California · Nonprofit
THE MOSAIC PROJECT
THE MOSAIC PROJECT (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,924,741 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($342,327). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $2.9M
- Net assets
- $2.7M
What The Mosaic Project does
Mission
We work toward a peaceful future by uniting children of diverse backgrounds, providing them with essential community building skills, and empowering them to become peacemakers. Our complementary work with youth and adults not only supports our youngest peacemakers, but also enables us to reach wider communities throughschools, community-based organizations, and the workplace.together, we create microcosms of the just, diverse, inclusive world we envision, demonstrate that peace is possible, and inspire action.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The outdoor school: while typical outdoor schools focus on environmental science, ours addresses issues of difference and builds self-esteem and community. Our students never forget this inspiring learning experience. We reach them before negative attitudes surrounding difference become entrenched and we enable them to live with, learn from, and befriend others with whom they would not ordinarily interact. Together in a beautiful, natural setting, they begin to recognize their commonalities and gain respect and appreciation for the uniqueness of all individuals, including themselves. They are encouraged to overcome ignoranceand insecurities which can lead to fear of difference, prejudice, discrimination, hatred, and violence. We provide our students with the profound, personal experience of building an inclusive, egalitarian community across race, culture, and class barriers, inspiring and empowering them to create such communities throughout theirlives. The partner teachers institute turns the outdoor school into a professional development retreat for our partner teachers. We provide workshops each day to give them the opportunity to engage more deeply with the themes, music, and…
$848,453 spent$368,385 earned by the program75% of program spendingYouth leadership project: we offer leadership training for high-school and college aged students who serve as mentors for the 4th and 5th graders at our outdoor school. The projects curriculum addresses issues of difference while building leadership skills. Youth leaders undergo extensive training prior to arriving at the outdoor school. Once there, the training continues as they serve as cabin leaders for a session, putting theory into practice. We offer the youth opportunities to participate in events year-round, including discussions, workshops, guest lectures, game days, field trips, and service learning projects. The project encourages the growth of a vibrant cross-cultural community of youth throughout the bay area.the youth leadership project also returned to a pre-pandemic model of primarily supporting and complementing the outdoor school camp program.
$167,825 spent15% of program spendingIN-SCHOOL PROJECT: IN ORDER TO DEEPEN AND SUSTAIN THE IMPACT OF THE MOSAIC PROJECTS OUTDOOR SCHOOL, WE OFFER THE MOSAIC IN-SCHOOL PROJECT(ISP) FOR OUR PARTNER SCHOOLS. THROUGH THE ISP, WE COLLABORATE WITH STUDENT LEADERS, EDUCATORS, AND FAMILIES TO BUILD EQUITABLE, HEALTHY CLASSROOM AND SCHOOL COMMUNITIES.The In-School project cost structure increased with a shift from the pandemic on-line delivery model back to in-person school visits for all 2023.
$66,649 spent6% of program spendingOther program services 4: youth leadership project: we offer leadership training for high-school and college aged students who serve as mentors for the 4th and 5th graders at our outdoor school. The projects curriculum addresses issues of difference while building leadership skills. Youth leaders undergo extensive training prior to arriving at the outdoor school. Once there, the training continues as they serve as cabin leaders for a session, putting theory into practice. We offer the youth opportunities to participate in events year-round, including discussions, workshops, guest lectures, game days, field trips, and service learning projects. The project encourages the growth of a vibrant cross-cultural community of youth throughout the bay area.the youth leadership project also returned to a pre-pandemic model of primarily supporting and complementing the outdoor school camp program.
$40,954 spent4% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,123,881.
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 2020 to 2021, from $1.8M to $2.5M (+36%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 8% · 2022 7% · 2023 9%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
68% of THE MOSAIC PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 17 funders to 23 funders, grant income fell $339k → $317k.
18 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 58% 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 MOSAIC PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 funders by total. 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 MOSAIC PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 12% of grant income, and it takes 8 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 8 funders to its left
71% 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 MOSAIC PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 30% · 2018 23% · 2019 23% · 2020 23% · 2021 13% · 2022 12% · 2023 12% — 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
50% of THE MOSAIC PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 60% give in more than one year at all.
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
58% of THE MOSAIC 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 $1.2M that is directly attributable, 51% of it comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.7M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 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 MOSAIC PROJECT holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like THE MOSAIC 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.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE MOSAIC 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 MOSAIC PROJECT?
- THE MOSAIC PROJECT (California) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,924,741 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($342,327). 32 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 58% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE MOSAIC PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $2,924,741 in grants to THE MOSAIC PROJECT, 32 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE MOSAIC PROJECT?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $342,327 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE MOSAIC 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 2017–2024), and the filings of 53 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