California · Nonprofit
SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC
SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,172 to it, the largest being BRENDA & DAVE RICKEY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($77,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $79k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $121k
- Net assets
- $46k
What Spirit of the Fourth Inc does
Mission
To hold an annual community celebration each fourth of july to provide patriotic, historical and educational activities which commemorate the declaration of our nation's independence.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
Spirit of the fourth produces a community festival, parade, fireworks show & other entertainment annualy on july fourth. The community festival includes a service to honor military veterans, entertainment and display booths for community organizations and local businesses. No admissions fees are charged to the public for these events. Approximately 5,000 people attended the 2023 event.
$85,567 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $85,567.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2024 to 2025, from $65k to $46k (−29%).
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.
99% of SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $5k → $30k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 THE FOURTH 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.
How concentrated its funding is
SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% 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
36% 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 THE FOURTH INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 78% · 2023 83% — 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
100% of SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $44k 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 THE FOURTH INC has grown faster than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC
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.
Public support
95%
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 THE FOURTH 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 SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC?
- SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC (California) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $121,172 to it, the largest being BRENDA & DAVE RICKEY FAMILY FOUNDATION ($77,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $121,172 in grants to SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH INC?
- BRENDA & DAVE RICKEY FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $77,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SPIRIT OF THE FOURTH 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), 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