Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts
Pasadena, CA · EIN 23-7059730. Reported 146 grants totalling $3,848,320 to 65 organizations across tax years 2020-2024, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts, the IRS classifies it under arts & culture rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE A69I) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 65 distinct organizations, with 42% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is concentrated. Most of the money has a settled destination, and the remainder is what is realistically in play.
- How much its list changes. 67% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $10,000. Half of what it reported fell between $7,500 and $10,400; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $405,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Philharmonic Association | Los Angeles, CA | $1,615,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Others 5000 and Less | Pasadena, CA | $938,720 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind Inc | Reseda, CA | $64,500 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $55,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Conservatory of Music | Pasadena, CA | $55,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Academy of Music for the Blind | Monrovia, CA | $53,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles, CA | $52,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Opera Company | Los Angeles, CA | $50,300 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Educational Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $48,200 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Glendale Youth Orchestra | Glendale, CA | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Grand Vision Foundation | San Pedro, CA | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Villa Esperanza Services | Pasadena, CA | $42,000 | 5 | 5 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $39,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Octavia E Butler Magnet | Pasadena, CA | $37,530 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Institute for the Redesign of Learning | S Pasadena, CA | $35,400 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oakwood Brass - Outreach Project | Pasadena, CA | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| California State University Dominguez Hills Philanthropic Foun | Carson, CA | $30,700 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Monrovia Wildcats Band Booste | Monrovia, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Musyca | Northridge, CA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Helix Collective | W Hollywood, CA | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Arcadia Music Club | Arcadia, CA | $26,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| South Pasadena Educational Foundation | S Pasadena, CA | $22,750 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| California State Summer School Arts Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $21,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Symphony Association | Pasadena, CA | $21,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Canada Flintridge Educational Foundation | La Canada Flintridge, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oak Knoll Montessori School | Pasadena, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Santa Cecilia Opera and Orchestra Association | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| The Colburn School | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Los Angeles Childrens Chorus | Pasadena, CA | $18,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pasadena Master Chorale Assn | Pasadena, CA | $18,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| A Noise Within | Pasadena, CA | $17,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Pasadena Playhouse State Theatre of California Inc | Pasadena, CA | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Music Center Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Los Angeles Youth Symphony Orchestra | Los Angeles, CA | $13,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services | Los Angeles, CA | $12,770 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| South Pasadena Middle School Music Boosters | S Pasadena, CA | $12,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Angelica Center for Arts and Music | Los Angeles, CA | $12,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Playhouse Village Foundation | Pasadena, CA | $12,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Alhambra Educational Foundation | Alhambra, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clifton Band Boosters | Monrovia, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Henry Huntington Middle Schoo | San Marino, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La County Library Foundation | Downey, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Muse-Ique | Pasadena, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| White Hall Arts Academy Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| California School of the Arts Foundation | Santa Ana, CA | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Altadena Music Theatre Inc | Altadena, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Charity Navigator | Union City, NJ | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ebell of Los Angeles a Corp | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Foothill Family Service | Pasadena, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Kadima Conservatory of Music Inc | Sherman Oaks, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Los Angeles Master Chorale Assn | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Society Inc | Los Angeles, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Youth Symphony | El Segundo, CA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monrovia Unified School Distr | Monrovia, CA | $6,700 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Camerata Pacifica | Santa Barbara, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gamble House Conservancy | Pasadena, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacific Opera Project Incorporated | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Ramon C Cortines School Visu | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| San Gabriel Valley Music Theatre | San Gabriel, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Sphs Music Boosters Inc | S Pasadena, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Verdugo Young Musicians a California Non-Profit Corporation | La Crescenta, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vizionz Project | Los Angeles, CA | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Candelas Music and Arts Foundation | Los Angeles, CA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
35 of 65 (54%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 54 of 65 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | $486,000 | $10,000 |
| 2021 | 22 | $502,320 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 36 | $857,650 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 37 | $976,700 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 40 | $1,025,650 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
100% of its giving went to organizations in California. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $10,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in California.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2020-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 22 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 18 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 93486, Pasadena, CA, 91109.
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