California · Nonprofit
GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN
GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,644 to it, the largest being Schlaraffia Losangela California ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $592k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $34k
- Net assets
- $458k
What German-American School Assn does
Mission
To provide german language classes for children and adults
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
German schools- the purpose of our schools is to teach and reinforce the german language and culture. Classes are held saturdays from 9am to 12pm and on certain weekdays, they serve children and youth from 1 to 18 years of age. Adult classes are offered as well.
$367,183 spent$418,218 earned by the program85% of program spendingChildrens camp: this is a one week camp where students are immersed in the culture by having to speak german language, and by participating in german oriented activities.
$63,931 spent$84,865 earned by the program15% of program spendingMaifest/kinderfest: the purpose of this fundraiser festival is to celebrate the german culture and language by providing an atmosphere where the community can live the culture by having food tasting stands, music, games, crafts and more. The event includes a small raffle.
$485 spent$676 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $431,599.
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 2020 to 2021, from $441k to $547k (+24%).
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: 2021 21% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
14% of GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN’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. 7 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.
Chief executive
Rita Reiff
President & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $500 → $4k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN’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
GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
70% 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 GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 80% · 2019 98% · 2020 79% · 2021 73% · 2022 81% · 2023 97% — 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
70% of GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $644 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
GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
0%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN: 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 GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN?
- GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $33,644 to it, the largest being Schlaraffia Losangela California ($20,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $33,644 in grants to GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN?
- Schlaraffia Losangela California 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 GERMAN-AMERICAN SCHOOL ASSN 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 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