California · Nonprofit
HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER
HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,950 to it, the largest being ELBRIDGE STUART FOUNDATION DBA STUART FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $65k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $132k
What Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center does
Mission
Teaching self-defense and traditional martial arts
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Hand to hands martial arts program provides training in the eclectic art of kajukenbo. It is a practical and beautiful martial art that combines the best techniques and training methods of five traditional martial arts systems. Training includes the study of basic techniques, forms, fighting strategy, practical self defense, and traditional weapons practice.
$66,587 spent$62,976 earned by the program92% of program spendingIn a highly supportive environment, students learn to protect themselves from invasive and dangerous situations including physical assault. They gain insight into the complexities of violence in our culture and become aware of how we are all impacted by sexism, racism, and gender oppression, regardless of our personal identities. Hand to hand classes explore the links between personal safety and community wellness because seeing this connection provides an opportunity for healing and encourages every individual to walk fearlessly in their lives.
$6,067 spent$1,857 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $72,654.
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 2018 to 2019, from $116k to $136k (+18%).
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.
14% of HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (65% for the typical peer).
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
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $500 → $1k.
From the IRS filings of HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER’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
HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% 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: 2017 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — broadly stable.
“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
77% of HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER'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
HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER is better cushioned than half of the 17,804 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,804 education nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER
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
98%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER?
- HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,950 to it, the largest being ELBRIDGE STUART FOUNDATION DBA STUART FOUNDATION ($1,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,950 in grants to HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER?
- ELBRIDGE STUART FOUNDATION DBA STUART FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HAND TO HAND KAJUKENBO SELF DEFENSE CENTER 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 2 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing