California · Nonprofit
METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE
METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,467 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $127k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $222k
- Net assets
- $165k
What Metta Center for Nonviolence does
Mission
Nonviolence education
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Study: we create resources and learning communities for the study and practice of nonviolence. We offer courses, trainings, workshops as well as books for all ages. We guide, mentor, and support nonviolent transformation worldwide.
$26,325 spent33% of program spendingResearch and education: we offer fellowships and internships, participate in academic conferences, and help to create and disseminate important research in the field of nonviolence through a variety of means.
$24,882 spent32% of program spendingMedia: we produce media for nonviolence including a nationally syndicated bi-weekly radio program and worldwide podcast; and a web-presence laden with transformative content for learning how to embody peace and nonviolence.
$18,677 spent24% of program spendingPractice: we help people into nonviolence practice with an emphasis on constructive and powerful alternative models.
$9,082 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $78,966.
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 2019 to 2020, from $145k to $93k (−36%).
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. 3 of the last 10 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $18k → $58k.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 68% 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 METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE’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
METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% 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 METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 57% · 2018 100% · 2019 69% · 2020 99% · 2021 45% · 2022 100% · 2023 70% — 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
68% of METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE'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 $72k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $150k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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 METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE
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
79%
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 METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE: 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 METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE?
- METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE (California) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $222,467 to it, the largest being ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($120,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 68% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $222,467 in grants to METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE?
- ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $120,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like METTA CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE 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 FY2026 (financials across 2017–2026), and the filings of 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing