developing a school sports program promoting STEM activities creating a garden club and establishing a resource pantry for teachers and students Umatter also distributed free books to children and provided enrichment experiences such as taking students to the movies for the first time During the holiday season the program collected and distributed over 900 toys and provided 500 food boxes to families in need Umatter served five public schools in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods directly impacting over 1000 individuals
$28,737 spentof which $20,000 as grants46% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $63,043.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $44k to $77k (+75%).
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.
100% of CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Cristina Benavides
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $4k → $50k.
3 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 95% 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 CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC’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
CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 97% — 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
95% of CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC'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 $5k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 1 state.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 22,838 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC: 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 CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC?
- CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC (Florida) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $101,114 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($48,882). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 95% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $101,114 in grants to CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $48,882 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CRISTINAS ACADEMY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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 2023–2024), and the filings of 4 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing