California · Nonprofit
LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO
LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,651 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ($20,651). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $6k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $67k
What Lao Community Cultural Center of San Diego does
Mission
Cultural preservation, education, and exchange.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The organization hosts the annual Lao New Year Festival on April 5 and 6, 2025. The event brought over 1500 attendees to experience the cultural aspect of Laos, including classical dance, music, food, and the nang sangkhan procession. Scholarship winners were also announced at the event.
$48,194 spent61% of program spendingThe annual Lao Boat Racing Festival took place on September 20, 2025. We had 15 teams, with over 350 paddlers participated in the event. The festival was free to the public, attracting over 1000 attendees throughout the day to watch the race and enjoy Lao food and entertainment along the shore of beautiful San Diego bay.
$23,674 spent30% of program spendingAnnual scholarship program. We awarded 7 recipients in 2025.
$3,500 spent4% of program spendingPerformance arts program where we teach the younger generation traditional Lao performances. They then perform throughout the San Diego community events.
$3,698 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $79,066.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $67k to $78k (+15%).
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.
100% of LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Bobbie Oudinarath
Board Chairwoman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
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 LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO’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
LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 95% 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
95% 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 LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.
“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
95% of LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO'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
LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO's revenue fell 44% between 2021 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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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
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO: 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 LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO?
- LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,651 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY ($20,651). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $21,651 in grants to LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO.
- Who is the largest funder of LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO?
- UNITED WAY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY is the largest funder on record, with $20,651 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LAO COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER OF SAN DIEGO 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 2021–2025), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing