California · Nonprofit
Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc
Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,500 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $184k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $29k
What Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc does
Mission
Little Fish Comic Book Studio prepares the next generation of comic creators through academic and artistic instruction and mentor-ship and we use the comic art medium to improve and empower communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Our primary exemption purpose is to serve the community of young artists, fans of the comic art and the public in general. Classes and camps: Our classes, held four days a week, and our camps, held seasonally in Winter and Summer, work to build artistic skills in students while instilling in them confidence, a sense of community and collaboration and a professionalism to follow their artistic dreams however far it takes them. Former and current students have won awards and petitions from the San Diego County Fair, the California Center for the Arts, and the San Diego Reader. Workshops, demonstrations and community building events held in the studio and out: Little Fish works to build interest in the art form, confidence in young artist and community in connecting fans with students, artists and professionals at free workshops and community events; additionally we serve the community in conducting workshops at local preschool, elementary, middle and high schools. To this end we have been a Community Partner for two years with KPBS in their One Book One San Diego initiative. Students of all backgrounds, artistic abilities and socio-economic standings at Wilson Middle School worked…
$141,018 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $141,018.
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 2021 to 2022, from $36k to $47k (+32%).
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.
0% of Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (83% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Alonso Nunez
CEO
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $10k.
From the IRS filings of Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc’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 Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc has grown faster than half of the 5,688 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,688 youth development nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Little Fish Comic Book Studio 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.
Public support
0%
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 Little Fish Comic Book Studio 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 Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc?
- Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $17,500 to it, the largest being THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION ($17,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $17,500 in grants to Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Little Fish Comic Book Studio Inc?
- THE CONRAD PREBYS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Little Fish Comic Book Studio 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 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