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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$843,287
Total expenses
$1,116,353
Contributions and grants received
$853,124
Grants paid
$687,668
Program service revenue
$161,338
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$171,175
Total assets, end of year
$351,364
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,326
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$321,038
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$868,252
Management and general expenses
$60,634
Fundraising expenses
$187,467
Program service expenses (Part III)
$868,252

Program services were 77.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $363,577

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $489,547

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CSARTS ACADEMY CLASS FEES

    total $62,850 · related or exempt $62,850

  • 2b · Program service revenue: ENCORE PERFORMANCES

    total $47,935 · related or exempt $47,935

  • 2c · Program service revenue: EVENTS

    total $47,464 · related or exempt $47,464

  • 2d · Program service revenue: PERFORMANCE HONORARIUM

    total $3,089 · related or exempt $3,089

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $32,707

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $363,577

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $203,882

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$171,175 · excluded -$171,175

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $687,668 · program services $687,668

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $121,304 · program services $47,350 · management and general $31,694 · fundraising $42,260

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $37,427 · program services $15,756 · management and general $8,447 · fundraising $13,224

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $98 · program services $47 · management and general $16 · fundraising $35

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $10,667 · program services $4,102 · management and general $2,424 · fundraising $4,141

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $15,225 · management and general $12,180 · fundraising $3,045

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $57,329 · program services $3,666 · management and general $945 · fundraising $52,718

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,390 · program services $3,390

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $582 · management and general $465 · fundraising $117

  • 17 · Travel

    total $269 · management and general $155 · fundraising $114

  • 24a · Other expenses: STUDENT PRODUCTION EXP.

    total $80,710 · program services $49,605 · fundraising $31,105

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENT EXPENSE

    total $78,923 · program services $49,233 · management and general $362 · fundraising $29,328

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSE

    total $22,761 · program services $7,435 · management and general $3,946 · fundraising $11,380

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $614,841 · end of year $294,799

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,277 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $56,565

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $34,014 · end of year $30,326

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $563,270 · end of year $240,204

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $30,834 · end of year $80,834

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION (THE FOUNDATION) IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION ORGANIZED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE TO BENEFIT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS NETWORK.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT AND BENEFIT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS NETWORK.

  • THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION RECEIVES DONATIONS TO DONATE TO THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS - SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

    Expenses $687,668 · Grants $687,668

  • THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ART AND MUSIC STUDENTS' NEEDS SUCH AS COMPETITION FEES AND INSTRUMENTS.

    Expenses $180,584 · Revenue $161,338

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Teren Shaffer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $418,470
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $343,260
    Other
    $75,210
    Hours/week
    5 + 24 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $292,280 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $50,980 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $56,009 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,201 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $418,470 related

  • Michelle Alfonso

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donald Fife

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Carrie Walker

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tami Moran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marcy Ulrich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Chris Thayer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Ruderman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristi Wawro

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Curt McClam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julianna Edwards

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Darrell Brooke

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS DETERMINES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S PAY. THE PAY IS DETERMINED BASED ON DATA PROVIDED BY EXTERNAL CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND THROUGH COMPARISON STUDIES OF OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS. THE BOARD MUST VOTE TO APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION AS A DIRECT ACTION. THE PROCESS DESCRIBED HERE WAS LAST COMPLETED IN 2024.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
27 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531199349302093

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