California · Nonprofit
The CHIMAERA PROJECT
The CHIMAERA PROJECT (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,499 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $105k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $31k
- Net assets
- $49k
What The CHIMAERA PROJECT does
Mission
The Chimaera Project recognizes the collective voice as a catalyst for SOCIAL CHANGE. Our overarching goal is to inspire confidence in hiring more women identifying creatives. Statistics prove that current hiring practices in the arts have a tangible creative and economic impact on families and our communities.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Program
We provide mentorship programs and workshops in front of and behind the camera for adults and teen youth in the media arts creative fields. Our programs are offered free to low-cost during the year. We minimally provide 2 mentorship programs and 2 media arts programs each year. The costs are covered by grant support and expenses includes artist materials venue rentals tech equipment rentals as needed and volunteer program coordinator travel stipend if finances allow.
$39,000 spentof which $39,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $39,000.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Cheryl Bookout
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $79.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 64% 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 The CHIMAERA PROJECT’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
The CHIMAERA PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
96% 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 The CHIMAERA PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 97% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
64% of The CHIMAERA PROJECT'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $20k 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.
Against its field
The CHIMAERA PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,356 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,356 unclassified nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding The CHIMAERA PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $20k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$20k
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 The CHIMAERA PROJECT
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
100%
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 The CHIMAERA PROJECT: 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 The CHIMAERA PROJECT?
- The CHIMAERA PROJECT (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $31,499 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 64% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does The CHIMAERA PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $31,499 in grants to The CHIMAERA PROJECT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of The CHIMAERA PROJECT?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like The CHIMAERA PROJECT 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 2024–2024), and the filings of 6 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