Best Charities by Program Spending Arts & Culture Nonprofits in California

Top arts & culture nonprofits in California ranked by best charities by program spending. View detailed financial data, spending analysis, and mission scores for 100 organizations.

100Organizations
$2.1BRevenue
$4.2BAssets
83/100Avg Score

California is home to 100 arts & culture nonprofits. When ranked by best charities by program spending, these organizations collectively manage $2.1B in revenue and $4.2B in assets. Ser Jobs For Progress Inc San Joaquin Valley leads the ranking with $14.1M in annual revenue.

Rankings

#OrganizationRevenueAssetsScore
1Ser Jobs For Progress Inc San Joaquin Valley$14.1M$7.9M---
2San Francisco Ballet Endowment Foundation$71.7M$159.0M---
3Corporation Of The Fine Arts Museums$62.0M$32.2M---
4Sanford Laboratories For Innovative Medicines$12.8M$20.2M---
5Academy Museum Foundation$84.2M$661.9M65/100
6Shakespeare Guild Los Angeles$5.1M$8.4M---
7California Center For The Arts Escondido Foundation$9.8M$2.8M---
8Ford Theatre Foundation$4.1M$2.3M---
9Screen Actors Guild American Federation Of Television And Radio$16.3M$66.7M---
10Fine Arts Museums Foundation$69.1M$309.2M---
11Central Coast Performing Arts Center Commission$3.2M$3.3M---
12March Field Museum Foundation Inc$2.6M$3.2M---
13Crocker Art Museum Foundation$9.8M$59.6M---
14California State Railroad Museum Foundation Inc$11.5M$11.9M---
15Los Angeles County Museum Of Natural History Foundation$251.9M$454.9M---
16San Francisco Performing Arts Center Foundation$2.9M$4.2M---
17Hack The Hood Inc$3.0M$1.9M---
18Robert And Nathalie Corry Family Foundation$3.2M$3.2M---
19Art Into Acres$4.2M$6.3M---
20Reut Usa$3.9M$488K70/100
21Latino Public Broadcasting$3.5M$2.6M---
22Clemons Family Foundation$4.8M$16.7M---
23Next Octave Foundation$3.7M$3.4M---
24William And Joanne Miller Charitable Trust$15.4M$65.2M---
25Golden Globe Foundation$70.3M$119.9M---
26Music Center Foundation$22.2M$314.1M---
27Armenian Educational Foundation Inc$4.2M$8.1M---
28Education Leaders Of Color Inc$6.5M$12.9M---
29News Revenue Hub Inc$3.4M$2.9M---
30Scbwi Society Of Childrens Book Writers And Illustrators A Nonprof$2.9M$3.0M---
31Balboa Park Cultural Partnership$4.3M$3.6M90/100
32Modernism Week$3.9M$1.7M---
33Alliance For California Traditional Arts$3.1M$9.2M90/100
34The Center For Cultural Innovation$25.3M$17.3M---
35The Desert Biennial$3.0M$2.0M---
36Wallis Annenberg Center For The Performing Arts$8.8M$86.1M---
37Los Angeles Nomadic Division Land$5.5M$4.7M---
38Illuminate The Arts$13.0M$10.8M---
39Community Works West Inc$6.4M$6.4M85/100
40Haven Gallery$13.8M$11.9M---
41Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center$4.0M$13.8M---
42Ccae Theatricals Inc$2.4M$179K---
43Immigration Institute Of The Bay Area$8.3M$10.2M---
44The Society For The Promotion Of Japanese Animation$24.9M$40.1M---
45First Step Housing$8.0M$2.9M---
46Jserra Catholic High School$41.7M$144.1M---
47Gray Area Foundation For The Arts$6.4M$1.8M---
48Orange County Music And Dance Inc$20.3M$30.9M---
49Berkeley Society For The Preservation Of Traditional Music$6.0M$17.6M---
50Montalvo Association$10.2M$47.7M---
51Sawdust Festival Corporation$3.3M$4.5M---
52Cultural Conservancy Sacred Land Foundation$3.0M$3.9M---
53Armory Center For The Arts$8.7M$11.6M---
54Center For Jewish Culture And Creativity$6.0M$3.6M---
55Stern Grove Festival Association$5.6M$18.6M---
56Yerba Buena Center For The Arts$14.3M$17.8M---
57Ink People Inc$3.5M$2.4M---
58Coffee Quality Institute$2.5M$2.3M---
59Festival Of Arts Of Laguna Beach$11.4M$12.6M---
60Taiwan Center Foundation Of Greater Los Angeles$3.2M$15.0M---
61Center For The Art Of Translation$2.6M$10.5M---
62Comunidades Indigenas En Liderazgo Corp$4.9M$5.2M---
63Maharashtra Mandal Bay Area$4.8M$323K---
64Destination Crenshaw$18.2M$100.1M---
65Puente De La Costa Sur$33.4M$12.1M---
66Mcsweeneys Literary Arts Fund$2.7M$2.0M---
67Miguel Contreras Foundation$2.8M$2.8M---
68California Heritage Indigenous Research Project$4.3M$3.8M---
69The Epoch Times Media Group Los Angeles$11.9M$1.8M65/100
70Little Manila Foundation$5.6M$10.8M95/100
71Native Roots Network Inc$4.7M$4.4M---
72American Indian Health & Services Corporation$21.9M$18.5M---
73River Of Life Foundation$18.1M$1.4M92/100
74Brotherhood Of Elders Network$3.0M$2.1M---
75Cultura Y Arte Nativa De Las Americas$2.7M$4.8M---
76Bay Area Cultural Connections$2.6M$2.0M---
77Little Italy Association Of San Diego$3.8M$1.3M---
78Napa Valley Festival Association$16.3M$23.2M---
79Japanese American Cultural And Community Center$4.5M$13.1M---
80Chinese Culture Foundation Of San Francisco$5.0M$16.8M---
81Museo Italo Americano$3.2M$6.5M---
82Asahi Gakuen$3.9M$3.7M---
83Skirball Cultural Center$242.8M$425.2M---
84Silicon Andra$5.4M$6.4M---
85California Rodeo Inc$9.8M$10.8M---
86Hoi Quan Cuu Long Mekong Community Center Inc$2.8M$3.9M---
87School Of Arts And Culture At Mhp$5.3M$17.6M---
88Ecole Claire Fontaine$3.7M$2.4M---
89The Naras Foundation$8.0M$0---
90Crystal Stairs Inc$365.5M$107.2M---
91Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory$2.6M$1.4M---
92Arts & Learning Corporation$4.4M$6.6M---
93Orange County Childrens Therapeutic Arts Center$2.5M$395K---
94Art Trek Inc$10.0M$7.9M95/100
95Arts For Healing And Justice Network$5.1M$5.6M---
96Inner City Arts$4.1M$17.1M---
97California Institute Of The Arts$196.7M$388.5M---
98Berkeley Playhouse Inc$2.8M$3.1M---
99Plaza De La Raza Inc$5.8M$5.5M---
100Downtown San Diego Partnership Foundation$3.2M$1.1M---

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What are the top arts & culture nonprofits in California?

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