California · Nonprofit
DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS
DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,913 to it, the largest being THE HENRY MAYO NEWHALL FOUNDATION ($45,000). 3 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
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $100k
- Net assets
- $3.3M
What Dana Adobe Nipomo Amigos does
Mission
To engage visitors with the stories of californias rancho era history, connecting them with the peoples, the land, and its resources to foster environmental stewardship and cultural understanding.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Danas primary programs include our field trips, heritage day, sunday speaker series, tamale cooking classes, museum exhibits, and docent led visitor experiences of the california rancho era.
$99,446 spent$57,430 earned by the program63% of program spendingThe dana mission heritage vineyardthe vineyard is composed of twenty-two grape vines directly descended from californias mother vine at mission san gabriel. The grape, identified as listÁn prieto, was distributed throughout alta california by the franciscan padres, including at both mission san luis obispo de tolosa and san miguel arcangel. The new vineyard in nipomo is thought to be the largest non-commercial mission grape vineyard in california.
$45,842 spent$40,981 earned by the program29% of program spendingNaturefest focuses on engaging both children and adults in the local community to learn and engage with the local ecosystem and fostering environmental stewardship. The event features nature-centered arts & crafts activities, guided hikes, presentations, local vendors, food booths, tours of the historic adobe.
$6,744 spent$3,617 earned by the program4% of program spendingDana summer camp offers fun and creative ways for children to learn about the california rancho era, chumash culture, and nature education, along with other fun outdoor activities.
$5,294 spent$5,372 earned by the program3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $157,326.
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 2021 to 2022, from $4.9M to $3.1M (−36%).
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 74% · 2018 68% · 2019 34% · 2020 65% · 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS’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. 8 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $27k.
4 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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS’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
DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 75% — 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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS'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 $45k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55k 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
DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS is better cushioned than half of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS
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
35% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS: 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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS?
- DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $99,913 to it, the largest being THE HENRY MAYO NEWHALL FOUNDATION ($45,000). 3 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 DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $99,913 in grants to DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS?
- THE HENRY MAYO NEWHALL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $45,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DANA ADOBE NIPOMO AMIGOS 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 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