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THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION

THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE MORTON FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$150k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$25k
Net assets
$91k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What The California Autoharp Gathering (Cag) Foundation does

Mission

Promote and faciliate music theory and practice.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. Promote and facilitate music theory and practice.

    $99,104 spent$148,539 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $99,104.

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 ($63k) Expenses 100 ($62k) Net assets 100 ($7k)2019 Revenue 129 ($81k) Expenses 133 ($82k) Net assets 329 ($22k)2020 Revenue 89 ($56k) Expenses 57 ($35k) Net assets 638 ($42k)2021 Revenue 55 ($35k) Expenses 22 ($14k) Net assets 956 ($64k)2022 Revenue 109 ($69k) Expenses 168 ($104k) Net assets 424 ($28k)2023 Revenue 125 ($79k) Expenses 116 ($72k) Net assets 528 ($35k)2024 Revenue 113 ($71k) Expenses 124 ($77k) Net assets 770 ($51k)2025 Revenue 237 ($150k) Expenses 178 ($110k) Net assets 1365 ($91k)
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Revenue (237)Expenses (178)Net assets (1365)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 2024 to 2025, from $51k to $91k (+77%).

$7k
$22k
$42k
$64k
$28k
$35k
$51k
$91k
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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
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

37% of THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$1k
’17
−$737
’19
$21k
’20
$21k
’21
−$35k
’22
$7k
’23
−$5k
’24
$40k
’25
9.9
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

2020 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $5k.

Funder
'20
'21
'22
'23
'24*
total
funders
1
1
1
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION’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

100% of THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION's grant income comes from California funders.

CA

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

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’21
’22
’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

Against its field

THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.

Operating margin26% · top quartile
Months of reserve9.9mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)11% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

90% of spending goes to programs.

Program 90%Management 10%Fundraising 0%

Governance

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

Public support

98%

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 THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION?
THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $25,000 to it, the largest being THE MORTON FOUNDATION ($25,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $25,000 in grants to THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION?
THE MORTON FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CALIFORNIA AUTOHARP GATHERING (CAG) FOUNDATION 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 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