Public Charity

Arhoolie Foundation

Arhoolie Foundation is a Public Charity headquartered in El Cerrito, CA. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.5M revenue, $918K expenses, $3.2M total assets. 20 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $391K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 680351651 El Cerrito, CA Arts & Culture NTEE: A20 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.5M
Total Expenses$918K
Total Assets$3.2M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$391K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Our mission is to document and celebrate blues, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, Tejano/Norteo, old-time, and other tradition-based styles of music through archival preservation, exhibits, community and educational outreach, live performance, and direct support to artists. By our activities, we seek to broaden public awareness of our diverse music history, support the vitality of living traditions, and reinforce the value and sustainability of community-based cultures.

Where $100 goes at Arhoolie Foundation

How Arhoolie Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$77 Programs the work itself
$19 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $77 for programs

$36
Down Home Building
47% of program spending
$16
Acquiring, archiving, preserving, curating, and creating equitable public access to various collections of audio recordings, photographs, film, video, papers, posters, and other archival materials documenting blues, Cajun, zydeco…
21% of program spending
$16
Strachwitz Archive
20% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
$20,000
2024
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$9,250
$25,000

Showing up to 5 of 20 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Executive Dir. Adam Machado
Director Davia Nelson
Director Larry Batiste
Sec/Treasurer Laura Defreyne
Director Laurie Lewis
Board Member Michael Govea

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

Arts & Culture
$246,500 14 grants
General Support
$144,448 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.5M $918K $3.2M
2024 $2.3M $505K $2.7M
2023 $421K $708K $1.5M
2022 $932K $542K $1.7M
2021 $771K $593K $1.6M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $771K to $1.5M (+93%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.2M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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