California · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $230k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $175k
- Net assets
- $36k
What Friends of Levitt Pavilion San Jose does
Mission
Friends of Levitt Pavilion San Jose was formed for the purpose of presenting performing arts experiences accessible to everyone. The mission of FLPSJ is to inspire and build community through music concerts which are free of charge to the public. We will produce an annual concert services of at least 50 performances featuring artists of exceptional quality. All concerts will be free admission, providing access to the performing arts to everyone, regardless of economic circumstance.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
2024 was an exciting year for FLPSJ! We produced and hosted eight (8) concert in the park where we will be building a permanent music venue. Our main goal like last year was to get people on the lawn and feeling comfortable and safe at St. James Park. Our primary focus on achieving increased attendance goals per concert was to book accomplished bands who had their own following and name recognition and to partner with other non-profit organization to co-currate the lawn experience. Every week, we strived to be consistent in the guest experience featuring quality, local beer & wine, food trucks with a variety of cultural offerings, fun kid's activities, and welcoming staff and Board Members all taking place in a clean and safe park setting. A grassroots marketing approach helped to spread the word through postcard/poster distribution, hanging banners at key downtown locations, writing, and distributing weekly press releases to local news outlets, and largely through social media channels, which included Levitt Pavilion San Jose, but also artist, non-profit partner, media, and local business channels. Second to blankets on the lawn, our goal was to spread awareness about the greater…
$170,417 spent$148,332 earned by the program100% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $170,417.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 2021 to 2022, from $66k to $39k (−40%).
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.
22% of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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
2022 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $30k → $85k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 2 of 3 funders by total. 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
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 86% 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: 2022 100% · 2023 71% — 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
100% of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE'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
FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE has grown faster 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
Organizations like FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE
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
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE?
- FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $175,000 to it, the largest being MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC ($150,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $175,000 in grants to FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE?
- MORTIMER AND MIMI LEVITT FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF LEVITT PAVILION SAN JOSE 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 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