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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$14Mrevenue
FY2024 · +248% in 3 yrs108staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpending
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin14.3%
Months of reserve0.8mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+18.0%
Middle half of peersMedianLensic Performing Arts Center
Where the money goes FY2024 · $12M spent
Programs$10M81%Management and general$1.4M11%Fundraising$986k8%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2020
Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable Trust gave $1.5M in FY2020, 53% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsGovernment grants fell 80% in FY2022
$1.5M in FY2021, $302k in FY2022.
990 Part VIIIIn its favor2
Strong governance
21 of 21 board members independent. Conflict-of-interest and whistleblower policies, audited financial statements, board reviews the 990.
990 Part VIGrowing faster than peers
Revenue up 18% a year since FY2017, faster than half of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohort81funders
$458ka year, last 3 years
16%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Eugene V and Clare E Thaw Charitable TrustOn and off$1.5MShelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund IncStopped after FY2021$200k$150k–The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial FoundationStopped after FY2022$100k$100k$100k–Gale Family FoundationSince FY2019$31k$10k$75k$65k$76kThe Melville Hankins Family Foundation IncStopped after FY2022$30k$30k$30k$30k$30k$30k–The Josephine Hughes Sterling FoundationOn and off$165kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$13k$20k$26k$53k$31k$62k$93k53 other fundersUp to $100k a year each$36k$68k$66k$123k$188k$154k$219k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped