California · Nonprofit
VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION
VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,140 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($21,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $70k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $46k
- Net assets
- $14k
What Venice Canals Association does
Mission
The organizations primary exempt purpose is to protect preserve and enhance the historic Venice Canals located in Venice California.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
he Venice Canals are listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the City of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument registry and serve as a wildlife preserve protecting vital coastal wetland habitat. Recognized for their unique cultural historical environmental and scenic value in Southern California the VCA focuses on preserving and protecting these qualities. In 2025 the VCA donated funds to the Coalition for Safe Coastal Development a Section 501c4 organization to support legal efforts concerning a proposed development project that would affect the environmentally sensitive and historic Venice and Grand Canals. The Coalition does not participate or intervene in political campaigns and the contribution was used for legal efforts consistent with the organizations exempt purposes.
$55,850 spent77% of program spendingAs part of its mission to protect preserve and enhance the historic and environmentally sensitive Venice Canals the VCA conducts ongoing environmental improvement and maintenance activities in public areas. These activities include landscaping and beautification projects planting and maintaining environmentally appropriate vegetation maintenance of public canal areas and pathways and supplying Mutt Mitt dog waste stations to support cleanliness and environmental stewardship within the canal community. In 2025 the VCA also donated funds to the Venice Canals Foundation a Section 501c3 organization to support maintenance of the Venice Canals Coastal Access Pathway and related environmental preservation efforts.
$13,078 spent18% of program spendingIn addition to environmental preservation the VCA promotes community engagement and education regarding the historic environmental and ecological importance of the Venice Canals. In 2025 the VCA organized public community events that fostered awareness safety and appreciation for the canals unique character history and habitat. These events included the July 4th Celebration the Holiday Boat Parade a childrens Halloween community event outdoor movie nights the Annual General Meeting of Members and other community gatherings. The VCA also kept members and residents informed regarding neighborhood issues public safety and developments affecting the local environment.
$3,624 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $72,552.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 2021 to 2022, from $21k to $37k (+82%).
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.
100% of VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $140 → $10k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% 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 VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION’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
VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION 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. $21k 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
VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION
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
95%
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 VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION: 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 VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION?
- VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION (California) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $46,140 to it, the largest being RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND ($21,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $46,140 in grants to VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION?
- RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $21,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VENICE CANALS ASSOCIATION 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 2021–2025), 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