California · Nonprofit
MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR
MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $511,858 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 18
- Grants received
- $512k
- Net assets
- $760k
What Mockingbird Incubator does
Mission
To engage in charitable and education activities to educate nonprofit and business leaders
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Climate mental health network the climate mental health network is a collective of dedicated community advocates focused on fostering mental well-being by reshaping our national dialogueand actionsabout the emotional impacts of the climate crisis
$159,399 spent$428,706 earned by the program14% of program spendingMockingbird Incubator supports and trains activists, grassroot organizers and early state emerging nonprofits to increase the impact of their work
$783,693 spentof which $463,061 as grants$319,588 earned by the program67% of program spendingReal food challenge rfc's mission is to mobilize student power to transform university food systems through shifting to more just and ecologically sound procurement strategies. Rfc provides educational presentations to students on college campuses (ages 18-35), highlighting aspects of the current extractive food system, share our theory of change, and our approach to organizing, and then support them pursuing the rfc mission as they are inspired to and as makes sense for their campus
$37,514 spent$314,679 earned by the program3% of program spendingOthers are as follows bardfly theatre co. Bardfly theatre co. Produces site-specific theatre that builds community and advances arts and culture in los angeles. Bardfly aims to make theatre, including shakespeare, a fun and accessible social experience for los angeles audiences. Los angeles zoo nonprofit fund the los angeles zoo nonprofit fund raises funds to support the los angeles zoos mission to save wildlife, enrich our communities, and create connections to nature pause pause is dedicated to supporting people of color through grief and end of life with safe, culturally-sensitive, and expert-informed resources. Pause offers digital and in-person resources and programming serving individuals, companies, and deathcare professionals. Legal empowerment and advocacy hub (leah) leah practices, promotes and develops the best practices of legal empowerment, community peacebuilding and community organizing to expand access to justice, peace and power for isolated, vulnerable and incarcerated communities.
$189,344 spentof which $500 as grants$321,116 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,169,950.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $71k to $510k (+615%).
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: 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
23% of MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 3 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
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $70 → $28k.
7 of 18 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 43% 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 MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR’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
MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
59% 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 MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 93% — diversifying over time.
“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
MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR draws 61% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 5 states in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $218k arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR has grown faster than three-quarters of the 9,398 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,398 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR
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
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
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 MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR: 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 MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR?
- MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR (California) receives grants from 18 organizations whose IRS filings report $511,858 to it, the largest being THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION ($100,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR have?
- IRS filings report 18 organizations giving $511,858 in grants to MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR?
- THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2023–2025), and the filings of 18 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