California · Nonprofit
ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,607 to it, the largest being THE KEMPER FOUNDATION ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $4k
- Net assets
- $2.9M
What Orange County Educational Arts Academy does
Mission
To nurture all learners to become creative, critical thinkers by providing high quality standards-based instruction through the arts, technology, language and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Oceaa provided classroom based instruction to students k-8. Oceaa's goal is to provide all students with an exemplary education founded in a rich academic program, the arts, multiple intelligences, language learning, environmental stewardship and creative technology. The program is based on research and best practices, providing each child the opportunity to flourish while learning in a creative environment. The program offers english and two-way language immersion (spanish-english) strands with all students participating in arts and science conservatories. The organization currently serves approximately 629 students in grades transitional kindergarten through eighth grades.
$9,462,139 spent$36,795 earned by the program89% of program spendingOceaa offers an after school program referred to as the kids expanded day school (keds). The program provides students with a safe, nurturing environment to foster creative, critical thinkers during non-school hours. Enrollment is offered to students who currently attend the oceaa charter school. The program is funded through parent paid fees and the after school safety (ases) state grant.
$212,608 spent$174,839 earned by the program2% of program spendingOceaa offers a school food service program to provide food and beverage sales to students during school hours. The program is guided by a wellness committee and has an established wellness policy outlining nutrition guidelines which is in accordance with the health framework for california public schools. The program focuses on improving student health and their capacity to learn. The program is funded by student paid meals and state and federal child nutrition programs.
$933,019 spent$3,273 earned by the program9% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $10,607,766.
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 2022 to 2023, from $12M to $15M (+27%).
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: 2017 93% · 2018 94% · 2019 93% · 2020 95% · 2021 99% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% · 2024 94% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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.
Board chair
Carmen Aparicio
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $571 → $0.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 5 funders by total. 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
ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 88% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% — 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
ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $107 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
ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 3,758 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,758 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY
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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Oceaa Facilities LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY?
- ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,607 to it, the largest being THE KEMPER FOUNDATION ($3,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $3,607 in grants to ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY?
- THE KEMPER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $3,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ORANGE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL ARTS ACADEMY 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 5 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