California · Nonprofit
MADE OUT OF WHAT
MADE OUT OF WHAT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,505 to it, the largest being THE SKYLARK FOUNDATION % MANN GELON SMITH SROKA LEE LLP ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $14k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $8k
- Net assets
- $0
What Made Out of What does
Mission
The primary purpose of this corporation is to promote the circular economy through the adaptive reuse of consumer waste in art, design, fashion and architecture.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
1.designed a quarterly magazine.2.created social media content.3.documentary production.
$6,389 spent$14,467 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $6,389.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $4k to $10k (+164%).
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.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $3k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 MADE OUT OF WHAT’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
MADE OUT OF WHAT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of MADE OUT OF WHAT's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5 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.
Organizations like MADE OUT OF WHAT
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
61% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MADE OUT OF WHAT: 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 MADE OUT OF WHAT?
- MADE OUT OF WHAT (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,505 to it, the largest being THE SKYLARK FOUNDATION % MANN GELON SMITH SROKA LEE LLP ($5,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MADE OUT OF WHAT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $7,505 in grants to MADE OUT OF WHAT.
- Who is the largest funder of MADE OUT OF WHAT?
- THE SKYLARK FOUNDATION % MANN GELON SMITH SROKA LEE LLP is the largest funder on record, with $5,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MADE OUT OF WHAT 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 3 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