California · Nonprofit
DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION
DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $61k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $9k
What Downtown Ventura Organization does
Mission
Create a vibrant downtown ventura
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Planning, logistics, communications, marketing and adminstration for 18 public events in downtown ventura.
$33,680 spent42% of program spendingDesign & operations: enhanced the physical appearance ofdowntown ventura by designing effective window displays,building improvements, and streetscape.
$24,649 spent31% of program spendingExpanding peer organization capacity program: expanded,elevated, enhanced and empowered behavioral health peerrun programs that served 22 individuals.
$11,055 spent14% of program spendingOther programs consist of $6,067 for the family reconnection program and $5,075 for the family to family program. The family reconnection program reunited 64 homeless people with their families. The family to family program provided a security guard for a church based program that provided about 13,000 free meals to those in need.
$11,141 spent14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $80,525.
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 2018 to 2019, from $192k to $89k (−54%).
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 78% · 2018 10% · 2019 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
71% of DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (77% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $20k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION’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 VENTURA ORGANIZATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
33% 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 DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 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
100% of DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION's grant income comes from California funders.
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 VENTURA ORGANIZATION's revenue fell 88% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,376 community improvement nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION
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
39%
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 VENTURA ORGANIZATION: 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 VENTURA ORGANIZATION?
- DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,000 to it, the largest being THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION ($20,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $30,000 in grants to DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION.
- Who is the largest funder of DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION?
- THE SHANBROM FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DOWNTOWN VENTURA ORGANIZATION 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.
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