California · Nonprofit
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,593 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $359k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $47k
- Net assets
- $50k
What The Summer Solstice Celebration Inc does
Mission
Bringing the community together through the arts
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Summer solstice arts festival promotes the visual and performing arts. This is a three day festival that is the culmination of the parade and the workshop that is run to provide a venue for the creation of costumes and floats. We also sponsor a children's festival where kids can experience art projects as well as a performance stage geared specifically to kids with lots of fun activities.
$249,651 spent$206,013 earned by the program86% of program spendingThe arts workshop provides a space, materials and artists in residence to facilitate the creation of costumes and floats for the annual parade.the summer solstice parade is a unique event. The floats are all pushed by people, nothing motorized, and the materials used in the creation of the floats are recycled materials. There is no advertising of any kind allowed in the parade. It is purely an expression of art and community.
$42,331 spent$33,883 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $291,982.
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 2017 to 2018, from $18k to $65k (+256%).
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: 2017 25% · 2018 24% · 2019 25%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
45% of THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $17k → $8k.
3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 60% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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
55% of THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC'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 $21k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from California funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $26k 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 SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC's revenue grew 28% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION 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
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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 SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC: 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 SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC?
- THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,593 to it, the largest being HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION ($20,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $46,593 in grants to THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION INC?
- HUTTON FOUNDATION DBA HUTTON PARKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION 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 5 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