California · Nonprofit
FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA
FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,237 to it, the largest being MADDOCKS-BROWN FOUNDATION ($75,156). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $163k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $168k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Friends of Residential Treasuresla does
Mission
The organization is dedicated to energizing, educating and connecting angelenos through the dynamic stories of our homes, neighborhoods and architecture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Over the past year, fort: la was honored to be part of the venice architecture biennale, sharing los angeles' architectural stories on a global stage. We also released "rebel architects," a documentary film series capturing the voices and legacy of pioneering architects. Alongside this, we created 12 new trail maps that continue to connect angelenos with the city's rich residential history. Additionally, we spearheaded "every school has a house" educational project connecting each school in the los angeles unified school district to the closest historical home. Finally, our california fire response programming, spanning in-person events and webinars, brought crucial conversations about design, resilience, and community to audiences across the region.we have over 11,000 mailing list subscribers and over 5,500 followers on instragram. Our informative website had over 25,000 visits.
$147,916 spentof which $3,375 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $147,916.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $16k to $41k (+160%).
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: 2022 5% · 2023 4% · 2025 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
105% of FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (62% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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
Russell Brown
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $54k.
2 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 47% 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 RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA’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
FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
51% 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 FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 88% · 2022 99% · 2023 76% — 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
94% of FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $79k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
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 FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA: 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 FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA?
- FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $168,237 to it, the largest being MADDOCKS-BROWN FOUNDATION ($75,156). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $168,237 in grants to FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA?
- MADDOCKS-BROWN FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,156 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FRIENDS OF RESIDENTIAL TREASURESLA 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 7 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