California · Nonprofit
KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE ROBIN-HWAJIN YOON KIM FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $110k
What Korea Arts Foundation of America does
Mission
The purpose of the organization is to promote creativity, research, study and exhibitions in the arts. Kafa arms to encourage cooperation and free exchange among those who are interested in the arts, to provide educational facilities and services for persons and organizations engaged in all forms of artistic studies, and to coordinate, plan, organize and execute art projects. Its goals are also to facilitate the capability for realizing creative endeavors, and to enhance, encourage and nurture artistic accomplishments, and to knowledge the presence of outstanding korean- american artists.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The purpose of the organization is to promote creativity, research, study and exhibitions in the arts. Kafa arms to encourage cooperation and free exchange among those who are interested in the arts, to provide educational facilities and services for persons and organizations engaged in all forms of artistic studies, and to coordinate, plan, organize and execute art projects. Its goals are also to facilitate the capability for realizing creative endeavors, and to enhance, encourage and nurture artistic accomplishments, and to knowledge the presence of outstanding korean- american artists.
$12,100 spentof which $12,100 as grants94% of program spendingThe purpose of the organization is to promote creativity, research, study and exhibitions in the arts. Kafa arms to encourage cooperation and free exchange among those who are interested in the arts, to provide educational facilities and services for persons and organizations engaged in all forms of artistic studies, and to coordinate, plan, organize and execute art projects. Its goals are also to facilitate the capability for realizing creative endeavors, and to enhance, encourage and nurture artistic accomplishments, and to knowledge the presence of outstanding korean- american artists.
$785 spent6% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,885.
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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $123k to $104k (−16%).
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.
67% of KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA’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.
Where its funders are
100% of KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA's grant income comes from California funders.
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
KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA has grown faster than half of the 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,550 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
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.
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: 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 KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being THE ROBIN-HWAJIN YOON KIM FOUNDATION ($2,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA.
- Who is the largest funder of KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA?
- THE ROBIN-HWAJIN YOON KIM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like KOREA ARTS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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