California · Nonprofit
Disco Riot
Disco Riot (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $387,959 to it, the largest being Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties ($142,261). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $178k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $388k
- Net assets
- $120k
What Disco Riot does
Mission
Disco Riot's mission is to engage in charitable and educational activities related to the performing arts.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Outreach DevelopmentOur core dance and teaching artists work year round, teaching dance classes (for dancers and non-dancers alike) offered by donation to the public, and developing performances and collaborations throughout San Diego. These artists are committed to education and art practice that lead by example, and uphold the mission of our organization, to move dance towards community, justice, and radical expression.
$71,286 spent$4,268 earned by the program93% of program spendingS P A C E Alliance DISCO RIOTs S P A C E Alliance Studio Residency program promotes the cooperation of local spaces and movement-artists. This unique program not only connects dance makers to rehearsal space, but also offers an organized and mindful experience for creative inquiry, artistic development, networking, creative and cultural exchange, and a platform to share work.
$4,331 spent6% of program spendingQueer Mvmnt FestThrough an intersectional lens, Queer Mvmnt Fest, has highlighted LGBTQ+ artists with emphasis on BIPOC contributors, through performance, workshops, discussions, and classes for affinity groups and the general public. These funds were used to pay contracted artists and the resources to support them such as rehearsal and performance space, and administrative and production staff.
$422 spent$63 earned by the program1% of program spendingChoreo & _Choreo & _______ is a performance plus an activity that allows for people to engage in something physical between short dance performances by local movement artists. This intersection of performance and participation creates a unique experience for local dance artists and audiences. Choreo & _______ is about engaging with meaningful opportunities to move our bodies, enjoy physical expression, and build community through movement.
$240 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $76,279.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $106k to $203k (+92%).
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: 2023 58% · 2024 60% · 2025 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of Disco Riot’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. 1 of the last 4 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
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $2k → $180k.
3 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 Disco Riot’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
Disco Riot leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 81%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% 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 Disco Riot.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 98% · 2021 100% · 2022 71% · 2023 79% — 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.
How long its funders stay
50% of Disco Riot's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
91% of Disco Riot's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $139k 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
Disco Riot has grown faster than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Disco Riot receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like Disco Riot
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
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
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 Disco Riot: 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 Disco Riot?
- Disco Riot (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $387,959 to it, the largest being Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties ($142,261). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Disco Riot have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $387,959 in grants to Disco Riot, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Disco Riot?
- Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial Counties is the largest funder on record, with $142,261 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Disco Riot 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 FY2025 (financials across 2022–2025), and the filings of 8 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