California · Nonprofit
Scottish Fiddlers of California
Scottish Fiddlers of California (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,931 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($21,288). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $714k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $47k
- Net assets
- $1.6M
What Scottish Fiddlers of California does
Mission
Our goal is to teach, preserve, perform, and promote the rich traditional fiddle music and dance of Scotland. We provide personal growth opportunities to those wishing to explore Scottish fiddle and related genres in a supportive environment.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Instruction in Scottish music and dance:Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Fiddle Camp was held 6/14/25 thru 6/22/25. 21 instructors taught fiddle, guitar, piano song and dance to 219 students with experience ranging from beginning to master level. Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddle camp (8/22/25 thru 8/31/25) provided similar classes at all skill levels to 196 participants, taught by 24 instructors from USA and Scotland. The Peter Connolly and Cali Funds provided $40,410 in financial aid to participants. The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers held 12 meetings (averaging 21 attendees), hosted a Burn's Night supper (56 attendees), and a Winter Weekend retreat with 75 participants. There were 5 rehearsals for concerts and 31 farmers market performances and rehearsals. The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles held one fiddle workshop with Katie McNally and 14 rehearsals.
$554,636 spent$482,907 earned by the program88% of program spendingPublic performance of Scottish music and dance: The San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers performed at 11 farmers markets and 8 libraries to a combined audience estimated at 400 and 80, respectively, averaging 10 performers. SFSF gave three concerts on April 26, 27, and 28 to audiences between 423 and 536 with 70 players at each concert. 30 members of SFSF performed at Pleasanton Highland Games. The Scottish Fiddlers of Los Angeles performed at the Scottishfest, sponsored by the United Scottish Society, on May 24-25, 2025, with 19 performers. 38 members of SFLA performed at their annual concert on 4/12/2025, to an audience of 200. SFLA also held 5 smaller performances during the year. Sierra Fiddle Camp held a free outdoor concert on June 21, 2025, with 220 performers and an audience estimated at 400. Valley of the Moon presented at the Santa Cruz Civic Center on August 20 with 190 performers and an audience of 340.
$71,102 spent$75,758 earned by the program11% of program spendingDissemination of educational materials:Alasdair Fraser's Sierra Camp and Valley of the Moon provided sheet music to attendees. Both camps also provided video recordings of many of the activities. Artists' recordings and books were available for sale during camp. SFSF provided monthly newsletters to 350 members. Sheet music and sound recordings of the concert tunes were made available to SFSF members online. SFLA maintains an internet account of sound files, practice recordings of tunes and sheet music for their 49 members.
$5,712 spent$1,465 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $631,450.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+16%).
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 12% · 2023 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
9% of Scottish Fiddlers of California’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $7k → $27.
4 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 83% 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 Scottish Fiddlers of California’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
Scottish Fiddlers of California leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
83% 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 Scottish Fiddlers of California.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 85% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
83% of Scottish Fiddlers of California'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 $8k that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $39k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
Scottish Fiddlers of California holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Scottish Fiddlers of California
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
97% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
90%
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 Scottish Fiddlers of California: 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 Scottish Fiddlers of California?
- Scottish Fiddlers of California (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,931 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($21,288). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 83% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Scottish Fiddlers of California have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $46,931 in grants to Scottish Fiddlers of California, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Scottish Fiddlers of California?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $21,288 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Scottish Fiddlers of California 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 6 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