California · Nonprofit
Whittier Art Association
Whittier Art Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $98 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($98). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $129k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $98
- Net assets
- $249k
What Whittier Art Association does
Mission
The Whittier Art Association exists to advance art appreciation by the public.The Whittier Art Gallery, operated by the Whittier Art Association, is the only facility in the area presenting free, ever-changing exhibits of art in many unique media, to inform and educate the public. The WAA sponsors 3 month-long juried exhibits each year featuring a wide variety of media by many artists. Training and assistance is provided to educate artists on proper presentation for gallery display and publicity. One month each year the gallery is provided free of charge to the local school districts for display of childrens art. The remainder of the year groups or individual artists hold exhibits of their artwork. Throughout the year special events coordinating with the exhibits feature working artists educational demonstrations, cultural performances, entertainment, and inspiration. Knowledgeable WAA members are on hand to provide information throughout the month. The Gallery hosts approximately 250
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
To stimulate and coordinate creative expression by area artists utilizing social media, meetings, bi-monthly newsletter
$5,703 spent16% of program spendingOperate art gallery with continuous exhibits of fine arts and crafts by area artists with free admission, open 5 days/week, 52 weeks/year.
$30,607 spent84% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2026 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $36,310.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2025 to 2026, from $169k to $251k (+48%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $41 → $30.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 Whittier Art 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.
Where its funders are
100% of Whittier Art Association'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $98 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.
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Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
76%
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 Whittier Art 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 Whittier Art Association?
- Whittier Art Association (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $98 to it, the largest being AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION ($98). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Whittier Art Association have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $98 in grants to Whittier Art Association, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Whittier Art Association?
- AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $98 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Whittier Art 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 FY2026 (financials across 2023–2026), and the filings of 1 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