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THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC

THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being Tarbell Family Foundation ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$37k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$750
Net assets
$-5749
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What The Animation Show of Shows Inc does

Mission

The corporation will help film students studying how to make short animated films and film makers of short animated films develop and improve their capabilities to make these films. In the process, it will also educate them about the importance of how short animated films are more than mere entertainment and can make important social statements. These films historically have tackled some of the major social issues of the day. The educational process will be accomplished through free lectures to students and faculty at colleges and universities and to animated short film makers. The lectures will cover all facets of creating and producing animated shorts and will include the showing of selected animated shorts to assist the attendees in improving their skills and capabilities. By scouring animated film festival throughout the world, the selection is made of those films to include in the lectures that will best carry out the objectives of the corporation. Evidence of the quality of the f

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Compiled 14 exceptional and inspiring animated short films for exhibit in the 22nd annual show of shows, expanding the audiences for these brilliant animated films and their creators and fostering an appreciation and an awareness for them.

    $26,780 spent$37,015 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $26,780.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($187k) Expenses 100 ($159k) Net assets 100 ($33k)2018 Revenue 106 ($197k) Expenses 148 ($237k) Net assets -18 ($-5876)2019 Revenue 64 ($120k) Expenses 94 ($150k) Net assets -107 ($-35439)2020 Revenue 33 ($62k) Expenses 27 ($43k) Net assets -48 ($-15803)2021 Revenue 32 ($59k) Expenses 19 ($31k) Net assets -15 ($-5114)2022 Revenue 42 ($78k) Expenses 54 ($85k) Net assets -39 ($-12845)2023 Revenue 44 ($82k) Expenses 38 ($60k) Net assets 27 ($9k)2024 Revenue 20 ($37k) Expenses 33 ($52k) Net assets -17 ($-5749)
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Revenue (20)Expenses (33)Net assets (-17)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $6k to $34k (+458%).

$45k
$21k
$14k
$6k
$34k
$16k
$22k
$7k
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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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$27k
’17
−$39k
’18
−$30k
’19
$20k
’20
$28k
’21
−$8k
’22
$22k
’23
−$15k
’24
1.5
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.

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03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $500 → $250.

Funder
'21
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS 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.

Where its funders are

THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 1 state in all.

DE

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

’21
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Organizations like THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

52% of spending goes to programs.

Program 52%Management 48%Fundraising 0%

Governance

1
board members
0%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Acme Filmworks Inc · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC?
THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $750 to it, the largest being Tarbell Family Foundation ($750). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $750 in grants to THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS INC?
Tarbell Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $750 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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