California · Nonprofit
Streetside Stories Inc
Streetside Stories Inc (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,750 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $900k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $258k
- Net assets
- $239k
What Streetside Stories Inc does
Mission
Streetside Stories cultivates the voices of young people from underrepresented communities by teaching them how to write, illustrate, and share stories that honor their personal experiences.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
Streetside Stories In-School ProgramsThese workshops are run in partnership with school sites and are designed to enhance learning through the incorporation of personal storytelling. Storytelling Exchange: 3rd-8th grade students craft personal stories through a writing process that incorporates storytelling and literary arts. Includes 12 hours of instruction over 3-6 weeks.Stories in Motion: 4th-8th grade students use iPads to create media arts projects [continued on Schedule O]
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $115k → $143k.
1 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 Streetside Stories 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
Streetside Stories Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 81% — growing more concentrated.
“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
95% of Streetside Stories 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. $24k 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.
Government funding Streetside Stories Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 Streetside Stories 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.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
68%
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 Streetside Stories 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 Streetside Stories Inc?
- Streetside Stories Inc (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $257,750 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION ($150,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Streetside Stories Inc have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $257,750 in grants to Streetside Stories Inc, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Streetside Stories Inc?
- THE WILLIAM & FLORA HEWLETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Streetside Stories 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), and the filings of 11 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