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KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC

KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,831,093 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($401,400). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.2M
Funders on record
38
Grants received
$1.8M
Net assets
$4.9M
21/38 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 39%
01What it does

What Kids in the Spotlight Inc does

Mission

To train youth ages 12-24 who are in the foster care system and other underserved youth, to create, write, cast and star in their own short film, culminating in an annual film festival competition where all films are screened.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided ongoing workshops of writing, acting, casting and filmmaking which provide opportunities for teamwork creativity and discipline for over 100 Foster and underserved youths ages 12 through 24. The sessions culminated with short films presented at an annual film festival competition.

    $782,346 spent
    61% of program spending
  2. Program Salaries and Related Expenses.

    $447,347 spent
    35% of program spending
  3. Film Festival

    $46,652 spent
    4% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,276,345.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.3M) Net assets 100 ($188k)2020 Revenue 23 ($303k) Expenses 21 ($273k) Net assets 116 ($218k)2021 Revenue 77 ($1.0M) Expenses 62 ($794k) Net assets 226 ($425k)2022 Revenue 211 ($2.7M) Expenses 96 ($1.2M) Net assets 1016 ($1.9M)2023 Revenue 224 ($2.9M) Expenses 146 ($1.9M) Net assets 1561 ($2.9M)2024 Revenue 324 ($4.2M) Expenses 124 ($1.6M) Net assets 2579 ($4.9M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (324)Expenses (124)Net assets (2579)Peer revenue range

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 $3.1M to $7.0M (+127%).

$189k
$368k
$582k
$2.1M
$3.1M
$7.0M
201920202021202220232024
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2019 1% · 2020 33% · 2021 12% · 2022 30% · 2023 11% · 2024 37%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

79% of KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,035 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$6k
’19
$30k
’20
$207k
’21
$1.5M
’22
$1.0M
’23
$2.6M
’24
5.7
months of
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

Tige Charity

CEO

Board chair

Gregory Metzger

Board President

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201920202021202220232024
Listed111112131111
Joined·+3+3+2+2+0
No longer listed·32140
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 6 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $66k → $218k.

10 of 38 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 38 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

KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left

57% 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 KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC.

22%
largest funder
41%
top three
~12
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 58% · 2019 44% · 2020 43% · 2021 33% · 2022 22% · 2023 25% — 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.

How long its funders stay

46% of KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

78% of KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC's grant income comes from California funders.

WA
IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $785k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,928 youth development nonprofits its size.

Operating margin62% · top quartile
Months of reserve5.7mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)27% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,928 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $25k on record.

Federal$25k
grants $25kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • National Endowment for the Arts$25k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

Organizations like KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

57% of spending goes to programs.

Program 57%Management 43%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC?
KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC (California) receives grants from 38 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,831,093 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($401,400). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC have?
IRS filings report 38 organizations giving $1,831,093 in grants to KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC?
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $401,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like KIDS IN THE SPOTLIGHT INC 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 38 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