Funds and hosts cultural programs, equity initiatives, and student journalism fellowships to connect Californians, celebrate diverse heritages, and inspire active civic participation.
Funds and hosts cultural programs, equity initiatives, and student journalism fellowships to connect Californians, celebrate diverse heritages, and inspire active civic participation.
For fiscal year 2023 it reported $3.2M in revenue, $4.1M in expenses, and $870K in net assets.Pt I
Where the money goes · FY2023
Total revenue
$3.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$4.1M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$870K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): −$944K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
72%
22%
Program services $0.72 Management & general $0.22 Fundraising $0.06
Program efficiency
72%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
4.8mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
-30%
revenue over expenses, this year
Summary of the Filing
Part I · fiscal year 2023 · Form 990
Revenue
$3.2M
FY2023▼ -15%
$6.9M$3.4M$0
FY2020FY2024
Expenses
$4.1M
FY2023▲ +12%
$6.1M$3.0M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total assets
$2.4M
FY2023▼ -26%
$3.2M$1.6M$0
FY2020FY2024
Total liabilities
$1.5M
FY2023▲ +7%
$1.5M$761K$0
FY2020FY2024
Total revenue
$3.2M
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$4.1M
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$870K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19−$944K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$2.4M
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B72%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 317
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 417
Mission & Programs · Part III
Where the work happens
3 program services account for $3.0M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2023.
01
California humanities supports four core grantmaking programs which include the humanities for all project grants and quick grants, previously listed, as well as the library innovation lab (lil) program, the california documentary project (CDP), and literature & medicine.
$1.5Mprogram expense
02
Humanities for all is a grant program that supports locally-initiated public humanities projects that respond to the needs and interests of californians, encourage greater public participation in humanities programming, particularly by new AND/OR underserved audiences, and promotes understanding and empathy among all our state's peoples…
$880Kprogram expense
03
California humaniteis supports periodic initiatives, including equity alignment and informed citizen programs. The equity alignment effort began a few years ago and continues to ensure that we are intentional, informed, and fair in centering equity in all aspects of our work.
Rick Noguchi’s $179K as President & CEO
is at the 78th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3917 $1–10M arts & culture nonprofits.
Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 7 named individuals · Part VII
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
Individual Felicia Kelley · Reported title DIRECTOR OF PROJECT & EVAL · Highest reported compensation $125K · Total expenses $4.1M
3%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $1.3M · Total expenses $4.1M
31%
Peer comparison
Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.
Metric
This org
Peer median
Percentile
Program ratio
72%
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Overhead ratio
22%
—
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Fundraising cost ratio
8%
—
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Revenue growth
-15%
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Accounting fee ratio
4%
—
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Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.
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Sources
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Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2023IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
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