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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)(1)
$2.3Mrevenue
FY2024 · +122% in 3 yrs7staff
8 of 8years filed
’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2024
Operating margin−3.3%
Months of reserve0.3mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+20.9%
Middle half of peersMedianWords Beats and Life
Where the money goes FY2024 · $2.4M spent
Programs$2.2M91%Management and general$197k8%Fundraising$28k1%990 FY2024 · Part IX line 25
Nothing to check in the filings
In its favor2
Growing faster than peers
Revenue up 21% a year since FY2017, in the top quarter of similar nonprofits.
990 Part I · peer cohortA history of government grants
Government grants on 8 of its 8 returns, 42% of revenue in FY2024. $523k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending23funders
$155ka year, last 3 years
18%from its largest funder
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FundedThrough a donor-advised fund