California · Nonprofit
OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC
OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,253 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($120,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $428k
- Net assets
- $870k
What Oakland Digital Arts and Literacy Center Inc does
Mission
BRIDGEGOOD increases opportunity and digital literacy for under-resourced students with a focus on Black Indigenous and Women People of Color. We prepare first-generation college students for careers in UX UI and Visual Design while developing leaders who inspire positive change. By connecting students to STEAM education we cultivate a generation of designers dedicated to social good.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
BRIDGEGOOD connects low-income design students of color with real-world opportunities at leading tech companies. With 70% of California community college students dropping out and 80% of recent graduates lacking design and tech skills our Jack London Square studio provides an essential solution. We offer tuition-free programs while giving local businesses access to projects created by our graduates. Alumni lead these projects mentoring motivated community college students and showcasing local talent. Our programs for adults 18 and older build the skills needed for success in Northern Californias competitive design market. Legacy and key supporters include Google.org Twitter Golden State Warriors Foundation Wells Fargo and Adobe.
$139,021 spentof which $8,859 as grants$500 earned by the program72% of program spendingInspire Oakland equips more than 1,300 under-resourced students annually through a 4-month career readiness program that includes design training resume building and professional development. Since its founding Inspire Oakland has reached more than 16,800 students generating $69.5M in career and job training ROI collectively. The initiative combines workforce preparation with a regionwide design challenge serving up to 50 schools each year. Participants gain skills in Adobe Photoshop and related tools along with career counseling from business and technology professionals. The design challenge invites students to create billboards and new media exploring the theme What about Oakland inspires you? The top 20 participants earn recognition and paid opportunities while the top six secure commercial media placements generating over 90 million impressions worldwide.
$41,076 spent21% of program spendingThe Inspiration Awards BRIDGEGOODs annual gala honors leadership community impact and the power of design for social good. The event celebrates students graduates and volunteers while recognizing three Bay Area changemakers advancing innovation technology business and education. Past honorees include leaders from Google Amazon Golden State Warriors Cal State East Bay and Disney. Research shows diverse teams are 33% more likely to outperform peers underscoring the importance of equity in leadership. Since July 31 2009 BRIDGEGOOD has served more than 16,800 students delivering $69.5M in career and job training ROI collectively. The gala demonstrates how diversity strengthens individuals organizations and communities.
$12,086 spent6% 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: $192,183.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 $798k to $939k (+18%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 5% · 2022 0% · 2023 0% · 2024 15%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Shaun Tai
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 2 funders, grant income rose $13k → $23k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% 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 OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER 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.
How concentrated its funding is
OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 72%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
67% 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 OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 48% · 2019 90% · 2020 38% · 2021 54% · 2022 43% · 2023 68% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER 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. Of the $165k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k 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.
Against its field
OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
70%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC?
- OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC (California) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $428,253 to it, the largest being TIDES FOUNDATION ($120,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $428,253 in grants to OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER INC?
- TIDES 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 OAKLAND DIGITAL ARTS AND LITERACY CENTER 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 10 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