California · Nonprofit
SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE
SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,540 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($9,500). 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
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $33k
What Something Queer Music and Arts Collective does
Mission
Something Queer Music and Arts Collective is a nonprofit PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized and operated exclusively for charitable purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Specific Purpose: A) The specific purpose of Something Queer Music and Arts Collective is to build queer community through education, art, music, culture, social support, self-expression, and civic engagement. B) The specific objectives and purpose of this organization shall be: i) to host an annual retreat for members of the queer community to build community; and ii) to provide opportunities within and among the queer community to connect and build mentorship opportunities; and iii) to provide scholarships and other funding to queer members of the community to effectuate our purpose; and iv) to sponsor, host and/or participate in other events and activities that promote our purpose.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
In 2024, Something Queer funded a number of queer artists in the community to support their artistic endeavors. These art grants went to 8 specific projects, which benefited thousands of people in the local area.
$11,074 spentof which $5,801 as grants10% of program spendingIn 2024, Something Queer allocated funds to provide 26 tickets to its annual queer retreat to underserved LGBTQIA community members and low-income participants to help promote mentorship and community building.
$0 spentof which $4,750 as grants0% of program spendingIn 2024, Something Queer organized an annual retreat for 310 members of the queer community. This retreat provided opportunities to build community, provided connections and mentorship in the queer community, and fostered support among the participants.
$96,728 spent90% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $107,802.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 $21k to $34k (+61%).
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.
5% of SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE’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. 0 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $25.
2 of 2 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 SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE’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
SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE'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. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE has grown faster 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
Organizations like SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE: 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 SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,540 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($9,500). 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 SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $9,540 in grants to SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $9,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SOMETHING QUEER MUSIC AND ARTS COLLECTIVE 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 2022–2024), and the filings of 2 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