California Revels

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943018188
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5104529334
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$170,723
Expenses
$172,098
Assets
$56,554
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Bryden (Board President)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher Bryden (Board President)
  • Chas Schley (Secretary)
  • Jia Wu (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

California Revels seeks to create a joyful, transcendent experience of belonging and human connection through meaningful, participatory engagement with tradition and cultural diversity, in recognition of our deep alignment with the rhythms of Nature, universally held values, and collective future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Production of our public performances of our annual mid-winter theatrical show, combining songs, theatrical play, and traditions from diver cultures. The production promotes an understanding of various cultural values through music, dance, and play for participants ranging from toddlers to seniors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 62.1%; rating input score 62

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.33; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 62.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.