California · Nonprofit
SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS
SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,829 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,324). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $298k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $51k
What Spirit of Great Oak Boosters does
Mission
To promote and support the students and director of the instrumental music and color guard programs at great oak high school and other visual and performing arts program.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Hosted competitions give an opportunity to raise monies for the program. The spirit of great oak applies to host competitions through wgi and scpa. Some years sogo is chosen to host several events. Many schools throughout the state and out of state compete in them.
$343,952 spent$132,252 earned by the program96% of program spendingVertical raise is an online fundraising platform that allows highschools to seek donations for programs. Our band and colorguard students send invites out to friends and family members asking for donations to help cover season expenses. Individuals were able to sign in to this site and donate. Vertical raise then forward donations after they have taken their transaction fees.
$33,536 earned by the programApparel funds are raised by selling spirit of great oak teeshirts & sweatshirts at our hosted competitions and to our students and families. In addition, we sell previous season uniforms from the colorguard that are no longer going to be used.
$16,068 spent$14,223 earned by the program4% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $360,020.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $505 → $483.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS’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
SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 72% 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
72% 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 SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 100% · 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
72% of SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS'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 $505 that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k 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
SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $2k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In California
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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
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 SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS: 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 SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS?
- SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,829 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($1,324). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $1,829 in grants to SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,324 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF GREAT OAK BOOSTERS 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 2024–2024), 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