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CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS FOUNDATION

EIN 33-0970818 SANTA ANA, CA

Revenue 2024
$879,587
Expenses 2024
$888,926

Program services were 67.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
A12
Classification
1000
Street
1010 N MAIN ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

5 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

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 $395,465 · Grants $395,965

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

    Expenses $206,990 · Revenue $137,954

As filed on the 2024 return.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Teren Shaffer

    PRESIDENT AND CEO

    Total calculated
    $398,841
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $322,961
    Other
    $75,880
    Hours/week
    5 + 64 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $298,681 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $24,280 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $56,763 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,117 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $398,841 related

  • Marcy Ulrich

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Carrie Walker

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeffrey Ruderman

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Donald Fife

    TREASURER (THROUGH MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Tami Moran

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Alfonso

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Julianna Edwards

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH MAY 2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nichole McClam

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chris Thayer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kristi Wawro

    DIRECTOR (THROUGH MAY 2025)

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $879,587
    Expenses
    $888,926
    Contributions
    $997,893
    Grants paid
    $395,965
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $843,287
    Expenses
    $1,116,353
    Contributions
    $853,124
    Grants paid
    $687,668
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $641,464
    Expenses
    $493,528
    Contributions
    $736,978
    Grants paid
    $247,747

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $479,357
    Expenses
    $422,366
    Assets (EOY)
    $457,296

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $407,679
    Expenses
    $327,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $391,261

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $454,246
    Expenses
    $350,631
    Assets (EOY)
    $310,663

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $475,114
    Expenses
    $316,600
    Assets (EOY)
    $206,084

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $142,956
    Expenses
    $96,007
    Assets (EOY)
    $50,581

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2016

Tax period
1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017
Principal officer
Joyce Christensen
Mailing address
1010 N MAIN STSANTA ANA CA 92701

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.