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WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,028 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($47,215). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$164k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$71k
Net assets
$67k
4/5 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 5%
01What it does

What Westlake High School Instrumental Music Boosters does

Mission

Educational Support for Westlake High Schools Instrumental Music Department

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Provided 19 supplemental coaches instructors to support musical education of Westlake High School students in concert band orchestra regiment color guard and drumline.

    $68,398 spent
    46% of program spending
  2. Supplied competition support for Westlake High Schools competitive regiment color guard and drumline including event registration logistical support uniforms and props.

    $33,322 spent
    22% of program spending
  3. Support music education through purchase of music rights and the purchase repair of musical instruments.

    $28,395 spent
    19% of program spending
  4. Other program expenses include: Uniform Purchase & Repair Clinicians State County Honor Bands Banquets.

    $18,555 spent
    12% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $148,670.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($202k) Expenses 100 ($160k) Net assets 100 ($48k)2020 Revenue 76 ($154k) Expenses 121 ($193k) Net assets 18 ($9k)2021 Revenue 23 ($47k) Expenses 20 ($33k) Net assets 48 ($23k)2022 Revenue 93 ($188k) Expenses 129 ($205k) Net assets 68 ($33k)2023 Revenue 107 ($216k) Expenses 127 ($202k) Net assets 97 ($46k)2024 Revenue 95 ($192k) Expenses 107 ($171k) Net assets 135 ($64k)2025 Revenue 81 ($164k) Expenses 99 ($157k) Net assets 141 ($67k)
2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue (81)Expenses (99)Net assets (141)

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 $83k to $41k (−50%).

$83k
$41k
$54k
$36k
$50k
$71k
$76k
2019202020212022202320242025
Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.

$42k
’19
−$39k
’20
$14k
’21
−$18k
’22
$13k
’23
$21k
’24
$6k
’25
5.8
months of
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.

Board chair

Dena O'Laughlin

Color Guard Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

2019202320242025
Listed8987
Joined··+3+6
No longer listed··47
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $4k → $11k.

3 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 82% 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 WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS’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

WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

82% 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 WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS.

66%
largest funder
92%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 54% · 2021 57% · 2022 49% · 2023 67% — 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

82% of WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS'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 $12k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 2 states.

PA
NC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’17
’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
California out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

94% of spending goes to programs.

Program 94%Management 6%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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

CA

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Questions and answers

Who funds WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS?
WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS (California) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,028 to it, the largest being CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA ($47,215). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 82% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $71,028 in grants to WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS?
CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION AMERICA is the largest funder on record, with $47,215 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC BOOSTERS 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 2019–2025), 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing