California · Nonprofit
LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING
LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $921,417 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($315,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $709k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $921k
- Net assets
- $160k
What Leap Arts in Education Fka Leap Imagination in Learning does
Mission
Leap provides quality arts education programs to help students reach their full potential. Leap envisions a world where art is a fundamental part of every child's education and success.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Program service accomplishments: impact on students: leap served 9,500 students. Evaluations show that statistically students improve in verbal communication skills, critical thinking skills and reasoning, creativing thinking, collaboration, confidence, problem-solving, language abilities, focus and concentration, teamwork and self-esteem. Leap is represented in schools by 30 dynamic teaching artists who custom design residencies which fit individual school needs, meet state standards and integrate the arts into the academic curriculum. Programs include: architecture, dance/creative movement, literacy/creative writing, music, theatre/storytelling, and visual arts. During the 24-25 school year, leap served 21 schools, 310 classrooms, and approximately 9,500 students with residencies in the arts and architecture. Each residency merges the artist's unique skills and knowledge with the classroom teacher's curriculum and material. A typical residency lasts ten to twelve weeks. Leap's evaluation data shows a deep impact on student outcomes, both academically and socio-emotionally.
$616,962 spent$302,707 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $616,962.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $296k to $530k (+79%).
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 17% · 2019 26% · 2021 13% · 2022 42% · 2023 32%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Jill Dineen
Executive director
Board chair
Ryan Lee
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $68k → $116k.
5 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING’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
LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 62%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 52% · 2019 52% · 2020 68% · 2021 48% · 2022 61% · 2023 39% — 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
50% of LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.
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
96% of LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $111k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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.
Organizations like LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING: 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 LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING?
- LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING (California) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $921,417 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($315,000). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $921,417 in grants to LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $315,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAP ARTS IN EDUCATION FKA LEAP IMAGINATION IN LEARNING 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 2018–2025), and the filings of 19 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