California · Nonprofit
El Teatro Campesino
El Teatro Campesino (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,164,682 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($625,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $487k
- Funders on record
- 15
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $161k
What El Teatro Campesino does
Mission
El Teatro Campesino mission is to make teatro a creator of vibrant community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
"La Virgen del Tepeyac" was ETC bi-annual Christmas production. The performances were held at ETC Theater. There were twenty-one performances with 3,241 in attendance.
$82,769 spent$75,176 earned by the program29% of program spendingAdios Mama Carlota production was held at ETC Theater. There were 14 performances with 1,320 in attendance.
$81,913 spent$25,576 earned by the program29% of program spendingPalabra Vol. X showcased new works submitted by writers and presented at ETC Theater. The three day production with an attendance of 299.
$19,183 spent$4,558 earned by the program7% of program spendingTeatro de Nosotros was a theater youth program serving of the city of Watsonville with 190 youth. The program focus on acting, music and visual arts. At the end of the program the youth presenting a live theater production.
$18,881 spent$2,750 earned by the program7% of program spendingValley of the Heart Radio Production is a radio version of the script written by ETC Artistic Director
$17,752 spent$22,952 earned by the program6% of program spendingSpadework workshops were held in different cities facilitated by El Teatro Campesino Executive Director.
$16,882 spent$21,607 earned by the program6% of program spendingArtists In Schools Program served 180 elementary students in the Hollister and San Juan Bautista School Districts in San Benito County. The program focused on theater, puppetry, music and visual arts.
$13,240 spent$12,000 earned by the program5% of program spendingETC contracted with San Jose City College to provide technical and artistic support.
$11,420 spent$13,760 earned by the program4% of program spendingDia de los Muertos a free community event and procession. The event was attended by approximately 400 people.
$8,581 spent3% of program spendingA redesign of El Teatro Campesino archival museum.
$4,120 spent1% of program spendingTeatro Camp was held for youth with 7 youth enrolled. The Camp focused on theater and visual arts. A performance was held at ETC Family Day Event with the youth in the ETC Camp.
$2,596 spent1% of program spendingEl Teatro Campesino, Executive Director, conducted a workshop for the California Arts Council.
$2,435 spent$6,940 earned by the program1% of program spendingEcology Poster Workshops were held in the elementary schools. The program served 300 students. The workshop focused on recycling and the development of posters which were used by Ecology.
$2,222 spent$3,800 earned by the program1% of program spendingEsperanza de Valle a dance troupe from Watsonville presented their seasonal production at ETC Theater. There were 4 performances with an attendance of 414.
$1,800 spent$8,268 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 14 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $283,794.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $280k to $616k (+120%).
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 7% · 2018 6% · 2019 13% · 2020 9% · 2021 19% · 2022 39% · 2023 56% · 2024 12% · 2025 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Luis Valdez
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $94k → $230k.
3 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 El Teatro Campesino’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
El Teatro Campesino leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
25% 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 El Teatro Campesino.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 32% · 2018 43% · 2019 42% · 2020 67% · 2021 78% · 2022 72% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“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
15% of El Teatro Campesino's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% 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
83% of El Teatro Campesino's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $36k 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.
Organizations like El Teatro Campesino
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
46% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
49%
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 El Teatro Campesino: 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 El Teatro Campesino?
- El Teatro Campesino (California) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,164,682 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($625,000). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does El Teatro Campesino have?
- IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $1,164,682 in grants to El Teatro Campesino, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of El Teatro Campesino?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $625,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like El Teatro Campesino 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 15 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