California · Nonprofit
MAKERS HUB
MAKERS HUB (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $258k
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $314k
- Net assets
- $159k
What Makers Hub does
Mission
The Makers Hub envisions a community makerspace & tool library that offers equal access to tools workshops equipment and resources that inspire creativity facilitate lifelong learning and provide inclusive and equitable opportunities for all.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Our Tool Library & Makerspace provide a location in Compton that houses tools and equipment available for community use during open hours. Additionally we provide workshops to residents interested in learning new trades or creative works.
$161,454 spentof which $150,000 as grants$6,208 earned by the program93% of program spendingOur Makers Hub Club program provides tools and equipment to local schools to introduce students to creative and trade work. Our Career Connections speaker series is a part of the program that introduces students to professionals in alternative career pathways that students may wish to explore.
$6,676 spentof which $4,684 as grants4% of program spendingOur Community Repair Clinics introduce area residents to the circular economy model providing hands-on learning in repair skills while changing the mindset of residents to repair reuse and recycle items to retain wealth in their communities.
$5,518 spent3% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $173,648.
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 $62k to $193k (+212%).
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: 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of MAKERS HUB’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (54% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 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
Adrianne Ferree
Executive Director Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $55k → $60k.
2 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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 MAKERS HUB’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
MAKERS HUB leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
78% 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 MAKERS HUB.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 73% · 2023 83% — growing more concentrated.
“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
65% of MAKERS HUB's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $109k that is directly attributable, 68% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $205k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.
Against its field
MAKERS HUB runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,276 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,276 employment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like MAKERS HUB
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MAKERS HUB: 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 MAKERS HUB?
- MAKERS HUB (California) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $314,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($150,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MAKERS HUB have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $314,000 in grants to MAKERS HUB, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MAKERS HUB?
- CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MAKERS HUB 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 2021–2024), and the filings of 8 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