California · Nonprofit
LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC
LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,043 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($926,043). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $1.0M
- Net assets
- $235k
What La Maestra Foundation Inc does
Mission
To provide and support advocacy and community services that improve the overall well being of low-income, culturally diverse individuals and families in san diego with the goal of achieving self sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Coffee cart, embroidery, micro credit, blossoms (florist shop, legal and are all programs designed to give disadvantaged people training in business and job skills. Hdc/icr provides housing for recovering individuals.
$682,822 spent$443,141 earned by the program38% of program spendingGenerations is an after school education program providing education assistance to children during after school hours. The program offers courses in academics, arts, music and technology.
$538,058 spent$276,716 earned by the program30% of program spendingThe print shop provides vocational training and job skills to individuals in recovery programs.
$410,105 spent$464,771 earned by the program23% of program spendingThe laundry operation provides vocation training.
$188,321 spent$246,328 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,819,306.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $517k (−53%).
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: 2018 1% · 2019 2% · 2020 5% · 2021 10% · 2022 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
64% of LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (61% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $0 → $150k.
1 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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
LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 96% · 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
93% of LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $75k that is directly attributable, 67% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $926k 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
LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 4,203 community improvement nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,203 community improvement nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION 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.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
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 LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC: 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 LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC?
- LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,001,043 to it, the largest being THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION ($926,043). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $1,001,043 in grants to LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION INC?
- THE SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $926,043 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LA MAESTRA FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 6 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