California · Nonprofit
NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC
NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $204k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $20k
- Net assets
- $50k
What Namah Ensemble Inc does
Mission
The specific purpose of the corporation is to promote and educate the broadest possible public appreciation and interest in iranian and world performing arts, including dance, music and theater, through public performances, educational outreach programs, workshops, lectures and studio instruction.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In first three months of 2025, namah ensemble presented a combination of free and inexpensive online events including courses, lectures, and performances led by banafsheh sayyad that served the mission of namah ensemble to educate 5500 individuals appreciation and interest in iranian and world performing arts. One of the online courses namah ensemble began in january 2025 was offered on a monthly basis, once a month through december 2025 which served to educate 550 individuals appreciation and interest in iranian and world performing arts. In february - may 2025, namah ensemble presented an online course in persian and world dance on the shift network taught by banafsheh sayyad online via zoom that served to educate 1350 individuals appreciation and interest in iranian and world performing arts. Throughout the year, namah ensemble donated 15 performances at events that were dedicated to raising awareness about the social situation in iran and for iranians in the united states. These performances served to educate more than 10,000 people appreciation and interest in iranian performing arts. In july 2025, namah ensemble presented a performance and multiple sessions taught by…
$250,566 spentof which $3,750 as grants$61,950 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $250,566.
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 2024 to 2025, from $111k to $50k (−55%).
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 72% · 2025 35%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
70% of NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 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
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 NAMAH ENSEMBLE 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 NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
Against its field
NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like NAMAH ENSEMBLE 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.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 NAMAH ENSEMBLE 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 NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC?
- NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NAMAH ENSEMBLE INC?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NAMAH ENSEMBLE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing