California · Nonprofit
SIX SECONDS
SIX SECONDS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,411 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($111,194). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $122k
- Net assets
- $665k
What Six Seconds does
Mission
Six Seconds is a community of changemakers contributing to a world of insight, connection, and purpose by working toward a billion people practicing the skills of emotional intelligence.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
To bring the practice of emotional intelligence to everyone, we trained and supported professionals in validated EQ tools and methods. This included over 737 certification participants from over 25 countries. In turn, our 2,724 active certified professionals supported approximately 501,018 people to be more aware and more effective in work, school, and life. We leveraged robust, scientifically validated assessment tools to make our work measurable; these tools are used in cases, validation studies, and in personal development. The assessments are supported by books and hands-on learning materials to make the concepts practical and actionable. Objective: Grow a thriving community of thousands of professionals deeply engaged in sharing the practice of EQ.
$1,783,623 spent$956,247 earned by the program54% of program spendingImproved the health and vitality of more than 100 organizations (schools, businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies) by adding Emotional Intelligence to their programs. Delivered organizational change consulting, professional development training, coaching and mentoring--teaching people to be better with people. Blending assessments and powerful development tools, these processes provided measurable, tangible benefit to individuals, teams and organizations. For schools, the impact on students and families was also measured, and educators were taught how to teach EQ skills in the classroom and the community. Objective: To create safer and more positive organizations where people can be and do their best.
$1,007,416 spent$1,699,413 earned by the program30% of program spendingTo build capacity for youth wellbeing, we partnered with nonprofits and NGOs to integrate emotional intelligence skills in their programs, and directly deliver programs for youth and adults. These included the POP-UP Festival in partnership with UNICEF World Childrens Day, the Climate of Emotions program for youth activists, and EQ Cafes held in over 200 cities. We held weekly online and in-person events reaching over 32,409 participants. Objective: To grow capacity for youth wellbeing by increasing emotional intelligence.
$511,966 spent$117,770 earned by the program16% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,303,005.
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 $1.7M to $2.3M (+36%).
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 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
0% of SIX SECONDS’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Chief executive
Joshua Freedman
CEO, Secretary, Treasurer
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $36k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 SIX SECONDS’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
SIX SECONDS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% 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
91% 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 SIX SECONDS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 86% — diversifying over time.
“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
SIX SECONDS draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 3 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $217 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
SIX SECONDS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding SIX SECONDS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $40 on record.
- DIRECT STATE SERVICES - NON-SALARY$40
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 SIX SECONDS
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
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
80%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Six Seconds Italia Srl · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SIX SECONDS: 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 SIX SECONDS?
- SIX SECONDS (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $122,411 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($111,194). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SIX SECONDS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $122,411 in grants to SIX SECONDS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SIX SECONDS?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $111,194 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SIX SECONDS 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.
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 4 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