California · Nonprofit
SHADES & SHADOWS INC
SHADES & SHADOWS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $47 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($47). 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 FY2017
- $250
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $47
- Net assets
- $125
What Shades & Shadows Inc does
Mission
Shades & shadows is a non-profit organization that works tirelessly to expand the literary horizons of readers of all ages, general in southern california, through scheduled readings by genre authors, readings at bookstores and libraries, and at schools.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Shades & shadows, inc. Is a nonprofit organization that seeks to increase the visibility of speculative literature by fostering a community of authors and readers, challenging stereotypes about genre fiction, and adding literary depth to the cultural landscape. We began in 2015 in los angeles, and are expanding into new markets to bring our unique vision to a wider audience.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $31 → $16.
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 SHADES & SHADOWS 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 SHADES & SHADOWS 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. $47 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
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 SHADES & SHADOWS 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 SHADES & SHADOWS INC?
- SHADES & SHADOWS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $47 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($47). 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 SHADES & SHADOWS INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $47 in grants to SHADES & SHADOWS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SHADES & SHADOWS INC?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $47 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHADES & SHADOWS 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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