California · Nonprofit
WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION
WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,730 to it, the largest being THE LEWIS PRIZE FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $890k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $394k
- Net assets
- $27k
What White Hall Arts Academy Foundation does
Mission
White Hall Arts Academy Foundations mission is to use the power of the arts to educate empower and encourage low income communities. We strive to bridge the gap between mental health social emotional learning arts development and creative expression by providing educational arts and creative workforce development programs to youth and young adults with the end goal of producing quality live and digital productions. Through our work we aim to foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the arts and their ability to inspire heal and bring people together.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Saturday Session Program is designed for children ages 4-17. This program offers piano guitar singing music production drums acting and dance classes. Saturday Sessions provides relevant culturally responsive arts programming and our music production curriculum provides students the opportunity to engage with music in a non-traditional way that encourages individual student creativity and autonomy. At the culmination of each program students participate in public showcases which provide them with precious performance experiences to display the diverse talents and skills they acquire while in the program. Classes take place at WHAA on Saturdays from 10am - 2pm. There is a 4-week Winter session during the month of February an 8-week Spring from mid-March through mid-May a 4-week Summer session during the month of July and an 8-week Fall session from mid-September through mid-November. These programs foster creative abilities of youth through culturally and linguistically responsive arts learning.
$65,296 spent$6,550 earned by the program9% of program spendingSoundworks is a workforce development program created by White Hall Arts Academy that trains justice-affected and transitional aged foster youth in sound engineering lighting design and video production then provides apprenticeship opportunities within the entertainment industry. Providing 200 hours of intensive hands-on training in state-of-the-art facilities with active industry professionals followed by on-the-job training hours Soundworks aims to equip vulnerable youth with valuable technical skills and work experience in the live entertainment industry preparing them to have family sustaining careers in the creative economy.
$483,425 spent66% of program spendingAMP Arts Music Power is an onsite program designed to inspire and involve youth with little or no experience and minimal access to onsite instruments. This program provides guitar vocal and music production instruction at educational and educational support centers throughout South Los Angeles and neighboring cities. Sites include Crete Academy Watts Learning Center Birdie V. Lee Bright Elementary School Learning By Design Charter in South LA and Bridges Preparatory Academy in Compton. In the past at Bethune Middle School Al Wooten Youth Center and Urban Scholar Academy in South LA and Lifeline Educational Charter in Compton CA.
$61,373 spent$92,199 earned by the program8% of program spendingMy First Job is WHAAs youth workforce development program that provides a cohort of youth ages 1421 from South LA with critical early work experience in a supportive arts-centered environment. Since 2015 the program offers first-time job opportunities as office assistants teaching aides media creators and event staffroles that help participants build workplace skills self-confidence and financial literacy. Alongside hands-on training youth receive mentorship and guidance in resume writing interview preparation and professional behavior preparing them for future employment. Providing youth with their first paycheck is a transformational step toward independence self-worth and long-term success.
$15,000 spent2% of program spendingMusic Creators Camp is free immersive program is designed for South LA youth ages 917 who are passionate about music creativity and real-world experience in the industry. This week-long program hosted by Keith Harris Grammy Award winning Musical Director for the Black Eyed Peas and The Backstreet Boys is designed to connect young creatives with hands- on mentorship real-world music experiences and personal encouragement from artists whove walked the path they dream of. In addition to exclusive sessions at The Apple Store at The Grove in partnership with Today at Apple students also visit the legendary places like Universal Music Group Recording Studios an unforgettable opportunity for them to step into the spaces where greatness is made.
$20,121 spent$5,000 earned by the program3% of program spendingRock The Block: Rock The Block is White Hall Arts Academys annual community wellness festival that brings together over 3,000 attendees for a day of music empowerment and connection in the heart of South Los Angeles. This free family-friendly event features live performances health and wellness services youth activities and panel discussions centered on community wellbeing and economic empowerment. Rock The Block is presented in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs LADWP LAPD Park Mesa Heights Neighborhood Council LA Metro Alliance Public Schools and LA City Council District 8. More than just a celebration Rock The Block is a reflection of our commitment to building stronger healthier and more vibrant communities through the arts.
$63,350 spent$19,020 earned by the program9% of program spendingMusic Lesson Scholarships: Every year we provide over $20,000 of scholarships for free private music lessons to support individuals living below the poverty threshold and children affected by foster care.
$27,110 spent4% of program spending
The 7 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $735,675.
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 2024 to 2025, from $41k to $104k (+155%).
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: 2022 59% · 2023 13% · 2024 16% · 2025 48%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 5 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
Tanisha Hall
Executive Director
Board chair
Charyn Harris
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 5 funders, grant income rose $25k → $41k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% 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 WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION’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
WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
65% 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 WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 41% · 2023 51% — 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.
How long its funders stay
33% of WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 36% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION draws 63% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 4 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $132k 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
WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
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In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION (California) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $393,730 to it, the largest being THE LEWIS PRIZE FOUNDATION INC ($125,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $393,730 in grants to WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION?
- THE LEWIS PRIZE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $125,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WHITE HALL ARTS ACADEMY FOUNDATION 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.
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 11 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