California · Nonprofit
Downtown Fresno Foundation
Downtown Fresno Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,000 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($309,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $137k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $311k
- Net assets
- $26k
What Downtown Fresno Foundation does
Mission
To enhance our community by providing resources and support to downtown Fresno stakeholders.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Downtown Academy - Fresnos Leading Young Professionals established Downtown Academy in 2010 to answer the question: how do we make downtown Fresno a vibrant place to live and work? In 2016, the Downtown Fresno Partnership and Fresnos Leading Young Professionals joined forces to make the program even bigger and better. This year, the program enters its 7th cohort with over 100 graduating members. So, what is Downtown Academy? Downtown Academy is a 10-month award-winning collaborative program designed to connect key business, government, and community leaders with forward-thinking young professionals to explore downtown Fresno, how we got here and where were headed. Downtown Academy is exclusively offered to members of Fresnos Leading Young Professionals. Downtown Academy received the 2016 Leadership & Management Excellence Award from the International Downtown Association and has been referred to by former Fresno mayor, Ashley Swearengin, as one of the best programs to come out of the revitalization movement 3/3/2016.
$6,097 spent5% of program spendingDFF was awarded a grant to further Kresge?s American Cities Program aims to expand opportunities in America?s cities through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services, and community development
$119,403 spentof which $119,176 as grants95% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $125,500.
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 2022 to 2023, from $55k to $278k (+409%).
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.
97% of Downtown Fresno Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $1k → $299k.
From the IRS filings of Downtown Fresno Foundation’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
Downtown Fresno Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
Downtown Fresno Foundation draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
Downtown Fresno Foundation runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,130 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,130 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Downtown Fresno Foundation
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.
Public support
99%
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 Downtown Fresno Foundation: 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 Downtown Fresno Foundation?
- Downtown Fresno Foundation (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $311,000 to it, the largest being THE KRESGE FOUNDATION ($309,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Downtown Fresno Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $311,000 in grants to Downtown Fresno Foundation, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Downtown Fresno Foundation?
- THE KRESGE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $309,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Downtown Fresno Foundation 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 2 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