California · Nonprofit
FRESNO IDEAWORKS
FRESNO IDEAWORKS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,031 to it, the largest being DYER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($44,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $215k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $70k
- Net assets
- $243k
What Fresno Ideaworks does
Mission
Teach skills and provide equipment and support to learn through a unique hands-on approach. Provide a community makerspace with tools and machines for public classes and member use. To foster collaboration and empower our community to develop entrepreneurial skills.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Makerspace Workshop: Fresno Ideaworks operates a community makerspace that gives members access to fully equipped areas for woodworking, metalworking, welding, glasswork, ceramics, electronics, textiles, and robotics. These shared shops support both industrial and fine arts, and are used for member projects, educational activities, and community collaborations. Helping members and visitors build technical and artistic skills in line with our mission to promote hands-on learning. In 2024 we averaged about 140 paying members. Many are veterans, seniors, and full-time students who receive reduced-cost memberships so they can continue developing technical and artistic skills. The makerspace is sustained by volunteers who help maintain tools and equipment, mentor new makers, and support safe use of the facility. The space also supports custom one-off builds and repairs that are difficult to obtain from other local businesses.
$82,193 spent$59,141 earned by the program63% of program spendingEducation: Fresno Ideaworks offers public classes and workshops that provide hands-on instruction in skills such as woodworking, welding, ceramics, CNC routing, laser cutting and engraving, electronics, robotics, sewing, 3D printing, and basic machine shop operations. Classes are open to both members and the general public and are designed to help participants explore new hobbies, improve existing skills, or prepare for career-related opportunities. Volunteer instructors and assistants help plan and deliver these classes, making it possible to offer affordable entry-level and intermediate courses throughout the year. In 2024 we continued to focus on adult and general-audience classes and did not run the prior high-school summer camp sessions.
$47,386 spent$14,479 earned by the program37% of program spendingOutreach: Fresno Ideaworks outreach activities introduce the broader community to the maker movement and to hands-on learning. Free or low-cost events give visitors opportunities to see demonstrations, try tools, repair items, and learn about membership and classes. Tech Tuesday and similar drop-in sessions connect participants with volunteers who help troubleshoot electronics, robotics, and microcontroller projects. Ideaworks also participates as an official Fresno ArtHop venue, opening the space to the public for art viewing, demonstrations, and informal tours. These activities expand access to our tools and expertise for community members who may not yet be ready for a full membership or formal class.
$11 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $129,590.
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 2023 to 2024, from $555k to $643k (+16%).
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: 2019 0% · 2020 23% · 2021 13% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
66% of FRESNO IDEAWORKS’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 7 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
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $5k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 FRESNO IDEAWORKS’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
FRESNO IDEAWORKS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 63% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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: 2018 100% · 2020 98% · 2021 99% · 2022 54% · 2023 96% — 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
64% of FRESNO IDEAWORKS's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
FRESNO IDEAWORKS runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters 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
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
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 FRESNO IDEAWORKS: 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 FRESNO IDEAWORKS?
- FRESNO IDEAWORKS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $70,031 to it, the largest being DYER FAMILY FOUNDATION ($44,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRESNO IDEAWORKS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $70,031 in grants to FRESNO IDEAWORKS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRESNO IDEAWORKS?
- DYER FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $44,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRESNO IDEAWORKS 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 4 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