California · Nonprofit
THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,250 to it, the largest being The Byron and Deanne Hayes Family Foundation ($11,924). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $142k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $46k
What The Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice does
Mission
The museum of social justice is dedicated to telling the neglected stories of the diverse people of los angeles. By showcasing the history of social movements from the perspective of marginalized groups, the museum inspires visitors to engage with social justice principles and advocate for change.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Program
The Los Angeles United Methodist Museum of Social Justice (the organization) was formed on july 12, 2012, to implement a requirement in the cooperative agreement with the city of los angeles, which permits la plaza united methodist church (the church) to occupy its historic building at the corner of olvera street and paseo de la plaza in the el pueblo de los angeles historical monument (el pueblo). One of the conditions of the cooperative agreement was the establishment of a museum to illuminate and educate visitors and tourists to el pueblo about this historical work of the methodist church among mexican immigrants and the underclass of early los angeles. The organizations mission statement is as follows:the museum of social justice is dedicated to telling the neglected stories of the diverse people of los angeles. By showcasing the history of social movements from the perspective of marginalized groups, the museum inspires visitors to engage with social justice principles and advocate for change.
$130,971 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $130,971.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $26k to $57k (+120%).
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.
96% of THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Domenica Castillo
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $4k → $3k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE’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 LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
46% 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 LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 99% · 2021 79% · 2022 95% · 2023 96% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $326 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.
Against its field
THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,634 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: 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 LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE?
- THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $22,250 to it, the largest being The Byron and Deanne Hayes Family Foundation ($11,924). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $22,250 in grants to THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE?
- The Byron and Deanne Hayes Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $11,924 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LOS ANGELES UNITED METHODIST MUSEUM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 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 3 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