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TAHOE MAGIC INC

TAHOE MAGIC INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,226 to it, the largest being Tahoe Community Foundation ($215,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$173k
Funders on record
12
Grants received
$409k
Net assets
$327k
6/12 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 54%
01What it does

What Tahoe Magic Inc does

Mission

The mission of tahoe magic is to provide one-time financial assistance to fragile families in crisis in the south shore of lake tahoe.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Tahoe magic provided financial assistance to local needy families in the south lake tahoe area for food, rent, clothing,utility expenses, and other living costs.

    $98,609 spent
    92% of program spending
  2. Provided auto and transportation assistance to needy families in the souuth lake tahoe area.

    $6,930 spent
    6% of program spending
  3. Provided financial assistance to local needy families and children for medical and dental needs.

    $2,111 spent
    2% of program spending
  4. Contributed funds to community non-profit organizations to benefit local families and children and provided financial assistance for dental and medical care of needy children.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $107,650.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($23k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($86k)2018 Revenue 82 ($19k) Expenses 91 ($28k) Net assets 89 ($76k)2019 Revenue 542 ($125k) Expenses 111 ($35k) Net assets 195 ($167k)2020 Revenue 1126 ($261k) Expenses 822 ($256k) Net assets 218 ($186k)2021 Revenue 1018 ($236k) Expenses 799 ($249k) Net assets 202 ($173k)2022 Revenue 908 ($210k) Expenses 514 ($160k) Net assets 261 ($223k)2023 Revenue 556 ($129k) Expenses 324 ($101k) Net assets 293 ($251k)2024 Revenue 431 ($100k) Expenses 279 ($87k) Net assets 308 ($264k)2025 Revenue 746 ($173k) Expenses 350 ($109k) Net assets 383 ($327k)
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Revenue (746)Expenses (350)Net assets (383)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $76k to $167k (+119%).

$86k
$76k
$167k
$186k
$173k
$223k
$251k
$264k
$327k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

94% of TAHOE MAGIC INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 24,946 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$8k
’17
−$9k
’18
$91k
’19
$5k
’20
−$13k
’21
$50k
’22
$28k
’23
$13k
’24
$64k
’25
36
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

202020212022202320242025
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Joined·+0+0+0+0+0
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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $300 → $62k.

3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 TAHOE MAGIC 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

TAHOE MAGIC INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 53% of grant income and the top three 80%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

82% 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 TAHOE MAGIC INC.

53%
largest funder
80%
top three
~3
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 44% · 2021 80% · 2022 45% · 2023 80% — 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.

How long its funders stay

33% of TAHOE MAGIC INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

60% of TAHOE MAGIC INC'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 $165k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.

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CA
CO

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $244k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

TAHOE MAGIC INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 16,849 education nonprofits its size.

Operating margin37% · top quartile
Months of reserve36.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 16,849 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

99% of spending goes to programs.

Program 99%Management 1%Fundraising 0%

Governance

5
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

58%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds TAHOE MAGIC INC?
TAHOE MAGIC INC (California) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $409,226 to it, the largest being Tahoe Community Foundation ($215,500). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does TAHOE MAGIC INC have?
IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $409,226 in grants to TAHOE MAGIC INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of TAHOE MAGIC INC?
Tahoe Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $215,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like TAHOE MAGIC 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 12 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