California · Nonprofit
THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,947 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $157k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $202k
- Net assets
- $133k
What The Waldorf Institute of Southern California does
Mission
To offer current & prospective teachers a preparation for waldorf teaching encompassing transformative experiences of artistic & teaching practice, collaborative work & developing an essential relation to the spiritual understanding & path that is the source of waldorf education.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Part-time waldorf teacher preparation courses presented seven hours a week for 29 weeks per year. No grants given.
$104,277 spent$124,980 earned by the program51% of program spendingFour weeks of summer courses - waldorf teacher preparation - five days a week, eight hours a day. No grants given. Revenue arises as tuition is paid.
$51,116 spent$60,576 earned by the program25% of program spendingFour all day workshops - outreach waldorf education programs. No grants given. Revenue arises as prospects participate in part of available courses.
$49,445 spent$58,778 earned by the program24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $204,838.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $141k to $196k (+39%).
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 12%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Chief executive
Aileen Leijten
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $42k.
1 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA’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 WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 35% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 67% · 2019 60% · 2020 58% · 2021 40% · 2022 41% · 2023 41% — 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
THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $199 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.
Organizations like THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: 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 WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $201,947 to it, the largest being THE MICHAEL FOUNDATION INC ($70,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $201,947 in grants to THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA?
- THE MICHAEL FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $70,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE WALDORF INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 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