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Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(2)
$1.5Mrevenue
FY2025 · +60% in 3 yrs8staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin1.5%
Months of reserve0.0mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+52.2%
Middle half of peersMedianVanguard Theater Company
Where the money goes FY2025 · $1.5M spent
Programs$1.3M85%Management and general$158k10%Fundraising$65k4%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
Its largest funder stopped after FY2022
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation gave $150k in FY2022, 16% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$36k in FY2023 and −$96k in FY2024. Cash covers 0.0 months, under the peer median of 3.8.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 52% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 4 of its 7 returns, 10% of revenue in FY2025. $20k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending23funders
$193ka year, last 3 years
26%from its largest funder
Funder’19’20’21’22’23The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationOn and off$150kFidelity FoundationOn and off$50kThe March Forth FoundationNew in FY2023$30kGeraldine R Dodge Foundation IncSince FY2021$5k$8k$9kHispanic Federation IncNew in FY2023$20kThe Hyde and Watson FoundationNew in FY2023$10kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$7k$7k$11k$57k$213k6 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$10k$3k$4k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fund