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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$1.5Mrevenue
FY2024 · +204% in 3 yrs6staff
5 of 7years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin17.9%
Months of reserve12.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+31.8%
Middle half of peersMedianSouthern Documentary
Where the money goes FY2024 · $1.2M spent
Programs$1.0M86%Management and general$170k14%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 31% of revenue stopped after FY2021
Novo Foundation gave about $138k a year for four years, 31% of revenue in FY2021.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsNo returns on record for FY2019–FY2020
It filed for FY2018 and FY2021, with nothing on record in between.
IRS 990 e-file recordsIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 32% a year since FY2018, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 3 of its 4 returns, 9% of revenue in FY2024. $1.1M is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Humanities.
990 Part VIII · USAspending90funders
$673ka year, last 3 years
47%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23John D and Catherine T Macarthur FoundationEvery year since FY2017$300k$2k$300k$300k$250k$250k$450kNovo FoundationStopped after FY2021$100k$150k$150k$150k–Arnhold Foundation IncStopped after FY2019$100k$50k$50k–Perspective Media Initiatives IncSince FY2022$50k$125kAnnie E Casey Foundation IncStopped after FY2020$20k$85k–The Ford FoundationStopped after FY2020$50k$50k–Donor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$57k$195k$357k$100k$96k$121k$43k43 other fundersUp to $80k a year each$40k$141k$106k$242k$190k$142k$152k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped