California · Nonprofit
ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION
ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($112). 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 FY2024
- $165k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $112
- Net assets
- $667k
What Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation does
Mission
To preserve TOR House, Hawk Tower, and their collections; to promote the literary and philosophical legacy of Robinson Jeffers for the enrichment and enlightenment of the public; to serve the community as a cultural resource.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Tours and special events at the Robinson Jeffers Home in Carmel, CA, for public education regarding the life of Robinson Jeffers and his family as well as music, poetry, and art demonstrations. Over 1,500 guests toured the house in 2024.
$133,564 spentof which $2,531 as grants$43,559 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $133,564.
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 2018 to 2019, from $593k to $661k (+11%).
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: 2021 16% · 2023 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
65% of ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION’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 8 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
2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $27.
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 ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION’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 ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION'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. $112 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
ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $23k on record.
- National Endowment for the Humanities$23k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION
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
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
77%
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 ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION: 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 ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION?
- ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $112 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($112). 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 ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $112 in grants to ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $112 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ROBINSON JEFFERS TOR HOUSE FOUNDATION 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 2017–2024), 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing